I've just heard from ex-Disney and "Iron Giant" animator Richard Bazley, who's currently working at Aardman. He's releasing his short film "The Journal of Edwin Carp" on DVD (NTSC format), which features Hugh Laurie in Richard Haydn's quintessentially English story about the misadventures of the pompous Carp who manages to turn a simple chore into a humorous escapade. Remarkably, he produced the short in his spare time while animating at Warner Brothers Feature Animation. I was fortunate enough to see a clip at Richards’s home studio and, needles to say, it looks amazing. Incidentally, the hand drawn look, perfectly capturing the whimsy of Ronald Searle's distinctive style, belies the fact that it is thought to be the first film created in Flash to have a theatrical release. Richard used the Software to save time and it just goes to show how versatile Flash is when used by such a talented artist. DVD's cost £8 and are available through Bazley Films.
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