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Title Sequence for the fabulous Owen Harris and Tony Roche's Holy Flying Circus, a fantastical comedy docu-drama of the Pythons, produced by the equally fabulous Polly Leys and Kate Norrish at Hillbilly Films for BBC 4.

A more detailed breakdown of the making of can be found here...
phonotropia.blogspot.com/
Jim Le Fevre's site is here
jimlefevre.com

....Holy Flying Circus Title sequence directed by Jim Le Fevre....

This is the making of the Phonotrope that comprised the title sequence The title sequence shown here is from the rough cut and changed a bit in the final film but for the purposes of seeing the whole Phonotrope I have used the rough cut.

I can't thank everyone that helped make this enough, from Ben who created an amazing tool for me to use, Gordon and Gee (and Jo) who created the structure, to Matt and Elizabeth (and Toby) who helped make it look so good to Sophie for being my third and fourth hands (and Dom and Carmen briefly) and Ewen for being an utter star with his laser.

Especially to Luke and Claire at Nexus Productions too, and especially to Claire for all the nonsense I put her through asking her to find laser cutters.

Colin, I salute you.

(oh and credit must also go to Jack C Arnold for his music work jackcarnoldmusic.co.uk/. Again, the track on the final section is a work in progress from him)

Production Company Nexus Productions
Director Jim Le Fevre
Executive Producer Luke Youngman
Production Manager Claire Thompson

Production Assistant Fernanda Garcia Lopez
Production Assistant Carmen De Witt
Intern Leila Smith

3D Pre Visualisation Development Ben Cowell
3D Pre Visualisation Development Mark Davies

Director of Photography Matthew Day
Camera Assistant Toby Goodyear
claphamroadstudios.co.uk/

Design / Construction Gordon Allen, Gee Staughton, Joe Kirton, Harris Allen
wearetheartdept.com/

Art Department Assistant Sophie Powell, Dominic Owen

Studio Assistant Elizabeth Day

Special Thanks

Elizabeth Day who makes Clapham Road Studios the most welcoming and brilliant place to work in.

Ewen Dickie at Laser Make who was truly amazing with his Laser-cutting services. I don't say that in a gushing kind of way but in a way that he was both enthusiastic, interested and passionate and worked above and beyond the call of duty to get us to where we got to. I thank you Ewen.
lasermake.co.uk/

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  • Frederic Casella plus 4 months ago
    I doff my cap in your (and your team's) general direction. Marvellous work.
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  • Trunk Animation plus 4 months ago
    bloody brilliant
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  • Anthony Cabula plus 4 months ago
    Excellent !!!
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  • Nick Dulworth 4 months ago
    nice!
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  • Bev Bush 4 months ago
    Thrilling !
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    thanks Bev!
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  • dylan white plus 4 months ago
    Unbelievable feat of animengimationeering. Massive plaudits.
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    Thank you Dyl, one more word for the dictionary.
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  • Sock Gardener 4 months ago
    That was genius. Thank you.
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  • Aaron Simpson 4 months ago
    Unreal. I must remember to stop by Nexus next time I'm in the area. We just posted on lineboil - lineboil.com/2011/10/phonotrope-title-sequence-from-holy-flying-circus/
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    Thanks Aaron, yes you must although it didn't travel too well from Clapham Road to Shoreditch as it's a beast to transport (thanks to Claire Thompson and Matt Day for doing that!) it still looks ok!
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    ...and obviously to Nexus Productions for housing it too!
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  • Mikey Please 4 months ago
    HOly smokeballs! I want a slice of that cake. amazing!
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    thanks Mr please and congrats on that short for Dragon, just beautiful
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  • joyjo86 4 months ago
    Crrrrrrazy!
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  • Treat plus 4 months ago
    Sooooooo rad
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    thank you Treaters, hope everything's going well with you guys
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  • joseph Pelling plus 4 months ago
    insane and amazing.
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    Thanks Joe, was back up at the Studio with Peter Monkman and Mags last week. They've pretty much got a shrine to you there.

    Am trying to convince them you're not all that amazing but it's really not working.
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  • Jens Blank 4 months ago
    and I was wondering what that huge thing at reception is :)

    Really amazing loved every bit of it!
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    Yes, not a fountain!

    Did you manage to get that short you and Anna were talking to them about sorted out?
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  • Mélissa Goudjil 4 months ago
    Grandiose !!
  • jim le fevre plus 4 months ago
    Thanks Melissa! x
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  • Chris Koelsch plus 4 months ago
    Awesome work, you can tell a lot of time and effort went into the piece. Shared on my blog, This 'n That: tandtfy.blogspot.com
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  • Richard Munn 3 months ago
    Wow, when I watched that I just assumed it was CGI - I'm a million times more impressed to see you actually built the thing! Fantastic work!
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  • DaMoose 3 months ago
    That's it Jim, you just confirmed to me you're totally mental; only you or an army of japanese monks with british sense of humor could do that. Brilliant piece of work mate!
  • jim le fevre plus 3 months ago
    Those Japanese monks pitched on it too but we undercut them by promising to work nights as well as days.

    Hope all is good with you Michal!
  • jim le fevre plus 1 month ago
    and when I say we I mean the mighty Gordon Allen who actually built most of it
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  • Joseph Pierce plus 3 months ago
    Amazing when the technique and subject match so deliciously. Love the obsession too...animation is such FUN in a painful sort of way.
  • jim le fevre plus 3 months ago
    Joseph, thanks, yes, we must hate ourselves in a beautiful way.

    I didn't realise Family Portrait was up on vimeo in its entirety!

    My what a superb, superb film.

    (vimeo.com/24697169)
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  • Daniel Farah 3 months ago
    Hell yeah! Love it
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  • dm md plus 3 months ago
    very very nice. Love the fact that you actually built & shot it vs just producing it in CG. So very cool.
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  • David 3 months ago
    Superb stuff. Glad to see there is room for real craft in the computer age.
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  • Janeann Dill: IIACI 3 months ago
    Truly magnificent! And truly experimental animation in the most definitive sense. Bravo, indeed. :-)

    Stop by for a virtual visit when time permits: IIACI Channel has excerpts from Jules Engel Biographical Project I think you might enjoy - especially when Jules talks about "timing"! :-)

    Well done!
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  • Mariana Delellis 3 months ago
    Amazing work!!!
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