How we made animation to help our local Food Bank We were delighted to have had the opportunity to create a 2D animation to spread the word about our favourite local charity, The Welcome Centre.  The Welcome Centre is a food bank providing support to the most vulnerable in our community in and around Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.  It’s great to be able to amplify the importance of their work.  Animation gives a different perspective to encourage the public to have more empathy for individuals experiencing poverty and to show the impact of making a donation and how it helps peopl ..read more

How we made a mixed-media 2D animation and live-action music video. One of our favourite pieces of 2D animation that we’ve done over the years was made with live-action film director Sameer Patel, music label Magnetic North Melodies and the band Heavyball. We made this mixed media 2D animation and live action music video in collaboration with them. Heavyball is a London based “new tone” band influenced by ska and mod. They made an extraordinary cover version of Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy” and wanted to bring something unexpected to the mix to help it to stand out from the crowd. Sameer Pa ..read more

We’re delighted to have been selected for a brilliant training, networking and development opportunity to take our business to the next level thanks to the wonderful team at IndieLab We’ve been selected to be part of a brand new business development programme designed to accelerate the growth of West Yorkshire’s creative sector by enabling companies to refine their business vision and explore growth opportunities. The programme includes masterclasses, seminars and panel sessions with national and regional industry leaders, including managing director of nations and regions at Channel 4 Sinead ..read more

We’re looking for an enthusiastic artist, animator or editor to join our growing team making animation for broadcast, education, business and charities. Thanks to a new government employment scheme Kickstart to help under 25’s find employment and training opportunities. You’ll have experience of making artwork, animation, editing or special effects and a desire to contribute to a supportive team and learn from others. To help the director and art director in producing 2D animations for our education, business, government and charity clients To help generate ideas for Fettle future online cont ..read more

On Thursday 4th November 2021, Fettle gathered with friends and supporters for a special presentation as we come into our tenth year as an animation company. 65 people joined us in person at the event in the hall at Marsden Mechanics and 46 joined us online via a video livestream. It was so exciting for us to be back in the room with so many people again since the pandemic and also to experiment with our first ever livestream. Alistair MacDonald from Curlew Films ran the livestream using equipment hired from Electric Cinema Theatre society locally. Almost 300 people have since watched thi ..read more

Fettle Producer Kath Shackleton, was selected as part of a group of ten UK based female entrepreneurs to take part in a dedicated and prestigious programme for female founders of screen-based companies with an ambition to grow. There was an exciting series of online workshops, group discussions and one-to-one business coaching, between November 2020 and April 2021.  The programme was intense and incredibly powerful, made even more so by the coronavirus lockdown. The group on the programme extended across broadcast media, branded content, interactive, animation and games included Anna Ha ..read more

My name is Poppy, and I am one of the recent additions to the Fettle Animation team. Since working at Fettle, I’ve enjoyed working in a creative space and seeing first-hand the animation creation process. I have contributed to the action by creating a presentation for Sheffield University showcasing Fettle’s work, working with the Open University to edit our script on the Greek tragedy, Medea, and promoting Fettle’s work online. My favourite part of working here has been networking with the film and TV tycoons of Yorkshire. It’s important to represent the north in media and I am proud to be ..read more

On Thursday 4th November 2021, Fettle gathered with friends and supporters for a special presentation as we come into our tenth year as an animation company. 65 people joined us in person at the event in the hall at Marsden Mechanics and 46 joined us online via a video livestream. It was so exciting for us to be back in the room with so many people again since the pandemic and also to experiment with our first ever livestream. Alistair MacDonald from Curlew Films ran the livestream using equipment hired from Electric Cinema Theatre society locally. Almost 300 people have since watched thi ..read more

Fettle Producer Kath Shackleton, was selected as part of a group of ten UK based female entrepreneurs to take part in a dedicated and prestigious programme for female founders of screen-based companies with an ambition to grow. There was an exciting series of online workshops, group discussions and one-to-one business coaching, between November 2020 and April 2021.  The programme was intense and incredibly powerful, made even more so by the coronavirus lockdown. The group on the programme extended across broadcast media, branded content, interactive, animation and games included Anna Ha ..read more

My name is Poppy, and I am one of the recent additions to the Fettle Animation team. Since working at Fettle, I’ve enjoyed working in a creative space and seeing first-hand the animation creation process. I have contributed to the action by creating a presentation for Sheffield University showcasing Fettle’s work, working with the Open University to edit our script on the Greek tragedy, Medea, and promoting Fettle’s work online. My favourite part of working here has been networking with the film and TV tycoons of Yorkshire. It’s important to represent the north in media and I am proud to be ..read more