..............Blog Ed Foster Animation/Illustration

DAVE SPUD SERIES

2011-07-11T02:54:00.000-07:00

DAVE SPUD

The pilot got it's first official pitch at Cartoon Forum in september. Doctor Who/Spooks/Severance Writer James Moran is on board writing for the series with me, very excited about having James and his enthusiasm for project onboard, we will be writing a few scripts for this straight away. Jame's blog link

http://www.jamesmoran.blogspot.com/

"For Dave, life has the habit of taking unusual twists and turns, he has the most uncanny, and Dave's view, unfortunate ability to trip over the bizare, unearth the unexpected and troublesome, and attract the un-called-for attention of all walks of life, he might prefer a quiet life, but he is not going get one"

Selection of stills taken from the pilot

DAVE SPUD project is development from my NFTS grad film ANNA SPUD (see below), The Illuminated Film Company secured the rights to the project and DAVE SPUD is the result. Aimed at boys aged 8-13 years. Adventure comedy.

ANNA SPUD Animated short. Finalist at the Royal Television Awards and British Animation Awards (The BAA'S), Anna Spud went on to pick up best animation at the Chichester International Film Festival as well as a commendation & special mention at the learning on Screen awards and MECAL film festival at Barcelona respectively. See links for a review.
Latest - 'Anna Spud' screened onboard Virgin Atlantic Planes as a finalist of the Virgin Atlantic/NFTS Film festival.

You can watch the film here

'Song of the crocodile Gena'

2011-06-24T04:02:00.000-07:00

I love this.. beautiful and spooky

Another Jam-packed day of celestial thrills...

2010-03-03T03:53:00.000-08:00

2011 - if you have a project that you would like me to get involved in - get in touch.

'Little Princess' has been wrapped up and delivered to five, so I am now fulltime onto my next project with Illuminated Films - developing the pilot based on my own previous short film 'Anna Spud' which can be viewed somewhere down below, you'll find it eventually!
I am reworking the Spud saga from scratch, twisting it to be based around a young boy named Dave - the show will be aimed primarily boys aged 8-12yrs, and the working title 'SPUD'. Pilot and supporting material will be finished Feb 2011 - we are just in the process of sound mixing and final orchestration now.

SHAKY NORA

2009-05-09T02:51:00.000-07:00

Shaky Nora is a little project I am working on for an illustrated book about a little urban voodoo girl with a whimsy for shrinking heads. Early days.

2008-07-06T02:52:00.000-07:00

PUPPET COOKING SHOW

I have just submitted a proposal for a cooking show (not animated!) which I am very excited about, there are lots out there in TV land already to choose from - but we could do better, have a little more fun with the genre - cannot say too much at this early stage, other than it would involve puppets. I really , really hope that this one happens - as it will be such fun.

Image of Gilbert the alien from the 1980's show 'Get Fresh' and the fantastic cooking slot 'Gilbert's Fridge'

BUDDY & ELVIS

2007-07-16T03:55:00.000-07:00

Directed pilot based on the 'Buddy & Elvis' books, written by Andrew Murray and Illustrated by Nicola Slater, published by Macmillan Children's Books. Features the vocal talent of Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentlemen) as Elvis and Mark Benton (Nationwide ads, Early Doors) as Buddy. 'Buddy & Elvis' won 'best Pilot' at the Pulcinella Awards/Cartoons on the Bay 2008 Property of the Illuminated Film company

2012 news - this project has taken on some interesting twists and turns and things move forward in unusual directions. Further development of this project is one my main priorities this year.

you can watch the pilot here:

BUDDY & ELVIS

2007-05-31T05:56:00.000-07:00

Illustration - RUNNING CHICKEN

'Running Chicken' I did a lot of large chicken paintings for a while - and a collection of these were exhibited in Cardiff, where I won 'National Artist of the year' for Wales. You can't go wrong with chickens in my opinion.

2007-05-31T05:51:00.000-07:00

Painting of our hay Barn in N.Wales.

2007-05-31T05:42:00.000-07:00

CAT MUSIC

Cat Music. Animation created by photographing home made puppets from different angles then piecing it all together in aftereffects. Music composed by Alexander Ellerington. With their logo added - MTV used this as an ident.

2007-05-30T15:08:00.000-07:00

Slide the bolt and open the front sections to reveal ....a complete nonsense!

2007-04-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

METAL POP-UP CHICKEN BOOK

Bit of an odd one - A lift the flap/pop up book bound in a metal cover with clasp and metal chicken claw book mark. On the cover you can see a flap - lift this and behind more metal netting is a little illustrated chicken. Open the book and the story is a simple one about a particularly repellent man who keeps chickens locked up in his 'Brihen Matthews' chicken factory - one night they escape and drive him crazy by taking over his house. Using word play around the words hen and chicken 'curt-hens, microwave ov-hen' you get the idea, eventually he wakes to find even more chickens under his duvet in bed and he goes insane, and that was that.

2007-02-08T03:25:00.000-08:00

SKETCHES

A collection of sketch book images that went on to inform Animation film 'Pensioner Penny' . Watch film above. The grumpy pensioner based short was shot using b/w film stock on an old rostrum camera and edited on an old Steinbeck. Pensioner Penny won best animation at Royal Television awards & at Glasgow's 'Reel to Reel' film Festival.

2007-02-05T15:12:00.000-08:00

HAROLD & MABEL

Harold & Mabel Watch Television. Animation short. charity shop dolls stitched to a sofa (an old crapston villa's prop), deliberately crude - Aardman featured this on the directors commercial reel alongside Anna Spud.

2007-02-05T14:41:00.000-08:00

A scrapbook of images from a variety of work projects in development that in their infancy I was delighted to be asked to have a go at the designs for.

DUMB PETS - ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

2007-02-04T14:26:00.000-08:00

My George Dog, part of the ongoing 'Dumb Pets' series of books, I am currently re-working these, as my stories have evolved and the way I want them to look.

2007-02-04T14:15:00.000-08:00

Miss Linda Goldfish (Dumb Pets Series) - Part of an ongoing personal project for a set of children's books on the subject of pets with a variety bizarre/dumb behavior traits and the resulting consequences this creates. I now have full mock up books for Miss Linda Goldfish and Mr George Dog.

LITTLE PRINCESS SERIES

2006-10-27T20:17:00.000-07:00

rubbish picnic!

I Want to be Tall - LP gives compost a go

I Want a Gymkhana - Featuring Horace the bad tempered pony

I Want to Go To Space - Stars Brian Blessed as Unkle Walter & Jane Horrocks as Grt Aunty (with the stubbly chin)

'Little Princess' - as part of the Milkshake 'My first concert' tour
I have directed something like 102 episodes of 'Little Princess', from the initial pilot episode through to and including series three, including two 20 min specials.

Little Princess episode 'I Want to Whistle' picked up the 'Gold Cairo' award for best TV show at the Cairo International Film Festival For Children 2007 and 'I Don't Want To Go To Bed' episode won 'Best TV film' award at the Tehran International Film Festival 2007. 'I want My Snail' episode took Best television series at Stuttgart Animation festival. Little Princess was also nominated for the best Preschool series at BAFTA in 2007 & 2008, and nominated twice at the 2008 British Animation Awards (BAA'S), and has now been sold to over 160 territories worldwide.
Latest: series three is featuring more Uncle Walter (voiced by Brian Blessed) and also new characters of Algie and Horrace (shetland pony) is on Five (milkshake) in the UK now, and series 1 & 2 dvd's are available somewhere! too

Zodiak Rights group has taken Little Princess under its wing in 2011 - this will will mean a new publicity push, and new territories explored, which is great news