Tales from Ward 35 / Pooky the Giant Shrew
by Will Bishop-Stephens
Synopsis:
Will Bishop-Stephens produced two animated works with Picture This in 2003; a participatory project with Bristol's Hospital for Sick Children and a short film through the Small Wonders scheme.
Will Bishop Stephens' Tales from Ward 35 was a participatory project where the artist successfully worked with patients in the Renal and Adolescent Units to animate their daydreams and produce imaginary characters using Flash Animation. The young people made drawings of characters and provided an audio description of a simple plot that Will combined on a newly purchased multi-media laptop at their bedsides. The animated style is true to the patient's drawings combining drawings of varying quality into a single narrative animated film and has a naïve quality to it.
The short animated film Pooky the Giant Shrew was produced through Small Wonders.
Details:
| Year | 2003 |
|---|---|
| Duration | 1 minute |
| Medium | |
| Original format | |
| Screening format | Beta SP |
| Aspect ratio | 4:3 |
| Audio | Yes |
| Colour / B&W | Colour |
| Screens | 1 |
Artists
Will Bishop-Stephens
Through Picture This’ Small Wonders scheme and a participatory project with Bristol's Hospital for Sick Children, Will Bishop Stephens created