We shall be closing the office from 5pm on 23rd December and we shall reappear on January 4th 2011.
If you have an enquiry please email us as we shall be checking in regularly....
Have a great Christmas and New Year from all at Bottletop
Bottletop is presenting a keynote talk at the Creative Careers Conference on November 25th. Organised by New College Nottingham for the benefit of its students the conference runs from November 22nd through to November 25th and features many East Midlands-based creative companies whose work ranges from games design to textile crafts. Bottletop will include case histories of various projects and give an overview of life inside a multi-skilled creative agency as well as top tips on getting into, and surviving in, the industry.
Bottletop has delivered two 4-minute animations to EMDA (East Midlands Development Agency) designed to encourage SMEs to explore opportunities available to help their businesses expand. Bottletop was asked to adhere to the existing brand guidelines and established style of illustration used in EMDA's printed materials. We created new illustrations, as well as developing existing ones, translating some of them into 3D objects for greater interest and flexibility. The animations will run in reception areas, on the web and at business events as well as being available on DVD.
Share a Story is a writing competition for children sponsored by First Light. Children were asked to provide a short story and a storyboard to show how their idea could be animated. The winning entries included Jade Marshall's 'Farmer Frank'. Bottletop was commissioned by children's channel CITV to animate the story which revolves around a group of disgruntled farm animals who are determined to stop the hungry crows from eating all the farmer's corn. The short animations will be shown regularly between programmes on CITV.
On July 14th Bottletop appeared on BBC East Midlands Today as part of a feature on the creative industries in Nottingham. The media centre where we have been tenants since November - Antenna - was the focus of the piece which looked at the variety of activity within the building and the added value for businesses in being part of a creative hub. With some of the team in Manchester, working with CITV, and the inevitable summer holidays we were a bit thin on the ground but we hope we gave viewers a good idea of what we get up to at Bottletop HQ. See the whole piece here
It's all over - Spain was victorious..... and England wasn't. However - one proud Englishman won our Guess The Goals Competition which asked punters to, well, guess the number of goals scored in the entire World Cup. Football aficionado Carl Hadley, who spends his spare time being Head of Graphics at children's channel CITV in Manchester correctly guessed 159! As you can see from the photo he was totally overwhelmed by the generosity of the prize. We offered him a 20 quid CineWorld voucher but instead he opted for hard cash..... so the beers are on Carl! Well done mate.
Bottletop has just delivered titles for 'Mighty-Mites', a new children's series for CBeebies. Produced by Elstree-based Wish Films, 'Mighty-Mites' features Sarah-Jayne and her puppet side-kick, Go-Jo, who travel the country helping pre-school children to develop their skills at various sports and activities as diverse as ballroom dancing and dog training. Sarah-Jayne and Go-Jo transform into whirling balls of energy as they travel. Bottletop created an animating energy ball with a matte to enable Wish Films to emulate the transition in post-production for the 25 episodes. Icons were used to describe the sports involved and to enable the pre-school children to take part in a quiz. Bottletop created nearly 200 icons for the show which starts transmission on Monday 26th July 15.30 on CBeebies.
Whipped to a frenzy by World Cup fever we have decided to run our very own World Cup Comp. Simply guess the number of goals scored throughout the tournament to win. The prize is a CineWorld voucher worth a massive 20 quid - we reckon that will get you a seat, a bucket of popcorn and possibly even a drink. Go on - enter! You know you want to. Entries close at kick-off of the first match on Friday June 11th..... enter here
