# animate! › Films › Rabbit by Run Wrake › background material

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, collage animation, hand-drawn animation, digital compositing, greed, lost innocence, nature, dark fairy tale, filmmaker, animator, illustrator

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**Rabbit** a film by Run Wrake

2005, 8 min 30 sec

### production material

#### reference images

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![Pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_concept_still01.jpg)
Pre-production concept still

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![Pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_concept_still02.jpg)
Pre-production concept still

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![Envelope containing educational stickers published by Philip & Tacey Limited](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_original_illustration01.jpg)
Envelope containing educational stickers published by Philip & Tacey Limited
Published in the 1950s, found by Run Wrake in a secondhand shop in the 1980s. The envelope contained sheets of educational stickers illustrated by Geoffrey Higham, including the couple shown immediately below. [Philip & Tacey](http://www.philipandtacey.co.uk/) is still a successful supplier of teaching resources in 2005.

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![Original educational stickers illustrated by Geoffrey Higham](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_original_illustration02.jpg)
Original educational stickers illustrated by Geoffrey Higham

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![Original educational stickers illustrated by Geoffrey Higham](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_original_illustration03.jpg)
Original educational stickers illustrated by Geoffrey Higham
The image of the idol was the primary inspiration for **Rabbit**’s storyline.

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![Sketchbook detail](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_sketchbook01.jpg)
Sketchbook detail

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![Sketchbook detail](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_sketchbook02.jpg)
Sketchbook detail

#### storyboard

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![Storyboard front cover](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard00.jpg)
Storyboard front cover

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![Storyboard page 1](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard01.jpg)
Storyboard page 1

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![Storyboard page 2](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard02.jpg)
Storyboard page 2

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![Storyboard page 3](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard03.jpg)
Storyboard page 3

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![Storyboard page 4](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard04.jpg)
Storyboard page 4

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![Storyboard page 5](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard05.jpg)
Storyboard page 5

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![Storyboard page 6](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard06.jpg)
Storyboard page 6

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![Storyboard page 7](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard07.jpg)
Storyboard page 7

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![Storyboard page 8](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard08.jpg)
Storyboard page 8

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![Storyboard page 9](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard09.jpg)
Storyboard page 9

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![Storyboard page 10](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard10.jpg)
Storyboard page 10

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![Storyboard page 11](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard11.jpg)
Storyboard page 11

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![Storyboard page 12](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard12.jpg)
Storyboard page 12

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![Storyboard page 13](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard13.jpg)
Storyboard page 13

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![Storyboard page 14](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_storyboard14.jpg)
Storyboard page 14

#### design

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![Rabbit zapped](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_design01.jpg)
Rabbit zapped

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![Fly zapped](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_design02.jpg)
Fly zapped

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![Tiger zapped](https://animate.org.uk/films/downloads/animate_rabbit_design03.jpg)
Tiger zapped

### first public screening

**London Film Festival**
22 October 2005

**Channel 4 Television**
6 December 2005

**Rabbit** film, stills and other materials © Run Wrake 2005