Birds Eye View : BEV Labs : ReAnimate

ReAnimate

ReAnimate is the new animation development initiative from Birds Eye View and Warp Films with the support of Skillset. United by the shared desire to champion brilliant female writing and animation talent and to bring animations by women to the screen, we have created a groundbreaking programme to do just that.

ReAnimate was launched at a screening of Lotte Reineger's groundbreaking animated feature film The Adventures of Prince Achmed, accompanied with live music from Warp artist Mira Calix, as part of the Birds Eye View Film Festival on March 6, 2010.

The ReAnimate programme offers participants the opportunity to enjoy specialist workshops, meet with experienced mentors to develop their projects, attend a residential retreat, gain a better understanding of the industry and have an exclusive opportunity to pitch projects for the Warp development slate. The focus is on forming new creative alliances and hot-housing animation projects in a relaxed and stimulating environment.

Focussing on the worlds of screenwriting and animation, we have selected 20 exceptional British women (10 animators and 10 screenwriters) and equipped them with the contacts and creative support they need to produce smart, commercial, animation ideas for the international marketplace. The participants met at the familiarisation workshop on Monday 5th July. This workshop began with a session to familiarise animators with screenwriting conventions and to familiarise screenwriters with the process of developing and producing animation. After an illuminating talk from our friends at Slinky pictures (Animation producer Maria Manton and writer/director Chris Shepherd) about how their creative relationships support the development of long form work, the participants were taken through an intensive process of speed dating, before heading to the pub to continue conversations. In Stage 2 of ReAnimate we found out which creative partnerships have been formed...and got a sense of the animation ideas before the partners head into the dragons den to secure a place on phase 3. Watch this space to see who the lucky screenwriter and animators are...

The ReAnimators at the Familiarisation Workshop 1/07/10