We’ve just heard some great news: Brown Bag Films have been nominated for the prestigious ‘Producer of the Year’ award as part of the EU CARTOON TRIBUTE 2009! We are nominated alongside three other European animation studios, Normaal Animation (France), Alcuni (Italy) and BRB (Spain). The awards ceremony will take place at the CARTOON Forum in Stavanger, Norway on Friday 25th September. The winner will be voted by other European producers so it is a great honour for us to be selected.
Also at this years Forum, we will be presenting ‘Granny O’Grimm’ the series, and the other bit of great news is that it is the number one project on the Forum interest list!! ‘Granny O Grimm’ is based on the multi-award winning Frameworks short film (IFB/RTE/AC) by director Nicky Phelan and writer Kathleen O’Rourke. The website www.grannyogrimm.com will go live on 10 September and will feature Granny stories, film clips and competitions.
….with David McCamley.
8.45: Checked my emails
8.47: Washed my hand as the threat of Swine flu is getting worse.
9.00 Wrote music note for an episode that our composer Dean Valentine is getting ready to start. They are just general notes of things we need to flag or parts of the episode that we will need to push the score to help move the story along. (more…)
The opening titles are one of the most important elements in any TV show. They should capture the essence of what it’s about, give a glimpse of character, and hopefully be entertaining with a nice little narrative. If the opening title sequence works right it should have your audience hooked right from the start. . (more…)
When applying for a job within animation it is crucial you have a good portfolio or showreel. But what makes a portfolio or showreel stand out I hear you ask? Here are a few pointers to help you on your way and get your work noticed. (more…)
The story of 23 Degrees 5 Minutes begins in Dublin around the turn of the last century (nothing specific), so we wanted to work on a look for the film that complimented that.
Art Director Stephen Robinson, did some research and came up with some amazing visual references.
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On Saturday night, I went to see ‘Bugs Bunny on Broadway’ which played in the National Concert Hall. This was a rare chance to see the great Warner Bros. cartoons on the big screen, the way they were intended to be seen when they were made back in the 1950’s.
You can’t mention Bugs Bunny without talking about Chuck Jones who was the father of Bugs and he directed hundreds of animation shorts in his career. For me, Chuck has got to be one of the all time greatest directors and the event was a welcome musical tribute to Chuck who masterfully intertwined superb classical music with slapstick animation.
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I recently received word that I got funding through the Frameworks Scheme to direct a short film called 23 degrees 5 minutes.
I thought it might be nice to blog the progress of the film & show work in progress and the ups & downs ( & fun) of producing a short film. (more…)
