Beakus on Uncle Shriek

We were interviewed for Uncle Shriek's World of Idents blog last month.. Take a read here: http://tiny.cc/6u2it

Or, get the gist below:

"Recently my attention was drawn by Matthias Hoegg’s BAFTA nominated film – Thursday, which has already has been screened widely across Europe, Asia and the Americas. So I decided to go to the Beakus animation studio in sunny Wapping to see what was going on.

I was met by Matthias and owner of Beakus, Steve Smith. Although it is a relatively young company – Steve learned his chops at Trunk before he set up on his own.

They showed me their latest commissions for CBeebies – 4 x 60 second spring-themed animations. I advise caution when you are watching them as they are all super cute and you will want to watch them all a few times!

I think one of the reasons they have proved so popular is that the audio consists of children speaking, unscripted, (Creature Comfort’s style) and Matthias has animated some beautiful interpretations of their imagination. He also confided in me that he had been influenced by legendary Russian animator Yuriy Norshteyn – amazing guy, a must for animation fans. Each one took 3-4 weeks to make."