Black Hearts in Battersea (1996)

Concept and creative process

To reflect the rather sinister side of this children's drama, red sealing wax was dripped onto old parchment to resemble blood, which then morphed into a seal with an animated wolf's head. Hand-drawn calligraphy was used to reveal the title. A motion control camera rig was used on a small set at Aardman Animation for the document, computer animation for the wolf's head seal and calligraphic artwork by Roz Pritchard for the titling.