TODAY BACK THEN: TV SHOW INTRO
Using the illustrations I created for my TodayBackThen website, I cut and animated them for the TV show version of 'TodayBackThen'. Aiming for an audience somewhere beyond 'Horrible Histories', but not as far as a 'grown-up's' history show, it’s something I continue to add to through various projects. I really believe that animated content in a historical or heritage context can create more engagement, and reach audiences.
TODAY BACK THEN: MINI ANIMATIONS
As a boy (and man), comics were a huge interest of mine. I perhaps, didn’t realise as a boy, but reading them exposed my brain to lots of different subjects like philosophy, science, civil liberties, prejudice, religion and history etc. I’ve carried all these interests into adulthood. The animations and the illustrations below are from a history/illustration site I was running for a while. Animation, even in this lo-fi style brings more life to these important points of history. I really believe that using animated content in these contexts can pique interest and reach audiences. Especially younger ones. would love to speak to anyone in the sector who feels this kind of work could be of benefit to them and their audience. If that's you, feel free to get in touch and we can have a talk.
