BBC Ignite - Getting Your Development Off The Ground

From 12:00 to 13:00 at Beehive Theatre

BBC Ignite is a programme for co-development and support, assisting creatives and platforming new voices. BBC Ignite will be joined by some of the creators of supported projects to talk about why projects were selected, what that support looked like and tips on what to include in your pitches to BBC Ignite.

We will take a closer look at 2 Ignite projects

Creator – Sam Shaw - ‘Duck and Frog’

Focus: The making of a TV show and disability. The Creator has been drawing the characters for eons – Ignite helped shape those characters into a TV show, both in terms of concept and also in terms of design evolution. The Creator is also classed as blind officially, (he has one prosthetic eye), and he is very keen to talk about how his disability is not a hindrance.

Creators – Tito Olawole & Hayley Sarian - ‘The Guardian Chronicles’ Focus: authenticity/new voices.

The Creators’ vision for an authentic portrayal of British school children culminated in focus groups, writers workshops with diverse voices. The desire for authenticity extended to the Anime design of the characters, which culminated in Ignite finding an arts director/design consultant who could guide the Creators to make their own British version of Anime.

Liz Chan

Liz Chan is the Development Executive looking after the BBC Children’s & Education nationwide Animation development programme BBC Ignite. Her role is key in supporting and guiding shortlisted Creators through all the stages of the initiative – this includes pairing Creators with complementary talent and animation studios where appropriate, and providing editorial support along with helping to manage the wider editorial support provided by the BBC’s commissioning team. Liz has 20 years’ experience in the animation industry having worked on a broad range of projects in a number of animation styles: from commercials, music videos, TV channel branding, title sequences, and computer games, to award winning animated shorts, TV and feature films.