Research On The Development Of British TV Animation Based On Channel 4

In this paper,the history of the development of Britain TV animation,and the Channel 4 Factor,and for the important animators,animation studios and representative works in different periods analysis,from many points of view of Britain TV Animation described.British animation has experienced several great moments.It was great for a while in the 1930s and again in the 1960s.But in the late 1980s the animation world had to acknowledge that it had hit its best form ever.By the 1990s it was getting embarrassing.From 1990 to 1995 the UK won the animation Oscar(?)every year except one,and even in that year it accounted for three of the five nominations.The story was the same with the Cartoon d'Or for best European animation.Some of these winners were student films,some were supported by the BBC or S4C,but the majority were Channel 4 commissions.In 1993,a year in which all five Cartoon d'Or nominations were British,when it transpired that C4 had commissioned four of the five nominees the Channel was given its own Cartoon d'Or,for its 'outstanding contribution to high quality animation Europe'.Yet few at the time bothered to consider quite how extraordinary it was that a broadcaster should invest in these films,given that they were not standard TV half-hours,still less series,and very few were straightforward entertainment.In this paper,the social and historical background of the development of television animation in Britain,as well as the mechanism of Britain television network broadcasting,and the evolution of the theme of Britain television animation are expounded.I can learn from the text that the development of Britain television animation is driven by the impact of the target audience groups,while the target audience groups also affect the television network broadcast time period and the evolution of the theme of animation.Through the mutual connection,mutual promotion and mutual development between the three of them,the Britain television animation has entered world leading level.