Littlenobody
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Littlenobody, founded by Karen Penman, is a small animation collective working from the South East of England.
Littlenobody Productions specialise in animation and have screened projects in competition at Bradford Animation Festival, Encounters Film Festival, Northern Lights Film Festival and Interfilm Berlin as well as Clermont-Ferrand
s Film market.
Represented by Ouat Media in Canada
, with projects sold to A-one Films and The Short Film Channel Movieola
Littlenobody were shortlisted down to the final 12 for the Virgin Media
short competition meaning their first animated short What Cassandra Saw is BBFC certificated is screening in 212 cinemas UK wide from July 2008 till July 2009. Littlenobody won the 4TALENT animation award for 2008 and featured in a double page spread in the 4Talent Magazine.
They were runners up in the 4mations
Digital shorts South East Funding Scheme and completed Weather Beaten their second animated short for the Commonwealth
Vision awards 2009, Final 10 in competition.
Most recently they have been awarded funding for their latest stop motion animated short I Wish I Were an Elephant from the UK Film Council
, New Cinema Fund, Digital Shorts Scheme
via regional screen agency Screen East.
, and Helen Brunsdon, Development Executive at Aardman who said regarding Littlenobody's portfolio “Stand out work with a real wow-factor. Impressive and diverse use of techniques and an ability to challenge the viewer and themselves. Given a chance and some decent budgets, you just know these two talented animators are going to go on to bigger and better things. We were also very impressed by their ability to self promote via their website.”.
Ian Lumsden World animation blogger adds "I first noticed their music video Thou Shalt Always Kill when I previewed the weekend's BAF 07. It was most professionally done. I was therefore impressed to discover it was produced by a fledgling studio. Also surprising is the diversity of work produced in a short period of time .........Sometimes the combination of live action and animation jars. This is decidedly not the case here. Filters, excellent lighting, interesting camera angles and stop motion techniques, together with animated twinkling effects lead naturally into the interspersed animated sections. Their website is developing apace and belies its short life........A perfect blend of traditional animation and eye popping contemporary film-making. Karen is a fizzing PR machine and it helps if you have quality to sell because they are pretty special in that department too .....There is a beauty bestowed on the scene and always there is an edgy magic to the production. An imaginative, original approach."
Littlenobody Productions specialise in animation and have screened projects in competition at Bradford Animation Festival, Encounters Film Festival, Northern Lights Film Festival and Interfilm Berlin as well as Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...
s Film market.
Represented by Ouat Media in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, with projects sold to A-one Films and The Short Film Channel Movieola
Movieola
Movieola is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Channel Zero Inc....
Littlenobody were shortlisted down to the final 12 for the Virgin Media
Virgin Media
Virgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
short competition meaning their first animated short What Cassandra Saw is BBFC certificated is screening in 212 cinemas UK wide from July 2008 till July 2009. Littlenobody won the 4TALENT animation award for 2008 and featured in a double page spread in the 4Talent Magazine.
They were runners up in the 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...
Digital shorts South East Funding Scheme and completed Weather Beaten their second animated short for the Commonwealth
Commonwealth
Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic."More recently it has been used for fraternal associations of some sovereign nations...
Vision awards 2009, Final 10 in competition.
Most recently they have been awarded funding for their latest stop motion animated short I Wish I Were an Elephant from the UK Film Council
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
, New Cinema Fund, Digital Shorts Scheme
Digital Shorts (UK Film Council funding scheme)
The Digital Shorts scheme supported by UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund and is partnered with organisations in each region and nation of the UK to enable filmmakers to make innovative shorts using digital technology.The nine agencies are:*...
via regional screen agency Screen East.
Littlenobody Projects to date
- I Wish I Were an Elephant - Funded by Screen East & UK Film CouncilUK Film CouncilThe UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...
- September 2011 - Ballad of a Poor Man - Music Video for Vaughn King - December 2009
- Magpie - Short Film - September 2009
- Weather Beaten - Short Film for Commonwealth Vision Awards - January 2009
- Every Time I close my Eyes - Music Video for Clare Blackman - December 2008
- Two Times, Three Times for - Music Video for Reason or Romanza - April 2008
- Interduvet Yarns - Music Video for Hybernation - November 2007
- What Cassandra Saw - Short Film - September 2007
- Yeah, You can me my Muse - Music Video for AmplificoAmplificoAmplifico are a Scottish band comprising Donna Maciocia , Ross Kilgour and Dave Brunton . The name Amplifico was chosen from a Latin dictionary ....
- August 2007 - Visual for multimedia events - Shoplands with Sutton - July 2007
- Thou Shalt Always Kill - Music Video for Dan le sac vs Scroobius PipDan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pipdan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip are a hip-hop duo, combining electronic beats with sung, spoken, and rapped lyrics. The pair are Daniel Stephens , and David Peter Meads...
- April 2007 - Music monkeys - Music Video for BB Music House - August 2006
- Showreel Littlenobody For 2008
Littlenobody Festivals, Awards and Screenings to date
- Cambridge Film Festival 31st 2011 - EM Media Digital Shorts - I Wish I Were an Elephant
- Animated Encounters 16th International Film Festival 2010 - Channel4 Industry screening - I Wish I Were an Elephant
- Nozstock Festival 2010 - Thou Shalt Always Kill & Interduvet Yarns, Herefordshire
- 4Talent Animation Award Channel 4Channel 4Channel 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...
- 2008 - Final 12 Virgin MediaVirgin MediaVirgin Media Inc. is a company which provides fixed and mobile telephone, television and broadband internet services to businesses and consumers in the United Kingdom...
Shorts 2008 - What Cassandra Saw - Year tour in over 212 cinemas on 35mm - London Socialist Film Co-op screening 2008 - Thou Shalt Always Kill
- Sundown Multimedia Night 2008 - What Cassandra Saw & Interduvet Yarns
- ZEBRA Poetry Berlin Film Festival 2008 - Interduvet Yarns
- Southend Six Festival 2008 - What Cassandra Saw
- Clermont-FerrandClermont-FerrandClermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...
Shorts Market 2008 - What Cassandra Saw & Thou shalt Always Kill - Northern Lights Film Festival 2007 - What Cassandra Saw
- Envy Post - Industry screening 2007 - Thou Shalt Always Kill
- Interfilm Berlin 2007 - Thou Shalt Always Kill
- Encounters BristolBristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
Short Film Festival 2007 - Thou Shalt Always Kill - The National Media Museum Bradford Animation Film Festival 2007 - Thou Shalt Always Kill,
- Sutton with Shoplands in RochfordRochfordRochford is a small town in the Rochford district of Essex in the East of England. It is sited about 43 miles from Central London and approximately 21 miles from the Essex county town, Chelmsford...
Festival 2007 - Visuals - LFS Leigh-on-SeaLeigh-on-SeaLeigh-on-Sea , sometimes called Leigh, is a civil parish in Essex, England. It is part of Southend-on-Sea for administrative purposes. It became a civil parish in 1996. The council tax was increased to support it. A town council was formed. Leigh is the only parish in Southend...
Film Society Film Festival 2007 - Thou Shalt Always Kill
Reviews
The 4Talent Animation Award was judged by Ruth Fielding, Lupus Films and animation consultant to Channel 4Channel 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...
, and Helen Brunsdon, Development Executive at Aardman who said regarding Littlenobody's portfolio “Stand out work with a real wow-factor. Impressive and diverse use of techniques and an ability to challenge the viewer and themselves. Given a chance and some decent budgets, you just know these two talented animators are going to go on to bigger and better things. We were also very impressed by their ability to self promote via their website.”.
Ian Lumsden World animation blogger adds "I first noticed their music video Thou Shalt Always Kill when I previewed the weekend's BAF 07. It was most professionally done. I was therefore impressed to discover it was produced by a fledgling studio. Also surprising is the diversity of work produced in a short period of time .........Sometimes the combination of live action and animation jars. This is decidedly not the case here. Filters, excellent lighting, interesting camera angles and stop motion techniques, together with animated twinkling effects lead naturally into the interspersed animated sections. Their website is developing apace and belies its short life........A perfect blend of traditional animation and eye popping contemporary film-making. Karen is a fizzing PR machine and it helps if you have quality to sell because they are pretty special in that department too .....There is a beauty bestowed on the scene and always there is an edgy magic to the production. An imaginative, original approach."
External links
- I Wish I Were an Elephant - Blog
- Littlenobody double page sread in 4Talent Magazine
- BBFC certificate What Cassandra Saw
- 4talent Magazine
- Virgin Media Shorts - Shortlist
- London Socialist Film Co-operative
- Sundown Multimedia
- Berlin Poetry Film Festival
- Southend 6 Festival
- What Cassandra Saw - Clermont Ferrad Film Festival page
- Thou Shalt Always Kill - Clermont Ferrad Film Festival page
- Northern Lights Film Festival
- Envy Post Production House
- Interfilm Berlin
- Encounters Film Festival
- National Media Museum
- Sutton with Shoplands Festival
- Leigh Film Society
- Ian Lumsden Animation Blog