Residue Dolls

Challenged with completing this short film in 10 days using sustainable methods, the theme allowed me to unashamedly employ all the synthetic filmmaking shortcuts at my disposal. Voices and images were generated from recycled reality using AI. And one or two digital puppetry apps rediscovered from the early noughties (along with some sunny days in Peak District) eschewed the need for a stop motion animation studio. The puppets themselves were beautifully crafted from repurposed waste materials by Patrick Amber. Co-directed, produced and written by Paul Evans in collaboration with Prof. Tony Ryan and researchers from the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, Residue Dolls was exhibited alongside the puppets at Festival of the Mind 19 – 29 Sept 2024 at Yorkshire Artspace, Persistence Works, Sheffield.

Commissioned by University of Sheffield 2024

Imaginary Communities

A short animated introduction to 'Imaginary Communities' - Chol Theatre's unique approach to drama education. IC promotes play and imagination to aid writing and integrate theatre into the curriculum, nourishing wider learning through drama.


Illustrations by Ruth Dyer.

Commissioned by CHOL Theatre 2020

Making the Case for the Arts - Creative Confidence

One of a series of three films for CapeUK (IVE), making the case for using the arts and creativity in education to boost children's learning. 'Creative Confidence' shows how staff and pupils at High Storrs School have used the arts across the curriculum.  Made in collaboration with A level Film Studies students at High Storrs School.

Commissioned by CapeUK (IVE) 2015 (1 of 3)

Meet the Invertebrates

Created by pupils from Ravenfield Primary Academy in partnership with Clifton Park Museum and filmmaker Jon Harrison

The film explores Clifton Park Museum's entomology collection and looks at how insects and other invertebrates are viewed and valued in society.

Commissioned by Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham 2021

The Art & Science of Noticing

The Art & Science of Noticing is an enquiry led approach to learning in museums and galleries, devised by Bradford Museums & Galleries Learning Team.

Commissioned by Bradford Museums & Galleries 2017

The Wild Escape 

All the 360° videos, photographs and paintings in this film were created by the children of Ferham Primary School, Rotherham, working with Jon Harrison as part of The Wild Escape workshops at Clifton Park Museum

The Wild Escape is a major project from Art Fund that looks to engage children with the UK’s natural environment, inviting primary school children aged 7-11 to explore animals in museum collections and create stories imagining a creature’s journey to a future habitat rich in biodiversity. 

Commissioned by Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham 2023

The Machinery

This three screen video installation expresses the dehumanisation and alienation of the industrial worker  - relentlessly subjected to an exhausting cycle of repetition.

The Machinery is a collaborative artwork by Caroline Radcliffe (clog dancer), Sarah Angliss (composer and digital artist) and Jon Harrison (digital film maker).

Documentary film by University of Birmingham 2018

Making the Case for the Arts - A Deeper Understanding

One of a series of three films for CapeUK (IVE), making the case for using the arts and creativity in education to boost children's learning. 'A Deeper Understanding' shows how staff and pupils at St Marie's Primary School have used the arts across the curriculum.

Commissioned by CapeUK (IVE) 2015 (1 of 3)

Rotherham Together Partnership

A short animated film introducing the Rotherham Together Partnership and the Rotherham Plan which brings together a number of local organisations; the Council, local NHS, Rotherham College, South Yorkshire Police, alongside representatives of the private and voluntary sectors, who work together to improve the quality of life in Rotherham.

Commissioned by Rotherham Borough Council 2023

Love Over Goldfish

A fish finds himself in dire straits in this upside-down road movie.

Stopmotion puppet animation with live action from the golden age of Sheffield and Soho (Shoho?) starring Dawn Shadforth as Jayne, cinematography by Gary Wraith, sound composition by Ron Wright (with the voice of Róisín Murphy), edited by Jane Hicks at Reelworks and digitally composited on Flame at Rushes. Models and stopmotion by Jon Harrison with armatures by Spitting Image.  Animated at Cairo Studios with live action sequences filmed around Sheffield. Broadcast 21 times on Channel 4 and Film 4. Written and directed by Janet Jennings and Jon Harrison

Travelling Light Productions 1996

Animating with tablet computers

An animated introduction to stop motion animation using tablet computers for schools. 

One of a series of three animated explainers for Maker{Futures} at University of Sheffield.

Commissioned by University of Sheffield 2022

Penny Withers: Scale

Drawing inspiration from the rock formations of the Peak District, ceramicist Penny Withers has created this body of work through which she experiments with making larger pieces, working with local climbers to find out more about the intricate surface details on rocky outcrops such as Stanage and Curbar Edge.

Part of Making Ways, a programme supported by Sheffield Culture Consortium through Arts Council England to showcase, celebrate and develop the exceptional contemporary visual art produced in the city.

Commissioned by Making Ways 2019

Malham Cove 360

One of a series of 360° video panoramas with original music compositions. Made for VR headsets, tablets and smartphones to aid remembering and reminiscing around well-known and familiar landmarks and landscapes, supporting relaxation and well-being in care environments.

Music composer: Ben Crick
Orchestra: Skipton Camerata

To view in 360 VR on a phone, open in the YouTube App and wave your phone around to explore the space. On desktop click and drag around the video.

2024

How do teachers encounter research in the wild?

This animation was produced for the Research Mobilities in Primary Literacy Education Project (2022-2024). The project investigated teachers’ experiences of research, the kinds of literacy research that they encounter, and how literacy research moves to, among and around teachers.

This was an open brief to respond to a prepared script by visualising research findings without narration or dialogue.

Commissioned by Sheffield Hallam University 2024

The Machinery by Caroline Radcliffe & Sarah Angliss 

" To anyone interested in the relationship between music and automation, The Machinery is a fascinating work. Devised by women working in the Lancashire mills, the steps of this nineteenth-century ‘heel and toe’ clog dance directly mimic the repetitive sounds and movements of cotton mill machines, Radcliffe and Angliss take it back to its industrial context, as they juxtapose it with found sounds and video fragments."

Recorded 12 November 2016 at Algomech 2016, Sheffield