THE LEARN 2 ANIMATE CLUB (2011)

Created by Mark Davies and Bristol UWE, 'The Learn 2 Animate Club' is an online resource to inspire and educate children to create their very own animations.

The website features video tutorials, templates and lots of animation based information that will allow children to gain a good understanding of the principles of animation as well as allowing them to create cartoons in the comfort of their own home.

'The Learn 2 Animate Club' successfully gained sponsorship from three major players within the animation industry such as 'Stopmotion Pro', 'Chroma Colour' and' Animation Supplies'.

To find out more the Learn 2 Animate Club, please visit www.learn2animate.com

JUICE LEARNING PROMOTIONAL ADVERTISEMENT (2011)

Created by Mark Davies and Mark Knight, this 2-D animated short was produced for the media company 'Juice Learning' to be
used to promote and advertise the services that Juice Learning has to offer.

With a large amount of information to pass to the audience, the main goal within this film was to display this in an informative but entertaining manner that attracted the audience's attention, this was done with the use of colourful imagery combined with
constant movement within the film.

This video was created to be used as an advertisement on web based platforms as well as displayed at conferences and media festivals.

MR BROWN FROM IRVINESTOWN (2011)

Created for the company 'Stichting Culturele Droomwever', 'Mr Brown from Irvinestown' is a 2-D animated film about a chicken farmer who is constantly pestered by his poultry.

Provided with music, lyrics and illustrations, Mark was required to use these to develop an entertaining story and create an interesting animation.

'Mr Brown from Irvinestown' is one of the 28 cartoons that make up 'The Euro AB-CD' package, a DVD and book that is distributed internationally to aid kids to learn the English language and improve their spelling.

BEYOND THE HORIZON (2010)

Created by Mark Davies and Juice Learning, 'Beyond the Horizon' was created for the companies 'Broker Network' and 'Country Wide' as an opening film for a two-day conference in Harrogate, the film was created to set the tone for what was to come.

The film was displayed at the Harrogate Conference Centre's massive 8m x 4.5m screen and was created using a blend of illustrations, motion graphics and creative typography.

BONGO BANDITS (2010)

This 8 minute 2-D animated film was created by Mark Davies, Silee Films and Cartoon Stock using a combination of Toon Boom Animate Pro and After Effects.

Headed by the groups leader Rum, we see this band of very merry men and women living it large, whether playing pratical jokes
by the pool or painting the town red in Ibiza's bizarre night scene, these crazy cat's prove that they definaltey put the 'P' in 'Party'.

Due to the large amount of content and tight deadlines, Mark was responsible not only for creating the animated content but additionally managing the production schedules and monitoring the progression of the animated film.

ZUBWORLD ADVERTISEMENT (2010)

Created by Mark Davies and Bristol Film Studios, this advertisement is a 1 minute 2-D animated film that promotes to potential customers the services and features that are provided by 'Zubworld'.

Zubworld is an online social network service that allows you to either follow or purchase your favourite places, build communities around them and become a virtual tycoon.

To find out more about Zubworld please visit www.zubworld.com

EASY 2 INSURE TELEVISION ADVERT (2009)

Created by Mark Davies and Bristol Film Studios, this 2-D animated advert was produced to promote the insurance brokers titled 'Easy2Insure' and was aired on ITV.

Featuring the voice talents of the late Fred Wedlock (Folk singer known for his 1980's hit 'The Oldest Swinger in Town') the
animated advert is based upon 'The Three Little Pigs' story.

Additional media artworks were created featuring Parky Pig and the Big Bad Wolf, such as images for the Easy2Insure website
and also illustrations for the billboard advertisements.

THE JENKINS'S'S'S'S'S'S (2009)

Created by Mark Davies and Chris Needs MBE (BBC Radio and TV personality), The Jenkins's's's's's are a lovable yet
dysfunctional welsh family who live in the town of Pontypantin.

Beginning as a radio show on Chris 's BBC Radio Wales programme, Chris later collaborated with Mark and brought them to life in comic strips.With the growing popularity of the cartoon welsh family, The Jenkins's's's's's book was published by Y Lolfa featuring humorous story's, comic strips and illustrations.The book achieved No 3 in the Welsh Book Charts in 2008.

Following the success of the book, Chris and Mark worked together to create 'The Jenkins's's's's's' animated short which
featured the voices of Roy Noble OBE and Mandy Star.

OBESSED (2008)

Created for Barclay Card, Mark worked closely with Cragrats to produce this 50 minute film which featured a combination of animations, illustrations and live action recordings.


The film followsthe frustrating experience that a Barclay Card customer had to deal with when being dealt by four call centre
agents whose customer care skills are non-existent. The film later illustrates how customer care should be handled in order to guarantee customer satisfaction.

Mark was responsible for all the animated and illustrated content within the film and directed a team of assistant animators and editors in order to complete this production within the deadline.

The film has since been regularly shown to Barclay Card employees world wide and in 2009 he film received a National Training Award.

THE DREAM OF EDWARD SHEARS (2008)

Created for Scottish and Southern Energy, this 5 minute film follows our hero, Eddie, who although cautious and safe at work,
his driving skills are neglectful and hazardous towards others.

Whilst Eddie is on the job, he is visited by St Peter who cautions him of his care free driving. as Eddie dismisses the angels wise words, we see the consequences that can occur from unsafe driving.

Working closley with Cragrats, Mark animated the entire content and created all the artwork for the film, he then directed compositors to edit the final results, the films intention is to warn viewers of the consequences of driving hazardously, the film features an interesting twist of atmosphere from comical cartoons to graphical images of our hero Eddie in a car crash.

THE FAMILY DOWN THE STREET (2007)

Created for Scottish and Southern Energy and working with Cragrats, this 5 minute film animated by Mark Davies follows the individual car journeys of four members of a family.

We have Fred (the father who suffers from road rage), Pete (the elder son whose always in a rush), Cath (the careless driving mother) and Baby Lou.

The film features an interesting twist from colourful cartoons to disturbing graphical images of our family members as they each get involved in an accident or offence and the following actions that occur.

FATIGUE (2007)

Created for Scottish and Southern Energy and working with Cragrats, this 2-minute film was created to point out the symptoms
and consequences of fatigue when driving for long periods of time.

The content and action within the film is displayed as if the viewer is actually driving, through the film we see the driver showing signs of tiredness, restlessness, confusion and other signs of fatigue.

Mark both animated and directed an assistant animator within the production of this film.

THE WORLD'S MOST STUPIDEST SUPERHEORES (2006)

Created by Mark Davies, 'The World's Most Stupidest Superhero's' is an animated short film featuring comical superheroes whose powers are useless, bizarre and ridiculous.

The film features characters such as Suicidal Man (A hero who solves the world's problems by killing himself), Steel Man (A hero whose protective armor is too heavy to move), Normal Man (A superhero with no special abilities at all) and Explosive Man (A hero who randomly explodes).

The film became a finalist in the BBC New Animators Competition 2007 as well as gaining a high level of interest from an International Television Network; it has now been adapted and is being aired on national television in India as an advertisement.

UNDERDOG (2003)

Created by Mark Davies and animated to Strauss' Radetsky March, this 2-D classical animated film follows the events that take place with each rise of the food chain.

In natures tough world of hunt or be hunted, the little guy often seems to be the constant loser but in this animated adventure, through the chase scenes between a worm, bird, cat and dog, the film proves that every once in a while the Underdog beats the giants.

This film was nominated for the best 2-D animated film Glammies award 2003.