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TOON BOOM HARMONY NEWSCourtesy of Luke the Lifeboat Ltd.Based in Belfast's newly developed waterfront Titanic quarter,Banjax was founded three years ago by Darryl Collins, RichardMorss and Alastair McIlwain. Darryl runs the business side ofthings while Richard and Alastair manage the creative side ofthe company. Pooling these skills has led them to embark onthe pre-production of a five-minute 52-episode series forpre-schoolers, entitled Luke the Lifeboat. The animation forLuke the Lifeboat involves a mixture of characters from anasset library, traditional animation for natural effects along withimported 3D animation for some of the main vehicles andcharacters. Initially, they used Toon Boom Studio and Flash,and were impressed with Toon Boom's interface and ability togive them the flexibility needed for the look they were after.Following this initial brush with Toon Boom's technology theydiscovered Harmony and, after signing up to a week's initialtraining, it soon became obvious that Harmony was exactlywhat they needed for their situation. Using Harmony allowsBanjax to deal with the various animation elements and thedemands of managing production assets across the studioteam. "We're looking forward to getting to know Harmonyinside out", shared Alastair McIlwain. ■explore, and protect Kookamunga National Park,and all who walk, swim, fly and crawl within it. Infact, Iggy is so committed, he created the PigScouts, an organization dedicated to thepreservation and tender loving care of the'Kook'. Except he and beaver pal, Jiggers, arethe sole members. And together they will go to anylength to uphold their duty - even if it meanshang-gliding from the lofty summit of Peak-A-Boo, shooting the swirling rapids of RiverWhoosh, or swinging on vines in the Wet Willie Rainforest.And all in one day. “When creating the demo for Iggy, we wereable to use Harmony's powerful animation and compositingtools to create the rich animated style needed to fully capturethe excitement of the series. The result was an amazingrepresentation of a project our team is really looking forwardto being a part of,” enthuses series director Phil Lafrance. IggyArbuckle is scheduled to begin pre-production at Mercury'sOttawa animation studio in February 2006 and will air onTeletoon Canada in the fall. Blueprint's John Morayniss andNoreen Halpern executive produce the series while MercuryFilmworks' Clint Eland is Supervising Producer. ■Courtesy of NelvanaCourtesy of Blueprint EntertainmentExecutive Produced by Blueprint Entertainment in associationwith National Geographic Kid's Programming &Production, Iggy Arbuckle is an exciting new series about ayoung pig with a yen for adventure as big as all outdoors.Produced by Mercury Filmworks, the fifty-two 11 minuteseries follows Iggy, an idealistic porker with a mission: to chart,At the last MIPCOM, Alphanim announced the co-productionof a theatrical adaptation of international TV animation hitFranklin with partners Nelvana, StudioCanal and Europool.Directed by Academy Award® Nominee Dominique Monféryand slated for release in fall 2006, the film will chronicleFranklin's quest, along with his archaeologist Aunt Lucie, for asecret talisman hidden in the forest that purports to have thevirtue of healing the favorite turtle's ill grandmother. Publishedworldwide by Kids Can Press, Franklin made a name for itselfas a bestselling children's book, with more than 26 millioncopies sold worldwide. The TV series, produced by Nelvana,is also a tremendous success and has opened the path for athriving Licensing & Merchandising program. Preproductionand production will be handled by a team of former DisneyFeature Animation creative talents and carried out byWelldone Films in Paris, Luxemburg's Luxanimation andKorea's Emation. ”The optimization of the production workflowwith Opus enables us to have a good handle on budgetand time constraints while offering the director and artisticteam all the production tools used in large scale productions”shared Jean-Pierre Quenet. ■4 toonboom news / december 2005
Courtesy of Facelift EnterprisesPipangaï Productions is equipping its entire studio with ToonBoom Harmony, making it the first French installation with thisEmmy® award winning technology. Based out of La Réunion,Pipangaï plans to maximize its use of Harmony by offeringink and paint, animation and compositing services to the animationindustry but also by developing its own productions.Pipangaï Productions is Europe's second largest animationstudio in terms of output with over 850 episodes of animationproduced, totaling 350 hours of programming, and sold inover 80 countries. Pipangaï has worked on Babar, Bob Morane,My Dad The Rock Star, Wombat City and Totally Spies to namea few. "Considering how superior Toon Boom Harmony istechnology-wise, we decided to use it exclusively throughoutour studio. We are convinced Harmony will give us the leadingedge required to position ourselves as strong and competitivecontenders in the animation arena and offer animation servicesof the highest quality," said Azmina Goulamaly, GeneralManager at Pipangaï. ■Facelift Enterprises Inc. is producing Monstories, their internationallyaward-winning television series, using Toon BoomHarmony. A mix of hand-drawn animation with CG components,the 52-episode production has its entire pre-production, colorstyling, compositing and post-production created out ofFacelift's Vancouver location, while Philippine animationstudio PASI takes care of a majority of scanning, portions ofanimation, and inking and painting. Scheduled for broadcaston Cartoon Network in 2005/2006, Monstories introduces anensemble cast of characters who provide the funniest, mostentertaining one minute of cartoon possible. Facelift Ent. Inc.is a full service pre-production through post-productionanimation development company. Responsible for creativecontributions to numerous international award-winning animatedseries, Facelift Ent. Inc. brings a comprehensive understandingof series creation, production, and an establishedtrack record of industry success to all projects produced underthe Facelift banner. "We enjoy the workflow flexibility affordedus by utilizing Harmony on Monstories. Harmony's efficientpaint tools help streamline our color styling process; weeasily export color palettes from Harmony to send to PASI,and just as easily import files sent in return to continue postproductionhere at Facelift. The ability to create our digitalpaint files with resolution independence makes the transitionto multiple platforms a simpler process. Currently we useHarmony's digital paint capacities and are already working onour new project for next year where the full capabilities ofHarmony could be used" said Lance Taylor, Creative Directorat Facelift. ■The Baby Triplets is the latest Cromosoma's series, coproducedwith Televisió de Catalunya (TVC), presented duringlast MIPCOM and specifically targeted to a younger audience(1 to 4 year-olds). The Baby Triplets are the lead characters,serving as a reference point for the youngest members of thefamily, who will make new discoveries and learn new vocabulary.The dialogue will be as simple and clear as possible, fullof those short but very significant expressions typical ofsmall children at this age. The series is being produced withToon Boom Opus and Harmony, which allow it to be a completepaperless production. All the animation, compositingand final editing are computerized. The production will befinished at the beginning of 2006, but Disney Channel Spain,Alter Channel (Greece), Cineplex Thailand, have alreadypre-acquired the series. After MIPCOM, more sales will be innegotiation. ■Courtesy of Cromosoma Courtesy of Facelift Enterprisestoonboom news / /december september 2005 5
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