Gruffalo, Paw Patrol creatives tell Secret Story
A host of renowned children’s content creators have signed up to write stories that underrepresented creatives can illustrate and animate to win paid internships with UK companies such as Aardman and Jellyfish Pictures.
Jon Mason
The Secret Story Draw, set up last year by Jon Mason, MD of Brighton-based digital studio Jollywise, wants to unlock opportunities for illustrators and animators from underrepresented ethnic groups to enter the industry.
The Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler, Paw Patrol creator Keith Chapman and The Demon Headmaster writer Gillian Cross are among the line-up of writers and judges who are part of initiative.
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U.K. Animation Industry Initiative for Underrepresented Ethnic Groups
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The Secret Story Draw is a new initiative dedicated to placing illustrators and animators from underrepresented ethnic groups in some of the U.K.’s best animation studios.
The Secret Story Draw sees some of the U.K.’s most renowned children’s writers provide an anonymous story written exclusively for the initiative, with aspiring animators and illustrators invited to bring the stories to life. The author of each story will remain anonymous until the winners are revealed in June.
Entries are now open, and applicants must be 18 years or older at the time of the competition closing date, which is May 28, with winners announced in June 2021.