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Animation Pie

A creative club for anyone who wants to learn about animation and make things move!

Newsletter · By Rachel Bevan Baker · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 30, 2026

    Recording from tonight’s Animation Pie! (opens the original)

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    Hello! At tonight’s Animation Pie we got inspired by Lotte Reiniger, the German animator who made the first animated feature film in 1926, 100 years ago, when she was only 26 years old. (Link to recording at end of article.) She loved fairy tales and drama, mythical creatures and adventures, and was inspired by traditional shadow puppetry, the films of Melies and the German folk art tradition of cut paper the German paper-cutting folk art known as Scherenschnitte.<a class="image-link image2 is-v

  2. Issue · Sep 29, 2026

    LOTTE REINEGER - Zoom Link (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 14, 2026

    Lotte Reineger 100 yr celebration! (opens the original)

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    Hello! This month Animation Pie is going to celebrate 100 years since Lotte Reineger made ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’ - the world’s first ever feature film (years before Disney’s ‘Snow White’). <img alt="" class="sizing-norma

  4. Issue · Aug 26, 2026

    Animation Pie drew STORYBOARDS tonight! (opens the original)

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    Hello! If you didn’t make the live tonight, don’t worry - recording link below…This evening we had fun making storyboards inspired by three words:FLYGLASSCRYEveryone came up with such different ideas, all in half an hour! From a story about a human and a fly swapping eyes, to a sad girl in an plane, we were entertained by so much amazing creativity. Everyone chose a broad range of shots, considered viewpoint and framing, and created visual narratives that really drew us in when we shared them at

  5. Issue · Aug 14, 2026

    Animation Pie does STORYBOARDS! (opens the original)

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    Hello lovely Pie people, it’s been a while! I hope you’ve all had a lovely summer? I’m so looking forward to catching up with you at the next live in a couple of weeks… zoomy link at the end.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="818" src

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