Today we’re going to start a new feature here at Animation Insider in the form of Tutorial Tuesday! This week’s tutorials come from the very talented Andy Sykes who was incidentally interviewed today as well! We’ll be bringing you a new animation related tutorial each Tuesday so stay tuned!
Symbol & Classic Tweens:
If you’ve got a tutorial you’d like featured here give us a shout!
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated The Complete Season Two:
Those meddling kids and their lovable dog are back! In Warner Bros. Home Entertainment’s Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated The Complete Season Two, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo continue to solve mysteries in the spooky town of Crystal Cove. Viewers will get wrapped up in 26 captivating episodes featured on this four-disc set (retailing for $26.99 SRP) available in stores October 7, 2014.
The Mystery Inc. crew is on the run again in this spooky second season of the hit Cartoon Network series! Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred and Velma are off on more outlandish adventures as the super-sleuths race to outwit everything from creepy clowns, to aliens, to an evil entity determined to destroy the world! The darkest secrets of their hometown of Crystal Cove, the “Most Hauntedest Place on Earth†are about to come to light, but will finally solving this mystery mean the end for Scooby-Doo and the Gang? Fans will want to bring this frighteningly fun collection home so the whole family can find out!
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Steven Spielberg Presents: Animaniacs Wakko’s Wish
Get set for hilarious Animaniacs antics the whole family can enjoy together. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings viewers Steven Spielberg Presents: Animaniacs Wakko’s Wish, the feature length animated adventure available on DVD for the first time. It’s musical, magical mayhem in this wintery tale that includes 15 original songs. This release will be available in stores October 7, 2014 and will retail for $19.97 SRP.
The outrageously zany Yakko, Wakko and their sister Dot star in Steven Spielberg Presents: Animaniacs Wakko’s Wish, the feature-length animated adventure featuring song-filled, joke-stuffed Animaniacs zaniness.
Life is not the same in the little village of Acme Falls. The once-cheerful villagers are being taxed to the extreme by the greedy Baron Von Plotz. To make matters worse, Dot has fallen ill and needs medical attention. Out of options, Wakko wishes upon a star. His wish is granted, but with a catch – he must find the fallen star and touch it for his wish to come true.
Word gets out about the lucky star, and the race is on! Pinky and the Brain, Slappy and Skippy Squirrel, Mindy and Buttons and many more well-known Animaniacs co-stars hit the road to animated pandemonium as they sprint to reach the star first. Join the hilarious hustle and your wildest wish will come true – an abundance of Animaniacs mania!
What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Jeff Parrott. Currently I am a Course Director at Full Sail University teaching the Game Art Degree Program as well as a full-time freelance prop and environment Artist in the video game industry. I recently finished www.retrogradegame.com as an Art Director. I have also worked on a couple of Ratchet & Clank games, a Jak and Daxter title, a Silent Hill game, and a bunch of freelance projects. www.environmentartist.com is my online art portfolio.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Probably the craziest job I’ve had before working in the video game industry was working in a arcade. One of those ticket redemption arcades. Absolutely have appreciation for people that work in those places. It’s also another place where I learned to love games as an interactive medium.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Finishing Retro/Grade as an Art Director is probably my most proud moment so far. I have had the opportunity to work with insanely talented people and great people on every project I’ve contributed too. I’m very excited for what the next project around the corner is.
How did you become interested in animation?
I became interested in games after an instructor at Full Sail, Chad Kendall, got me excited about video games. He really opened my eyes to Continue reading
What is your name and current occupation?
Matthew Tardiff,Freelance Animator/Director/Creator/etc @ Hummingbird and the Lotus,Animation Instructor @ Full Sail University focusing on Game Animation.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Hmm, that’s a tough one. Starting at age 15 I worked for a slew of different jobs; starting with fast food, construction, call center, sales, restaurant, car salesman, fast food again, stock, claims representative, art store wall flower etc. I probably left out some stuff because there were a few years there that will never return to my memory.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
Jimmy Neutron ,My first legitimate animation gig where I realized how much I did not know about animation but somehow kept my head above water long enough to learn some valuable life lessons. I’m not being humble; my animation skills as a whole were shit in hindsight. Lunchables (only because I got to work @ Wildbrain in San Francisco)
How did you become interested in animation?
For as long as I can remember I’ve loved to draw, create, make things move and take objects apart. But there were several points in time that directed me to animation. The first one was in 6th grade. A class mate showed me a Continue reading
MEDIA RELEASE
SLR PRODUCTIONS ANNOUNCES CREATIVE TEAM LINE-UP FOR SECOND
SEASON OF THE AWARD WINNING CLASSIC
“GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hareâ€
Sydney, Australia – August 25 2014…
SLR Productions today announced the impressive creative team line-up for the second season of the award winning internationally acclaimed pre-school animated series, GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare. The incredibly talented SLR Productions team of Jo Boag and Melanie Alexander will return to the
series as Creative Director and Script Producer respectively. They will also be joined by returning Director, Steve Moltzen. David Evans, winner of two Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE awards for episodes in season one (in 2012 for “Follow Me†and in 2013 for “I Promiseâ€), will be part of the team as will Jane Schneider, 2012 and 2013 Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE award nominee, and Lisa Hoppe, 2013 Australian Writers’ Guild AWGIE award nominee, along with David Witt and Tammy Burnstock. This season, they will be joined by four new writers, Rachel Spratt, Cleon Prineas, Charlotte Hamlyn and John Armstrong. Executive Producer and CEO of SLR Productions, Suzanne Ryan said, “The success of season one as a global pre-school favourite is testament to the show’s highly talented creative team and our dedicated co-production partners, KIKA-DerKinderkanal and HR-Hessischer Rundfunk of ARD and Australian broadcaster, ABC4Kids. I am thrilled to have the directing talent of Jo Boag and Steve Moltzen at the helm of the second series with the amazing writing team head by Melanie Alexander. Together, we will deliver more beautiful episodes of GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU –
The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hareâ€. “The creative team is delighted to once again be working in this lovely meadow of sensual colour and seasonal change, designing and animating tales connecting us all to our own childhood, to the beauty of nature and reminding us of the importance of unconditional love†said Creative Director, Jo Boag. “I am thrilled to be producing the scripts for season two of GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare. With an amazing team of writers on board again, the stories will be just as entertaining and engaging as those in the first season and will see all our favourite timeless characters return to the meadow for even more fun, friendship, adventure and love†said Script Producer, Melanie Alexander.”I am delighted to be a part of the second season of GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare. I have seen first-hand what a special place the ‘Guess How Much I love You’ books and now animated series have in the lives of so many families and it is a
privilege to again be involved in bringing to life more heart-warming stories from the world of the Nutbrown Hares and their friendsâ€, said Series Director, Steve Moltzen. The second season of GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare
was recently announced with KIKA-Der Kinderkanal as a co-production partner and with support from one of KIKA’s parent companies, HR-Hessischer Rundfunk of ARD as well as ABC4Kids. The newly commissioned episodes are exclusive to Australian broadcast partner, ABC4Kids and the series will be internationally distributed by 9 Story Entertainment. The series is based on the bestselling book, GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU™, published by The Walker Books Group and written by Sam McBratney and illustrated by Anita Jeram. The book, which is published in 53 languages, has sold 28 million copies globally and is celebrating its 20th anniversary later this year. The animated series relates the adventures of the Nutbrown Hares and their friends with the same endearing charm and love that has made the book a timeless story time favourite.
Always ready to play and laugh, Little Nutbrown Hare bounds through his days with a twitching curiosity. The ever patient Big Nutbrown Hare lovingly leads his son on journeys of discovery about the joys that nature holds. Inquisitive Little Field Mouse and mischievous Little Grey Squirrel often join them on adventures and not too far away they might encounter clever Little Redwood Fox or Little White Owl with her tall tales of mystery and magic. Together they explore the meadows, forests and streams, playing, laughing, and discovering the wonder that the world holds. Season Two of GUESS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare will keep love as the major theme and each adventure in the series will have a particular season as its backdrop, the wildflowers of Spring, the long, lazy days of Summer, the brilliant colours of Autumn
or the frozen landscape of Winter.
SLR PRODUCTIONS
SLR Productions is one of Australia’s leading Emmy and multi award winning children’s entertainment companies, specialising in the creative development and production of world-class media content. Established in 2002 by CEO, Suzanne Ryan, SLR is recognised for creating successful brands such as Action drama Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures, the internationally acclaimed preschool property, Guess How Much I Love Youâ„¢, the hilarious cartoon series GASP!â„¢ and the Emmy Award winning animated series I Got a Rocketâ„¢. SLR’s passion is to make creative, adventurous, imaginative and exciting programmes for audiences worldwide. The company has produced more than 130 hours of content sold in more than 160 territories worldwide. With its highly experienced development and production divisions, SLR partners with major broadcasters, producers, distributors, publishers and creative both locally and internationally to create hit shows with a truly global reach.
www.slrproductions.com
