# animate! › Films › Careful by Damian Gascoigne › background material

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, hand-drawn animation, 3d cgi, live action and animation, digital compositing, parental anxiety, childhood, independence, narrative short, filmmaker, illustrator, animation director

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**Careful** a film by Damian Gascoigne

2005, 6 min 07 sec

### related websites

**[Calder Foundation](http://www.calder.org/)**
Almost everything on this site devoted to Alexander Calder was serious inspiration for the film…

**[Goldfish Bowl 1929 by Calder](http://www.calder.org/images_work/1898_1930/A00274_F.jpg)**
Calder said “I think better in wire”

**[The Circus 1932 by Calder](http://www.calder.org/images_work/1930_1936/A00053_F.jpg)**
Ink on paper

### production material

#### reference images

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![Pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_concept_still01.jpg)
Pre-production concept still

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![Pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_concept_still02.jpg)
Pre-production concept still

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![Sketch](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_sketch01.jpg)
Sketch

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![Sketch](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_sketch02.jpg)
Sketch

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![Background components with elevations](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_sketch03.jpg)
Background components with elevations

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![Landscape map](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_sketch04.jpg)
Landscape map

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![Drawing inspiration](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_drawing_inspiration01.jpg)
Drawing inspiration

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![Drawing inspiration](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_drawing_inspiration02.jpg)
Drawing inspiration

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![Drawing inspiration](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_drawing_inspiration03.jpg)
Drawing inspiration

#### storyboard

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![Storyboard sample, first sheet](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_storyboard01.jpg)
Storyboard sample, first sheet

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![Storyboard sample, sheet 8](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_storyboard08.jpg)
Storyboard sample, sheet 8

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![Storyboard frame](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_storyboard_frame01.jpg)
Storyboard frame

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![Storyboard frame](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_storyboard_frame02.jpg)
Storyboard frame

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![Storyboard frame](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_storyboard_frame03.jpg)
Storyboard frame

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![Storyboard frame](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_storyboard_frame04.jpg)
Storyboard frame

#### design

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![Background design](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_design01.jpg)
Background design

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![Background colour model](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_design02.jpg)
Background colour model

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![Girl colour model](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_design03.jpg)
Girl colour model

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![Background design](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_design04.jpg)
Background design

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![Mother design](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_design05.jpg)
Mother design

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![Background texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_background_texture01.jpg)
Background texture

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![Background texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_background_texture02.jpg)
Background texture

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![Background texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_background_texture03.jpg)
Background texture

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![Background texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_background_texture04.jpg)
Background texture

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![Background texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_background_texture05.jpg)
Background texture

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![Careful, background texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_background_texture06.jpg)
Background texture

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![Background texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_background_texture07.jpg)
Background texture

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![Background texture](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_careful_background_texture08.jpg)
Background texture

### first public screening

**Channel 4 Television**
6 December 2005

**Careful** film, stills and other materials © Damian Gascoigne 2005