Cinetig LTD



Cinetig consists of group of four animators from very varied backgrounds, working together and in collaboration with others to produce high quality films for both commercial and educational projects. They were all trained initially as fine artists in a wide variety of media and are now working successfully in the field of animation. Cinetig is unique in combining a spirit of cooperation with innovation and quality.

* Gerald Conn studied fine art. He has taught animation for a number of years in both schools and colleges and he has traveled to France, India and Japan to run workshops.
* Jane Hubbard graduated with a degree in Fine Art painting. She is an experienced film-marker who has worked in a range of forms, including live action, documentary and animation.
* Chris Elliott attended Hereford Art College in 1980 and was able to explore a variety of mixed media skills including design, ceramics, photography and illustration.
* Lenoie Sharrock is an artist-animator and teacher. Graduating in Fine Art and Photography in 1982. As a qualified teacher Lenoie has worked for many years with all age groups.

   
Gwrachod LLaddona

Aron Evans & Owen Stickler
Digital-Betacam / 5'25'' / 2002
Legend of a group of witches who reach the
village of LLaddona in a boat with many funny
stories about the conflicts between witches
and locals before they eventually integrate
into the community.

 
 
Spanish Dance Groupe

Gerald Conn
3'20'' / 1999
A vibrant music video made for Welsh that
take a dreamlike journey, from the protagonists'
schooldays to a tour of Spanish with a
contemporary dance troupe.

 
 
   
Belonging

Leonie Sharrock & Jane Hubbard
Digital - Betacam / 3'36'' / 2004
Exploring issues of individual identity, family
and lineage as well as looking at the roots of
a communal identity.

 
   
Plant Rhys Ddwfn

Aron Evans & Owen Stickler
Digital - Betacam / 5' / 2001
Legend of a young man who rowed to a magical
island of forgotten item.
International film festival of Wales, 2001.

 
 
   
Double Yellow

Aron Evans & Owen Stickler
0'30'' / 2001
Title sequence for a BBC Arts programmer.

 
 
   
The Search for Sinta

Gerald Conn & Chris Elliott
Digital - Betacam / 4'10'' / 2003
The film is based on the Indonesian shadow
puppet tradition, used to tell traditional stories
accompanied by the music.

 
 
   
Handle With Care!

Gerald Conn & Chris Elliott
Digital - Betacam / 4'10''
The archive supplied examples of the damage
that can occur to old films and it was
recreated with the children using inks.
Short-listed at Chicago International
Children's film festival October 2004

 
 
   
Oak City

Leonie Sharrock & Chris Elliott
Digital - Betacam / 4'50'' / 2003
Exploring the diversity of wildlife dependent
on the oak tree habitat and the importance to
all of us of ancient woodlands.
Screened at Royal Welsh show 2003 by forest
enterprise education rangers/Certificate
in Recognition of outstanding excellence
Chicago international children's film festival,
2003/Environmental film festival Wales, 2004

 
 
   
The Unswept Floor

Jane Hubbard
4'38'' / 2003
This model animation film depicts our changing
eating habits by looking at domestic floors
through he ages.

 
 
   
High Blue Sky, Deep Blue Sea

Gerald Conn & Leonie Sharrock
Digital - Betacam / 4' / 2000
Sea theme
International film festival of Wales,
2000/Screened at Cardiff city hall,
2001/Certificate in recognition of outstanding
excellence at Chicago international children's
film festival, 2001/Short-listed at Bradford
Animation festival, 2001.

 
   
Just Not Cricket

Gerald Conn
3'05'' / 2000
The film follows a team of pigeons who, put at
a disadvantage by the natural ability of a
group of migrating birds, decide to cheat a bit.

 
 
Lighting up the Past

Gerald Conn & Chris Elliott
Digital - Betacam / 5'29'' / 2003
Arthur Cheetham was a larger than life character
based in Rhyl who produced the first
film in Wales. The film is made at the primary
school in Rhyl that Cheetham filmed himself
at the turn of the century.
Certificate in recognition of outstanding
excellence Chicago international children's
film festival, 2003

 
 
   
Guto Nyth Brân (1999)

Owen Stickler & Chris Elliott
16mm - Betacam - SP / 7' / 1999
Story of a legendary runner from Nyth Brân
farm
Screened at showcase Wales BAFTA
London, 2001/Short-listed at international
student animation festival Ottawa, 2001

 
   
What Was That?

Leonie Sharrock & Chris Elliott
Digital - Betacam / 5' / 2001
A ghost story inspired by stories of ghosts
International film festival of Wales, 2001/ 1st
prize best film by children at Bradford animation
festival 2002/Certificate in recognition of
outstanding excellence at Chicago international
children's film festival, 2002

 
   
Iron Country

Leonie Sharrock & Jane Hubbard
Digital - Betacam / 5 / 2003
Uses visual imagery and music to describe
the processes and consequences of iron
making in 19th century, South Wales
1st prize best Non-professional film (under
16) Bradford animation festival,
2003/Featured at Atlanta film festival "Teen
screen", 2004

 
 
   
Romance in the Air

Gerald Conn
7' 00'' / 2003
Following the romantic fantasies of a number
of characters as they pass one another on an
old fashioned chair-lift, the film vividly creates
an imaginary world beneath the surface of a
typical seaside town.

 
 
   
Just a Cool Place

Jane Hubbard, Leonie Sharrock, Chris Elliott,
Aron Evans, Owen Stickler
Digital - Betacam / 7' 03'' / 2002
Children animate their capital city with Cinetig
for the European city of Culture 2008 bid
High falls films festival, New York,
2002/Short-listed at Bradford animation festival,
2003/1st prize Best child-produced short
film Chicago international children's films festival,
2003/Short-list at international student
animation festival Ottawa, 2003/Anima Mundi
animation festival, Rio de Janeiro & Sao
Paulo Brazil, 2004

 
   
Follow the Line/Dilyn Y Llinelr

Merida Selby through Cinetig with Ryan Neal
& Ben Cawthorne
1' 50'' / 2004
An S4C 'Short Short' exploring a peculiar
modern paradox, A person would rather travel
far an wide to look for the remote control to
the TV than have to walk the few yards
across the room to change the channel.

 
 
   
Earth

Aron Evans & Chris Elliott
Betacam - SP / 2' / 1999
A look at our planet
International Film Festival of Wales,
1999/Certificate in Recognition of Excellence
at Chicago Children's Film Festival, 2000/2nd
Prize at International Student Animation
Festival Ottawa, 2001/Environmental Film
Festival Wales, 2004