Carry a Poem
© 2010, 2 mins 30 secs - watch film

In February 2010 Edinburgh’s residents were challenged to carry a poem as thousands of free Carry A Poem books and pocket poetry cards were handed out across the city. Binary Fable was commissioned to produce an animated trailer for the campaign.
 

The Lost Book was a collaborative adventure in storytelling. At its heart was an animated web series. The audience was invited to get involved: watching, reading and telling stories.

NOMINATION: BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award 2010 - Interactive category.
NOMINATION: BAFTA Scotland Award 2009 - Interactive category.
SHORTLIST: Arts & Business Scotland 2009 Small Business Award.

Aged only fifteen, sixth-century Princess Thenaw was sentenced to a horrible death by her father, the King of East Lothian. Her dramatic - some would say miraculous - escape to Culross is the stuff of legend. So how is it that her fame has been eclipsed by that of her, equally miraculous, son?

WINNER: Best Animation Mobifest Toronto 2008 film festival.
 

Strictly Come Dancing meets Four Weddings and an Extinction in the story of the Capercaillie. One of Scotland’s most flamboyant species, the Capercaillie has a dramatic mating dance, but not much luck following an ill-fated guest turn at an eighteenth-century Royal wedding.

FINALIST: Mobifest Toronto 2008 film festival.