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The Making of a Nightmare

By Neil Carstairs

NEIL CARSTAIRS, WINNER OF AN IAC INTERNATIONAL AWARD THIS YEAR WITH HIS FILM ‘NIGHTMARE’, TELLS US ABOUT HIS APPROACH TO CARTOON FILM MAKING.

I was brought up with painting, my grandfather was a commercial artist, and painting was my father’s main hobby. I had always felt vaguely that I would like to make cartoon films, and about four years ago I bought my first (and only) camera and started animating.