Behind The Scenes with USW was produced by USW Research Fellow for Impact and Evaluation Dr. Bronwin Patrickson.
This work, supported by the USW team, developed in consultation with Fictioneers.
Additional design and development services were provided by Sugar Creative.
All USW produced media (such as interviews, vlogs) featured on this site is published under a Creative Commons License 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aardman Animations Ltd. and Fictioneers retain full rights to all other media such as production stills and Aardman produced promotion videos.
Student video production
USW student media interns Gina Parkinson, Beth Randell, and Harry Pettigrew (student media presenters) aided by Gabi Page and Charles Stylianou (student media directors) also created short video introductions and photo links for the website.
Thank you
To the USW Research Interns (Dan Glazzard, Dafydd Jones, Chloe Kacperski, Cheyenne Webb) and the USW Advertising students (Ben Geall, Andre Gardener McFarlane, Jess Middleton) who also feature in this documentation site.
Site music
The Secret by Soft and Furious (album) The Man I’m Not https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Soft_and_Furious/The_Man_Im_Not. Released under a CC0 1.0 Universal license.
Shchedryck by Mystery Mammal (album) Xmas in Space. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mystery_Mammal/Xmas_on_Tape. License self-described as a ‘PD’ license
Wind on my legs by Monplaisir (album) Draft. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monplaisir/Draft/Monplaisir_-_Draft_-_14_Wind_on_my_legs. Released under a CC0 1.0 Universal license.
Déjà vu by Monplaisir (album) Draft. https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monplaisir/Draft/Monplaisir_-_Draft_-_03_Dj_vu. Released under a CC0 1.0 Universal license.
People are spinning by Loyalty Freak Music, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/TO_CHILL_AND_STAY_AWAKE/Loyalty_Freak_Music_-_TO_CHILL_AND_STAY_AWAKE_-_06_People_are_spinning Released under a under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Sweet sun by Loyalty Freak Music, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Loyalty_Freak_Music/POSITIVE_ATTITUDE_/Loyalty_Freak_Music_-_POSITIVE_ATTITUDE__-_04_Sweet_Sun, Released under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Robot Gypsy Jazz by John Bartmann (album) Public Domain Music Soundtrack https://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One/robot-gypsy-jazz Released under a CC0 1.0 Universal license.
Lyanetha by John Bartmann (album) Public Domain Music Soundtrack
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/John_Bartmann/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One Released under a CC0 1.0 Universal license.
We all have hot chocolate tummies and frozen faces by He Can Jog
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/He_Can_Jog/We_All_Have_Hot_Chocolate_Tummies_and_Frozen_Faces/We_All_Have_Hot_Chocolate_Tummies_and_Frozen_Faces Released under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Externally sourced site photos
BLOG - Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels
Released under the Pexels free use license, Published on our Research Intern Blog
Hands - Photo by Artem Maltsev on Unsplash
Released under the Unsplash free to use license, Published on our Engagement Blog
USW MEDIA INTERNS
Gabi Page
What I study: BA Journalism
What I did: I post-produced two videos about gifs and bugs and attended some of Fictioneers’ Operations meetings.
What I learnt: Patience pays off. I extended myself editing and polishing these videos in Adobe Premiere.
Gina Parkinson
What I study: Performance and Media
What I did: I attended some of Fictioneers’ Operations meetings. Plus, I co-scripted and presented a mix of photos, as well as video content (welcome video, 360 video, gifs video).
What I learnt: Patience and collaboration. It took me 80 takes to nail the gifs video, but I’m pleased with the results!
Harry Pettigrew
What I study: BA Journalism
What I did: I co-scripted and presented a mix of photos, as well as video content (welcome video, 360 video, bugs video). After the game was launched publicly I also assisted Fictioneer’s Operations team, monitoring social media outlets for user generated content.
What I learnt: Dramatic delivery for performance, thanks to some extra coaching from performance students Gina and Beth.
Bethany Randell
What I study: Performance and Media
What I did: I co-devised and presented photo and video content for the Audience of the Future behind the scenes documentation site (welcome video, 360 video, audience research video).
What I learnt: Through the internship I learnt team-work skills, work ethic skills and directing skills
Charles Stylianou
What I study: BA Journalism
What I did: I attended some of Fictioneers’ Operations meetings and post-produced the 360 launch video, I also produced the media intern credits and helped to produce the media intern introduction/welcome video as well.
What I learnt: Lots of new software, including gif builders and software for mixing 360 video