< HOW THE PROJECT BEGAN >
I met Tony Pritchett by chance at an animation screening.
An animator and filmmaker myself, I was keen to keep in touch and it wasn’t too long before I asked if he would mind me making a film about his work. He was a very modest man and especially enjoyed talking about others’ stuff so we decided to create a short that documented the beginnings of the British computer animation industry – from his perspective.
He gave me and my friends many a guided tour through the world of early CGI (ie. the amazing archive stored in his home).
It became apparent that a short film with a classical narrative was perhaps not the best way to go about things. the storytelling mechanics just weren’t working.
After a lot of tinkering, we solved our problem in an elegant and fun way.
We decided to create a mix of experimental film and animation, photographed materials, scanned documents, audio materials, prose, technical notes and links to further study.