Norton Virgien, director of Rugrats and Duckman, and currently directing Disney’s ‘Doc McStuffins’ here at Brown Bag, will be speaking at Pegbar’s animation event this Friday 15 April.
Pegbar is an animation networking group based in Dublin. Friday’s event takes place at the Science Gallery.
Pegbar & the Science Gallery will be hosting a series of short talks, giving an insight into the creativity and technology behind the animation that we see on our screens today. Our guest speakers will include, Norton Virgien (Director of Rugrats and Duckman), Jason Tammemägi (Director of Fluffy Gardens and Ballybraddan) and renowned multimedia artist Fergal Brennan. After our series of talks, ticketholders can reside to the Trinity Inn for a few drinks, animations on screen and a bit of social networking.
Watch Pegbar all this week on Twitter and Facebook where we will be having an internet giveaway, & revealing the spot prizes we will have available on the night!
Tickets are €6 and entry is at 5:45. Grab some tapas downstairs in the cafe from 5:30 beforehand if you’re hungry!
Hope to see you there!
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Yesterday wasn’t your average Monday for Granny O’Grimm director Nicky Phelan. It’s not every day you get an invite to the White House from ‘The President and Mrs Obama’!
Nicky initially thought it was a joke when a woman at the American Embassy rang Brown Bag Films to give him a heads-up that an invite was on its way. But on Monday he received the following request to join the Obamas for the annual St Patrick’s Day reception in Washington on March 17th.
I’m sure Nicky will report back on whether Barack Obama is an animation fan!
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We are looking for someone to animate the Brown Bag Films logo!
The brown bag has featured in our logo since Brown Bag Films was founded in 1994. Every day it is seen by children all around the world in the credits of our animated television series and short films, but until now it has never been animated.
We would love to see how talented designers and animators (that’s you!) would bring our logo to life. We’re inviting you to submit a 3-page treatment outlining your ideas, and we will contract the winner to produce our new animated logo. … read more
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Happy Christmas from all of us at Brown Bag Films!
Our studio will be closed for the holidays from December 23rd to January 4th, so see you all in the New Year!
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The first TV ratings for The Octonauts arrived today and we were delighted to find out that after 6 weeks it is the No. 1 preschool show on UK television!
The Octonauts is the only preschool show to appear in the Top 10 highest-rated children’s programs for audiences aged 4-15, across all UK television channels.
Octonauts BARB ratings
Thanks again for all the feedback from Octonauts fans on our blog – we now know there are a lot of you out there!
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We’ve been overwhelmed by the fantastic comments on our blog from viewers of The Octonauts since the show started on CBeebies last month. There’s been a big demand for Octonauts toys, and Chorion will be posting news of the 2011 toy range on the Facebook page, OCTONAUTS TV. It’s the place to go to discuss episodes, get news on Octonauts DVDs, toys & goodies, and share viewers’ own Octonauts art.
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The Octonauts are now a daily fixture on BBC’s CBeebies, and judging by the comments on our blog the show already has some die-hard fans! Thanks for your feedback everyone, it is always appreciated.
Budding Octonauts can now take on their own undersea mission on the games at TheOctonauts.com.
Also check out CBeebies’ Octonauts website , where you’ll find episodes, Octonauts colour-in pages, and Creature Reports videos.
Hope you enjoy!
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The time has finally arrived when we get to share The Octonauts with the wider world! Our latest TV series launches on BBC’s CBeebies and BBC HD channels from next Monday, 4th October.
Kwaazi, Barnacles & Peso!
The Octonauts invites children to take the plunge and go on an exciting voyage of discovery through the world’s oceans this autumn. Splashing onto CBeebies from Monday 4 October, The Octonauts are a new band of heroes who patrol the oceans and have thrilling adventures underwater.
Produced in Dublin by Brown Bag Films for children’s entertainment provider Chorion, the 52 eleven minute episodes are based on the richly imaginative books by design team, Meomi. Created in HD, The Octonauts combines classic team adventure with dazzling CGI animation to transport children to a deep underwater world they don’t normally visit.
“This has been the most technically challenging show that Brown Bag Films has produced to date”, says director Darragh O’Connell. “We have had an amazingly talented crew working around the clock for the last 18 months to create this wonderful series, and I think it’s going to set a new bar for kids TV animation.” … read more
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The brilliant website Letters Of Note, which unearths fascinating correspondence and posts a new letter each day, posted this letter from Pixar animator Aaron Hartline to an aspiring animator Willie Downs. I thought it was such a great letter of encouragement for anyone working to achieve their dream of being an animator
According to Letters Of Note, “Downs – a huge fan of Pixar from the beginning who, it seems, was simply in need of this very support illustrated below – has since taken Hartline’s advice and is currently a student of the animation school at which he teaches: Animation Mentor“.
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Last week I headed to Sopron, Hungary for Cartoon Forum, the biggest annual gathering of the European animation community. Each year the Forum is held in a different European town, and about 1,000 animation industry people descended on Sopron to pitch 60 new projects to broadcasters, distributors and co-producers.
Sopron, Hungary
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