We've had the wrap party and the bulk of the team will be breaking up at end of the month. Always a sad time but what a great job the guys have done. The shows have gotten better and better thanks to animation director Claire Grey and our leads Craig Knowles (@Knowlio), David Ridges (@david_ridges) and James White (@Jimbo_Designs). A core team will be working on through to the new year, seeing the remaining Wandas through and developing a couple of very fun projects.
Daves team
James team
The past week or so I've been making the teaser for my own little show. Im so lucky to have the backing of the guys at Mackinnon and Saunders. The three animation leads on Wanda.... David Ridges, Craig Knowles and James White are animating. Music Composer Heather Fenoughty is also onboard. As is dubbing editor Robin Cowap at Flix Facilities.
The timeframe has been very short, but it will be done ready for MIP. It looks great and I think its original and exciting. I think I might burst if anyone picks it up.
Wanda has a few short months of production left. It seems to be doing really well in its weekend slot on Milkshake. Its also generating a lot of interest in the studio. For anyone down under you can see it on Nick Jr from Monday 15th September at 7:45am.
Wanda and the Alien
Wanda and the Alien will be aired 8.30am Sat 30th August on Milkshake! Excited and nervous as always to get our show out there.
Here's a link to the titles.
Wanda and the Alien
Rushes
We are still at it :) The show is looking great! Animation director Claire Grey is working amazingly hard continuing the very high standard of animation.
Claire Grey (animation director) and me.
Animation lead David Ridges
Jonzy (head of backgrounds and Simon Turner (head of Layout)
Dave and two of his team, Mat Greaves and Sehyun Cho. Pros!
Wanda and Alien
The initial team. (its grown since) In the foreground the amazing animation director Clair Grey.
Animation lead David Ridges (@david_ridges)
The other two Animation leads Craig Knowles (@Knowlio) and James White (@Jimbo_Designs)
See you all next year.
My friends film... The Great Martian War, has just be released on History
Heres some images from a Sequence I boarded. A great project!
Knocking it out the park!
A great first week in the new studio. The team have been picking up Celaction very quickly. Next week we start to prep for animation on the first three shows.
I'm now a director at Mackinnon and Saunders. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say what the show is yet, but I'm excited to work with an amazing team. Hopefully further press releases will spill the beans.
Heres some images from the Big Chip award intro I had a hand in boarding. Great work by Claire, Craig, David, Mick and Paul.
Alphablocks season 4 is done. Thanks to the great team at Blue Zoo.
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Many thanks to the great team of animators who left last week. Thanks for all the hard work guys! See you at the wrap party.
Scott, Rufus, Animation director Phil, Tom and Alex out of shot.
I've actually not seen the show but Dragon Wars: Fire and Fury was aired on Sunday, 9th December on National Geographic. Its a live action show with animated sections which I boarded. The screens look cool.
Dragon Wars: Fire and Fury
A few weeks in and I'm getting my head around things. Alphablocks is a well established show, so I can't really make any major changes on season 4. It's more a shepherding job, to keep the show looking and feeling the same as the previous seasons. There's a few areas I hope to improve on but the guys have done a great job on previous episodes.
I start a new job on Monday. As a director at Blue Zoo in London. Very excited to be working with a new bunch of people and a new show.
Also Fleabag has been entered for the BAFTAs. Fingers crossed for that.
