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Karen Penman
Karen Penman achieved a first in BSc.(Hons) Media Production and Technology before moving to Newcastle to work at Superkrush Films as Production Co-ordinator. She has since relocated back to the South and has worked at SEEC as an associate lecturer in the Media department, teaching both FE and HE students and currently works for SEEVIC College.
Since returning to Essex, under the banner of Littlenobody Productions, she has gone on to specialise in animation. Karen Penman has screened projects in competition at Bradford Animation Festival, Encounters Film Festival, Northern Lights Film Festival and Interfilm Berlin as well as Clermont Ferrands Film market. She has been shortlisted down to the final 12 for the Virgin Media short competition, meaning Littlenobody's first animated short What Cassandra Saw will be screened in 212 cinemas UK wide for the next year. The Commonwealth Vision Awards gave Karen and Liam a seed grant, after shortlisting them down to the final 8, to complete Weather Beaten an animated ecological short. Littlenobody have also won the 4TALENT animation award for 2008.
Karen is working with Liam Brazier. They have been shortlisted by Screen East for their project Happy.
"Our short is intended to convey the fragility of life and the ethos that we should make the most of every moment. The short will have an abstract yet lyrical narrative, as Noah falls from one memory to the next contemplating his happiness. The visual will be over saturated to help convey the nostalgia of Noah's memories. The sound design and music will also echo the narrative and feel slightly removed. Happy is an animated short centring a round accepting the inevitability of our own existence, with out regret."
Karen and Liam can both be contacted by e-mail at k@littlenobody.com or liam@littlenobody.com
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