{"id":373,"date":"2020-07-22T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T10:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southbankpublishing.com\/main\/?page_id=373"},"modified":"2020-07-22T11:29:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T10:29:42","slug":"a-moving-image","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/southbankpublishing.com\/main\/a-moving-image\/","title":{"rendered":"A Moving Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#8899bb&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#8899bb&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">A MOVING IMAGE<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">JOY BATCHELOR 1914-1991: ARTIST, WRITER AND ANIMATOR<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">by Viven Halas<br \/><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,1_2,1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;2em|2em|2em|2em&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;border-right: 1px solid #ccc;&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/southbankpublishing.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/9781904915416_largeprint.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;9781904915416_largeprint&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|2em||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Joy Batchelor, Britain&#8217;s most important woman in animation history, this celebrates her work, her life and her legacy. Her forty year career as first an animator, then, writer, producer, director and joint creative head at what was one of the biggest animation studios in Western Europe, has never been matched. Joy Batchelor was also a teacher and an internationally recognised authority on the global animation scene.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<em>Halas and Batchelor gave us all the lead. In our early days at Aardman we could only dream of aspiring to their stature. In their heyday, the studio was renowned for innovation and creative ambition, always experimenting with technique, form and style. At the heart of the company, Joy Batchelor&#8217;s writing, direction and design, especially on Animal Farm, has earned her status as one of the true pioneers of British animation.<\/em>&#8216; &#8211; <strong>Peter Lord Aardman Animation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Joy Batchelor was one half of the celebrated\/famous animation studio, Halas and Batchelor, responsible for over forty years of ground breaking animated films, including the first British cartoon feature, Animal Farm. This is the story of the life and work of one of animation&#8217;s unsung heroines<\/em>.&#8217; &#8211;<strong> Brian Sibley Author, broadcaster and film critic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Pub Date: April 2014<br \/>Extent: 100 pp<br \/>Format: 220mm x 220mm<br \/>Binding: Paperback<br \/>Price: \u00a320.00<br \/>ISBN13: 978-1-904915-41-6<br \/>Territory: World English Language<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1904915418\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-201 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southbankpublishing.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/amazon_uk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.5.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remembering pioneer animator Batchelor &#8211; <a class=\"hilink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-27000979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"hilink\" href=\"https:\/\/armadillocentral.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/24\/a-moving-image-joy-batchelor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Illustrated Review of <i>A Moving Image<\/i> &#8211; armadillocentral<\/strong> \u25b6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A MOVING IMAGE JOY BATCHELOR 1914-1991: ARTIST, WRITER AND ANIMATOR by Viven HalasJoy Batchelor, Britain&#8217;s most important woman in animation history, this celebrates her work, her life and her legacy. 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