Editing Cosgrove Hall Films (section)

===Stop Frame Productions===
{{infobox company
| name = Stop Frame Productions
| successor = Cosgrove Hall Productions
| founder = [[Mark Hall (animator)|Mark Hall]]
| foundation = 1969
| defunct = 1975
| fate = Closed
| owner = Brian Cosgrove<br />Mark Hall
}}
[[Brian Cosgrove]] and [[Mark Hall (animator)|Mark Hall]] first met while both were students at [[Manchester College of Art and Design]], which is now part of [[Manchester Metropolitan University]].<ref name=guardian>{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Hayward |title=Mark Hall obituary, Animator whose TV cartoon series created with his friend Brian Cosgrove included Danger Mouse and The Wind in the Willows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/nov/19/mark-hall?newsfeed=true |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=18 November 2011 |access-date=20 November 2011}}</ref> They later became co-workers at [[Granada Television]], where they produced television graphics.<ref name=guardian/>

Hall left his job in 1969 and founded his own production company, Stop Frame Productions.<ref name=guardian/> Cosgrove joined the company shortly after its establishment.<ref name=guardian/> Their first projects, for Stop Frame, included public service films and television commercials for such companies as the ''[[TVTimes]]''.<ref name=guardian/> From 1971 to 1972, the company released the animated series, ''The Magic Ball'', which they created in a renovated shed located in the yard of Cosgrove's father-in-law.<ref name=guardian/> Hall directed two animated productions for Stop Frame, ''Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo'', which was released in 1972, and the television series, ''Noddy'', which aired in 1975.<ref name=guardian/> The company also produced opening credits and graphics for children's TV series such as ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'' in 1972.<ref name=guardian/>

Stop Frame Productions halted production, and was closed in 1975.<ref name=guardian/>