David Bunting
www.myspace.com/davebuntingAnimator
David Bunting
- Harrogate, UK
- Last Login: 7/18/2009
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Interests
General
Short films provide a great opportunity to communicate something uniquely personal with an audience.
Vernic
was an opportunity for me to let of steam from the deadening bureaucracy that irritates and frustrates us all from time to time. "Riffs of Rage" was simply a homage to the brilliant Warner Brothers shorts that me, Nathan Walster and Duncan Gamon grew up watching. Duchy Parade Film's cinema short "Wilfred" gave me and a group of talented Irish artists the opportunity to paint our picture of the horrors of war in 'strange meeting'.
I like working up story ideas fast with post-it notes. In this page for Riffs of Rage the customer wants to go to the top floor and the bell-boy can't reach the button.Music
Animation still for Duchy Parade Films music video, "Spirit of the Age" for the Space Rock band Hawkwind. For Dave Brock's lead vocals about cloning we used traditional drawn animation evoking imagery of 'Dolly' the cloned sheep. ..
Music was central to the short film "Riffs of Rage". Individual lightning frames provide the visual accent to a riff from the great Raymond Scott.
Movies
Drawn SFX animation for the "Thunderbirds" movie title sequence. Nexus Productions. This special limited edition poster was designed by Nexus directors, Smith & Foulkes.
Click to see pencil-tests for Thunderbirds
I had the time of my life learning under some of the best in the business and animating many of the effects for "Tiggers Family Tree" song sequence at Tandem Films.
I saw some great concept art for this film so it was a shame that, for whatever reason, it didn't fully trasfer to the screen. I only did a few shots and am proud to say I nearly killed Tiny Tim with a bucket of ice cold water! ..Television
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I did these designs for "Wide Eye", based on one of their animators drawings for King Rollo Films for CBBC. I also contributed rough story sketches for "Little Hoot learns to fly".
I really enjoyed creating this company branding animation sequence for TV company Voodoo Magic. I was an effects animator on Ignacio Ferrara’s darkly comic film, How to cope with Death" produced at Tandem Films as part of Channel 4's AIR scheme. It won numerous international animation awards and features in The Best of the British Animation Awards DVD 5.
Books
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A famous animation producer once told me that a property like "Little Monsters" only comes along every decade. Tony Garths books are great. I really enjoyed helping to create a second series of books at Splash based on Tony Garths characters. These lot are the originals.
My art in print! Water fx animation for "Christmas Carol - The Movie" which made the picture book.Heroes
All the unsung teachers I meet who perform small miracles every day, without notice, and the children and young people who inspire me with their creativity and zest for life. ..
Companies
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Illuminated Films
- London, UK
- 2D fx animator
2001 -
Tandem Films
- London, UK
- 2D fx animator
1999-2002 -
King Rollo Films
- Honiton, Devon UK
- Trainee-junior animator & storyboard artist
1996-2002 -
Project Studio & Splash
- South Milford, UK
- Head of animation & storyboard artist
2000-2003 -
The Breakout Trust
- UK
- Storyboard Artist
2003 -
Nexus Productions
- London, UK
- 2D fx animator
2004 -
Duchy Parade Films
- Harrogate, North Yorkshire UK
- Animator
1999-present -
Harrogate Theatre
- Harrogate, North Yorkshire UK
- Illustrator
2002+2005 -
Voodoo Magic
- Croydon, UK
- CGI animator
2005-2006 -
The Arts Institute & Bournemouth
- Poole, Dorset UK
- Animation tutor
2003-2004 -
Connecting Youth Culture
- Northallerton, North Yorkshire UK
- Animation practitioner
2006 -
BBC
- Hull, Humberside UK
- Consultant Producer & animation practitioner
2005-2006 -
Animation Station
- Banbury, UK
- Animation tutor
2006 -
Creative Partnerships
- Hull, UK
- Creative Friend
2006 -
Aardman Animation
- Bristol, UK
- Storyboard Artist
2008
Schools
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Bournemouth University
- Fern Barrow, United Kingdom
- Graduated: 2004
- Student status: Alumni
- Major: 3D Computer Animation
- Clubs: Winner of the 2004 Softimage Student Animation contest with Duncan Gamon and Nathan Walster with our short film, "Riffs of Rage".
2003 to 2004 -
Ballyfermot College of
- Dublin 10, Ireland
- Graduated: 1999
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Other
- Major: Classical Animation (major in drawn SFX)
- Clubs: Internship in Visual Effects at Walt Disney Feature Animation, France - Spring 1999.
1996 to 1999 -
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth
- Poole, United Kingdom
- Graduated: 1996
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Other
- Major: BTEC HND in Animation
1994 to 1996
Blurbs
About me:
I am passionate about animation. I shot my first film when I was 9 with a super 8 cine camera and at 16 persuaded Orchid Productions to let me loose doing sound breakdown and working in the camera room on "The Raggy Dolls", on top of animation and drawing tuition from the brilliant Mark Mason. My first paid job in animation was as a trainee at King Rollo Films, inbetweening, rendering and doing anything that needed doing. An Internship in Visual Effects at Walt Disney Feature Animation, France, during training at Senior College Ballyfermot in Dublin changed my artistic outlook profoundly and gave me the break to enter the sfx animation community in London. I've since worked around the UK, doing a lot of exciting jobs and am presently based in Yorkshire - Ooo-argh. As well as working in the industry in feature films, TV and as an independent animator, I pass on my enthusiasm about animation through teaching. Nothing beats seeing young people become exited by animation like I am. I am a member of the ASIFA children’s workshop group and teach 3 year old to adults and am committed to furthering the advancement of animation as an educational tool.
Who I'd like to meet:
Friends, animators and animation fans. All are welcome here!Details
- Status: Single
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Hometown: Harrogate
- Religion: Christian - other
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Education: Post grad
- Occupation: Animator
Comments
Jul 28 2009 5:30 PM
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Dec 31 2008 4:45 PM
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Happy New year
From your Friend AmniPata =)
Sep 10 2008 2:48 PM
Mar 19 2008 3:56 AM
Come check out our comic galleries and tell us what you think.
Look out for our manga “Altered State” coming March 08.
-Wolf S Studios
Jan 8 2008 11:16 AM
Yes we do, David!
Dec 24 2007 1:21 PM
hope you have a great holiday, best wishes for the new year!
take care, fairy x
Sep 6 2007 6:59 PM
Cheers!
Jul 3 2007 9:14 PM
Jul 3 2007 3:36 PM
Blake
Jun 25 2007 12:00 PM
Cheers!
Jun 22 2007 10:55 PM
Film-makers are invited to submit their latest work for inclusion in the Midlands’ Cinem@tic 2007 short film festival. Short-listed entries will be shown on the giant screen of the region’s only IMAX Cinema, in Birmingham this October.
Entries of no more than 10 minutes in length are sought in Cinem@tic’s drama, documentary, animation and experimental categories. All submissions must be suitable for a general audience.
For further details, please see our Myspace page or visit
http://www.tic.ac.uk/cinematic
Jun 22 2007 5:09 PM
Jun 14 2007 4:17 PM
i had originally planned to do a full animation of one of my characters, but hasty hasty, i've realised theres still an awful lot i need to learn first *lol* =]
would be great to see a blog =]
hope youve had a gd week & have a nice weekend planned, take care, spk soon =]
Jun 10 2007 6:24 PM
how've you been? working on anything nice recently?
hope u have a gd week! =]
Jun 10 2007 10:16 AM
May 29 2007 4:14 PM
Mar 30 2007 4:03 PM
how you doing? just thought i'd drop by and say hi, and thanks for the add, again! *lol* =D
hope you have a good weekend, l8r g8r =]
Jan 18 2007 5:50 PM
im bex its cool to find someone whos had such a lot of experience in the industry and i thinks cool youve worked for illuminated films which is a great company and youre showreel is impressive.
May 22 2006 2:47 AM
Apr 13 2006 12:34 PM
Thanks for adding us David ;)