Batt & Ball get animated!
September 3rd, 2008 by julie
Reaction and IDEATE proudly present….Batt & Ball Animations.
Batt & Ball Animations was set up in February 2007 by Gary Carse and Micheal Baily, who were studying at Prudhoe Community High School at the time. They specialise in stop motion animation which they use to creative anything from adverts to short films.
Their debut animation ‘Look at the Sky’ won a national MTV Boom competition. It was 69 seconds long and took 80 hours of painstaking work to produce! Later in 2007 Gary and Michael also won the ‘Pride in Tynedale School Enterprise Award’
After winning such prestigious award, the pair were inundated with work. They worked 13 hours a day during their summer holidays to produce ideas for new music artists such as Tom Baxter. They also produced a mascot, Paul the Penguin, for Creative Partnerships Northumberland.
Gary says ’Without support from ID8, Batt & Ball Animations would have struggled to find its feet and take off the way it has over the last year, they gave us a foundation to work on, an opportunity to turn our hobby into a success. In today’s industry, young talent rarely gets a break, but enterprise gives you the chance to prove yourself and show what you can do.’
Reaction not only gave the pair help financially, but also helped by offered opportunities should as workshops and enterprise fairs where they had the chance to put questions to local business people.
Who is Reaction?
It is an organisation intending to fire the imagination of potential entrepreneurs and aims to make towns and villages more enterprising places. Reaction is an independent Community Interest Company controlled by Tynedale Council. As well as working with individuals, businesses and community groups, reaction is also active in schools across the region.
And IDEATE?
IDEATE aims to bring your ideas to life. If you’re young and have an idea you could get £1,500 to make it happen.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Could you tell me if IDEATE is only open to to youngsters in Tyneside or surrounding regions? We live in Essex and I would like to know if my son is eligible.
If not, do you know of similar scheme to promote young talent for filmmakers and music in our area
September 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Hi Helen!
Unfortunately it only works locally up here. We are alweays interested in supporting other people who are interested in developing a similar approach for their area – passing on tipos and that sort of thing.
September 15th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Hi Helen, I see Andy has kindly come back to you. Please give me a call on 01642 451826 and I will be happy to pass you details on IDEATE who can give the support as mentioned by Andy. I can also give you some contact details of the Make Your Mark team near you. Hope to hear from you soon, Julie