4 Mation
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4 Mations was regular animation strand broadcast in the UK on Channel 4
. The series often featured a documentary
on different artists, animators and a series of animated films. The series was notable for co-financing some films and broadcasting animated films from around the world. The series was first broadcast in 1990 and finished in 1998.
In 2008 a website made for people to upload, view and share animated films and games 4mations
, borrowing the 4 Mation title.
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
. The series often featured a documentary
Documentary
A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:* Documentary film, including television* Radio documentary* Documentary photographyRelated terms include:...
on different artists, animators and a series of animated films. The series was notable for co-financing some films and broadcasting animated films from around the world. The series was first broadcast in 1990 and finished in 1998.
In 2008 a website made for people to upload, view and share animated films and games 4mations
4mations
4mations is a website made for people to upload, view and share animated films and games. The site was founded in 2008 by Channel 4, sponsored by Aardman Animations and Lupus Films...
, borrowing the 4 Mation title.
Notable Animations
Notable animations broadcast as part of 4 Mations:- Knick KnackKnick KnackKnick Knack is a computer animated short film produced by Pixar, and directed by John Lasseter. It was released in 1989, and was the last short film produced by Pixar until the success of their full-length motion picture Toy Story and the final short Pixar made as a hardware company. It was also...
in its uncut form - Tin ToyTin ToyTin Toy is a 1988 short film using computer animation. It was directed by John Lasseter and produced by Pixar. It was the first testing of PhotoRealistic RenderMan...
- Luxo Jr.Luxo Jr.Luxo Jr. is the first film produced in 1986 by Pixar Animation Studios, following its establishment as an independent film studio. It is a computer-animated short film , demonstrating the kind of things the newly-established company was capable of producing...
- Films by Candy Guard - Fatty Issues, Hair, Alternative Fringe etc.
- Creature ComfortsCreature ComfortsCreature Comforts was originally a 1989 British humorous animated short film about how animals feel about living in a zoo, featuring the voices of the British public "spoken" by the animals. It was created by Nick Park and Aardman Animations...
- Daddie's Little Piece of Dresden China
- Films by David Anderson such as Deadsy and The Door
- Ah Pook Is HereAh Pook is HereAh Pook Is Here was a collaboration between author William S. Burroughs and artist Malcolm McNeill. It began in 1970, when Burroughs was living in London and McNeill was in his final year of art school. It first appeared under the title The Unspeakable Mr. Hart as a comic strip in the English...
- The Springer and the SS by Jiří TrnkaJirí TrnkaJiří Trnka was a Czech puppet maker, illustrator, motion-picture animator and film director. In addition to his extensive career as an illustrator, especially of children's books, he is best known for his work in animation with puppets, which began in 1946...
- Films by Dianne JacksonDianne JacksonDianne Jackson was an English animation director, best known for The Snowman, made in 1982 and subsequently repeated every Christmas on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom....
- Paul DriessenPaul Driessen (animator)Paul Driessen is a Dutch film director, animator and writer. His short films have won more than fifty prizes all over the world, including the Life Achievement Awards at both Ottawa and Zagreb animation festivals, and an Academy Award nomination for "3 misses"...
- Tip Top, Elbowing, The Killing of an EggThe Killing of an EggThe Killing of an Egg is an animated short produced by Paul Driessen and Nico Crama in the Netherlands in 1977...
, Sunny Side Up, On Land, at Sea and in the Air etc. - Bob GodfreyBob GodfreyRoland Frederick Godfrey is a British animator whose career spans more than fifty years. He is probably best known for the children's cartoon series Roobarb , Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk and Henry's Cat and for the Trio chocolate biscuit advertisements shown in the UK during the early 1980s...
- Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit, Henry 9 To 5, It's a square world, Alf, Bill and FredAlf, Bill And FredAlf, Bill and Fred is the name of a short animation directed by Bob Godfrey and written by Stan Hayward in 1964. Its synopsis in Halliwell's Film Guide simply states "A man, a dog and a duck enjoy bouncing together.... - Paul KleePaul KleePaul Klee was born in Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland, and is considered both a German and a Swiss painter. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. He was, as well, a student of orientalism...
- Taking a Line for a walk - Bill PlymptonBill PlymptonWilliam "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in...
- Push Comes to Shove