Pompeian Streets is a new short cartoon based on Ray Laurence’s research was released today. I’ve also created a blog that links elements of the film, including the camel, back to evidence from Pompeii. It would be great if you could take a look at the film and it would be even greater, if you could like it and it would be truly heroic if you could share the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeh0Iw31bP4
This film is part of a new series of Pompeii films that will be released each month on the Ancient Rome in Motion YouTube Channel. There is also a website, which has more details including the blogs that support the films. At present, 5 films are in production and, funding willing, more will be made. The first films are funded by a prize that I won in a pitching competition in 2022.
To look into the making of these films, you can find early sketches and ideas developing on Ancient Rome in Motion’s Patreon Page. In time, you and your students may get to know Spoticus the dog – who had his first outing on twitter last week. I’m working again with Andrew Park and his animation studio We are Cognitive. This is the same team that brought you the Ted.Ed films A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome and Four Sisters in Ancient Rome with 20 million YouTube views.
Please share the new film with your students, or with other educators, or on social media and consider becoming a supporter of the series (for as little as a cup of coffee) via Ancient Rome in Motion’s Patreon Page.
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