Animation Design for Shell Advert
Design
circa 1980 (made)
circa 1980 (made)
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Richard Williams (born March 19, 1933) is a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on Disney/Amblin's Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) for which he won two Oscars and for his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). Williams is credited as a pioneer of hand-drawn animation, and ran the successful Richard Williams Animation company. Williams wrote Prologue (based on Aristophanes’s Lysistrata), which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, 2015.
Research suggests these animation designs are for a 1983 Shell Advert about North Sea Platforms produced by Richard Williams Animation. This animation is held in the collection of the ‘History of Advertising Trust’ (reference HAT59/6/5/1).
Research suggests these animation designs are for a 1983 Shell Advert about North Sea Platforms produced by Richard Williams Animation. This animation is held in the collection of the ‘History of Advertising Trust’ (reference HAT59/6/5/1).
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| Materials and techniques | Gouache painted onto card, with acetate sheets taped onto card, with notes written in ink. |
| Brief description | Richard Williams; Animnation Design for Shell Advert, image of 3 platforms, circa 1980 |
| Physical description | 2 full images of platforms, and 1 partial, on card. The two full platform designs have been covered with one sheet of acetate secured with pressure sensitive tape, the partial platform has been covered with a separate sheet of acetate also secured with pressure sensitive tape. |
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| Production type | Design |
| Production | Probably created for Shell's "Tempest" advert, 1982, advertising "Brent Charlie" a North Sea oil platform. |
| Summary | Richard Williams (born March 19, 1933) is a Canadian–British animator, voice artist, and writer, best known for serving as animation director on Disney/Amblin's Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) for which he won two Oscars and for his unfinished feature film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). Williams is credited as a pioneer of hand-drawn animation, and ran the successful Richard Williams Animation company. Williams wrote Prologue (based on Aristophanes’s Lysistrata), which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, 2015. Research suggests these animation designs are for a 1983 Shell Advert about North Sea Platforms produced by Richard Williams Animation. This animation is held in the collection of the ‘History of Advertising Trust’ (reference HAT59/6/5/1). |
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| Accession number | E.237-2018 |
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| Record created | June 6, 2017 |
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