Apr
13
Better Call Saul Season 3 Promo
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Better Call Saul Season 3 Promo
Apr
13
CURVED/labs: der modulare Mac Pro
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Apple baut einen neuen Mac Pro. Modular könnte werden. Wie das aussehen könnte? So.
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Apr
13
Indian kids channels have been bolstering their network with Indian content to attract more young audience and retain the IPs which will help them build the licensing and merchandising of not just the shows but also the characters. And kids have been happily lapping onto the Indian content. About one and a half years ago, Sony decided to come up with their own kids channel and after a lot of research, Sony launched its kid’s entertainment channel – Sony YAY! which is set to go live on 18 April, 2017 from 6am.
Promising to be the ‘Destination for Unlimited Happiness’ for kids, the channel has roped in the young cinestar, Tiger Shroff, who has become a phenomenon with kids across the country, as its brand ambassador.
With the target age group being two to 14 years, the channel has curated four original animated shows. These shows have been domestically produced by studios like Cosmos-Maya (Mumbai), Toonz Animation (Trivandrum), Phoebus Media (Pune) and Ssoftoons Entertainment (Kolkata). The creatives, scriptwriting, story development has been done in-house whereas the animatics and production of the shows have been done by these animation studios.
The four shows include: Guru Aur Bhole, Sab Jholmaal Hai, Prince Jai aur Dumdaar Viru and Paap-O-Meter. All the four shows will have a runtime of 22 minutes which are split in two (so two 11 minute episodes). By the end of the year, the channel will have 52 episodes consisting of 104 stories for each show. All these shows have one common element in them and that’s comedy.
Sony YAY!, business head, Leena Lele Dutta says, “When we carried our research in 10 to 15 metro and mini-metro cities, we observed that there was a lack of ‘desi’ content. We also realised that all our shows should have a ‘masti’ quotient in them, should spread happiness and must have a ‘comedy plus’ element. When I say comedy plus, I mean along with comedy, each show should explore a different genre in comedy. It should have elements like action comedy, ghost comedy or pet stories. We also didn’t want it to be just TV. So, we are creating a whole ecosystem where promotional campaigns will be taking place wherever kids are present.”
From left to right: Tiger Shroff, Leena Lele Dutta, N P Singh
Not disclosing much about the presence of any international shows, Dutta mentions, “We aren’t focusing much on the international content. It will be there but our main strength are these original homegrown shows. By October, we intend to add two new original shows and have no international content on Sony YAY!”
Currently there are 15 kids channel which are run by four major broadcasters: Disney (Disney, Disney XD, Disney Junior, Hungama), Turner (Cartoon Network, POGO, Toonami), Viacom18 (Nickelodeon, Sonic, Nick Jr, Teen Nick) and Sun TV (Chutti TV, Chintu TV, Kushi TV, KochuTV). In this highly competitive market, there wouldn’t have been a better time than summer to launch a kids channel due to summer vacations.
Sony Pictures Networks, CEO, N P Singh says, “It goes without saying that the Indian Television industry is at an interesting crossroad, with the kids genre being a frontrunner in demanding innovation and freshness. In this highly competitive genre, to begin with, our target would be to be within the top five by end of this year. By next year, we would like to see ourselves in the top three. When we achieve both these targets, we will say YAY! ;)”
The objective of the channel is to impart values without being too preachy. Each episode will subtly impart one moral to the kids. “For edutainment, one can watch BBC Earth,” Singh jokingly mentions.
Sony YAY! will be available in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu languages across direct-to-home (DTH) and digital cable platforms starting 18 April, 2017 onwards. The channel will be promoted extensively across various channels of Sony Pictures Networks, DTH platforms, coupled with print, a robust digital and social media presence to engage with the young audience at different touch points.
Also read: Sony plans to shut Animax; LIV to be new anime destination
Here’s the complete show details:
Sab Jholmaal Hai
Show time: Monday to Friday at 9am
Sab Jholmaal Hai is a chase comedy with a twist in a world full of pets that’s nothing short of mischief, mayhem and madness. It is all about the hilarious adventures of an odd team of pets (two mischievous cats, a talkative parrot and a frantic watch dog) who have a whacky and funny life of their own when the mistress of the house is away.
Guru Aur Bhole
Show time – Monday to Friday at 10 am
Guru Aur Bhole is the first Indian animated musical comedy. It is a tale of classic friendship between its eponymous lead characters – Guru and Bhole, who cannot function without each other but together, using the former’s magic music and latter’s dance super-powers they get out of the stickiest of situations. Every episode of the show will have a new song, sung by veteran singer Amit Kumar and penned by Bollywood lyricist Sameer Anjaan.
Prince Jai Aur Dumdaar Viru
Show time: Monday to Friday at 11am
It is a classic tale of venturesome friendship. An action comedy set in a timeless era – blending the modern with the traditional, Prince Jai aur Dumdaar Viru details the hilarious adventures of two friends, (the former a Prince and the latter, a commoner) as they pit their strength and wit against the cunning schemes devised by Prince Jai’s evil minister – Jeevan.
Paap-o-meter
Show time: Saturday – Sunday at 12pm
A unique laugh-out-loud ghost comedy is something that will make kids laugh like never before. This show is about the Bhoot boss who sends his 2 assistants Thakela and Pakela to Planet Earth to control the elevating lawlessness with the help of the Paap-o-meter, which captures any illicit activity around
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Apr
13
BBC Worldwide announced a deal with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV (China Central Television) that will bring CBeebies series Go Jetters to over 1.1 billion viewers in China. Fully dubbed in Mandarin and subtitled in simplified Chinese, the 50-episode series will premiere at the end of May on CCTV-14 – the children’s channel that is part of CCTV.
CCTV is the predominant state television in the People’s Republic of China with over 50 different channels catering to audience both locally and abroad. The national broadcaster has an audience comprising nearly 90 per cent of China’s population. CCTV-14 is the state broadcaster’s dedicated children’s channel.
Go Jetters follows the adventures of four plucky heroes, Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz, as they travel the world with their teacher, mentor and friend, Ubercorn, a funky disco-grooving unicorn. A comedy action-adventure for four to six year olds, Go Jetters combines music, cool gadgets and disco-dancing to introduce the audience to geography and culture. Filled with humour, teamwork, awesome sights, and funky facts, each episode offers older pre-schoolers a fun-filled and action packed exploration of their wider world.
BBC Worldwide, general manager (Greater China), Kelvin Yau commented, “We are excited that pre-schoolers in China will have access to Go Jetters, which has been very well-received and popular with pre-schoolers internationally. It testifies to the quality of CBeebies programmes to be both educational and entertaining, and a reflection of the trust Chinese audience has in our safe content.”
Go Jetters will be available to young audiences in China across multiple platforms. In addition to CCTV’s mobile streaming platforms, it will also launch in a CBeebies block on the IPTV platform BesTV and on the online platform iQIYI in June. In late August it will be available to watch on digital platforms Tencent and Youku.
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Apr
13
Transformers: The Last Knight trailer – When the good guy, Optimus Prime becomes the bad one!
Posted in: AnimationThe new trailer for the upcoming flick in the Transformers franchise has dropped and we have so many questions.
Being a direct sequel to the Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), the enthusiasm for Transformers: The Last Knight is really high. The first trailer had already set the premise for the movie which linked it to the origin and lore of the Transformers.
The new trailer further provides an extended look to it. The story puts together large machines by the sides of medieval cavalries, even around King Arthur, yes! But if you’re not much of a history buff, the trailer also features the current scenario where the giant machines are up against humans and as our hero Optimus Prime goes rouge, he asserts, “For my world to live, yours must die.”
The movie will indeed tell us the tale of the origin of the Transformers as the trailer starts with a monologue stating, “It started as a legend. One of the greatest of all. A thousand years we’ve kept it hidden to protect Earth from what was destined to arrive.”
It would be interesting to see how the movie pans out as Optimus is seen going up against Bumblebee (and winning). The feature stars Anthony Hopkins, Tyrese Gibson, Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Stanley Tucci, John Turturro.
The VFX in the movie are created by Industrial Light & Magic, MPC and Atomic Fiction.
Directed by Micheal Bay, Tansformers: The Last Knight would be the fifth film in the decade-old franchise and is slated for a 23 June, 2017 release.
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Apr
13
Rumours had been doing rounds since the end of last year that Porsche vehicles would be coming to Forza Horizon 3. Now the news has been finally confirmed with a formal announcement.
Forza Horizon is developed by Microsoft’s Turn10 studio and Porsche will be coming to the Xbox One title with a seven-vehicle premium DLC Pack.
Porsche is all set to make its foray into eSports as well with The Porsche Cup in the third season of Forza Racing Championship, the registration for which has already begun yesterday.
Earlier, Porsche had an exclusive deal with Electronic Arts (EA). It was one of the longest running exclusive licensing deals in the realm of video games. The deal was initiated in 2000 and came to an end last year, in 2016. Porsche vehicles were seen in EA’s long-running, celebrated franchise, Need for Speed.
Here are the vehicles which will come with the DLC pack:
The cars included in Forza Horizon 3‘s Porsche Car Pack are:
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS
2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
1995 Porsche 911 GT2
2017 Porsche Panamera Turbo
1955 Porsche 550A Spyder
1960 Porsche 718 RS 60
2016 Porsche Cayman GT4
According to Microsoft, around four million players race through Forza every month.
“We entered this premium partnership with Porsche as a result of their shared passion for sport cars and motorsport,” said Turn10 Studio, head, Alan Hartman in a statement. “Porsche has a rich history of motorsport which combined with Turn 10’s unrivalled position in digital racing entertainment has formed the basis for a new and exciting form of seamlessly integrated racing entertainment.”
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Apr
13
‘Star Wars Forces of Destiny’ animated shorts to highlight the female heroes of the saga
Posted in: AnimationStar Wars’ most beloved and inspirational characters will take center stage this year in Forces of Destiny – a new animated micro-series. Announced by Disney and Lucasfilm, the series launches on Disney’s YouTube channel this July.
The two to three minutes animated shorts will explore all-new adventures of the fan-favourites. A two-part TV special featuring eight additional shorts will follow on Disney Channel in fall 2017. Daisy Ridley (Rey), Felicity Jones (Jyn Erso), Tiya Sircar (Sabine Wren), Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka Tano), and Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata, narrating the series) will all reprise their roles for the show. Developed by Lucasfilm Animation, Star Wars Forces of Destiny will remain true to the Star Wars canon, showing how choices both big and small ultimately shape the destinies of beloved characters.
“Star Wars Forces of Destiny is for anyone who has been inspired by Leia’s heroism, Rey’s courage, or Ahsoka’s tenacity,” said Lucasfilm, president, Kathleen Kennedy.
In addition to Adventure Figures, Hasbro will also release Star Wars Forces of Destiny role play items and accessories, from Rey’s Extendable Staff to a new, electronic Jedi Power Lightsaber toy, which are part of the Star Wars Blade-builders system. More products based on the series, including books, apparel, bedding and more will also be launched.
Star Wars Celebration Orlando will host a special preview of Star Wars Forces of Destiny during the “Heroines of Star Wars” panel on Friday, 14 April. Host Amy Ratcliffe will speak with Lucasfilm’s vice president of animation, Carrie Beck and Star Wars Rebels executive producer, Dave Filoni, as well as voice actors Ashley Eckstein, Tiya Sircar, and other guests about the series.
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Apr
13
DHX Media’s Wildbrain appointed exclusive global manager of TUBA n’s Larva Tuba YouTube channel
Posted in: AnimationWildBrain, a leading online kids’ network with expertise in connecting content owners to advertisers through advertising video-on-demand (AVOD) platforms, has been appointed as the exclusive global manager of TUBA n’s YouTube channel for its short-form CGI-animated, slapstick comedy series, Larva (Season 1: 104 x 2′ / Season 2: 52 x 4′ / Season 3: 104 x 2′).
Under the exclusive agreement, WildBrain will manage the Larva TUBA channel, providing content production services and audience development expertise. WildBrain will also focus on growing the channel worldwide, monetising viewing in all global markets, particularly in the US, and strengthening TUBA n’s relationship with YouTube influencers.
TUBA n, CEO, Kwang-Yong Kim, says: “We’ve always wanted to collaborate with WildBrain to further expand our online platform business, not just in Asia but in English-speaking countries as well. We’re seeing great results already and we can’t wait to see how both TUBA n and WildBrain will have a mutually beneficial collaboration for the long run.”
Produced by South Korea’s TUBA n, and airing on public broadcaster KBS in the territory, Larva revolves around short vignettes from the lives of Red and Yellow, two sewer-dwelling worms that are entertained and challenged by the various items and other animals that filter through the pavement grates into their world.
WildBrain, managing director, John Robson, adds: “We’re thrilled and flattered that Tuba has chosen to work with us. Finding the best content to work with remains our focus, and Larva fits that bill perfectly—first-class, language agnostic content that works superbly on YouTube. Larva is already doing well regionally, and we’re excited about the prospect of creating a massive global audience.”
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Apr
13
The Sequence Group – a creative studio that specialises in design, animation and visual effects – has bolstered its Melbourne office with the appointment of Melissa Benavides as executive producer.
Melissa brings a decade’s worth of talent and experience to Sequence’s work across high-end animation, experiential events, motion graphics and live-action VFX.
The Sequence Group, founder and creative director, Ian Kirby says, “Melissa is an incredibly important addition to the Melbourne team. At Sequence, we don’t just produce one kind of content. From ice rink projections to hit show opening titles, we deliver across the board. Melissa is perfectly capable, no matter the project.”
Benavides has contributed to television and commercial projects across the Australian creative industry. Her achievements include Australian television’s largest live graphics package for the Logie Awards; the opening titles for the 30th anniversary of Neighbours; and work on popular Australian shows such as the Catching Milat mini-series and INXS: Never Tear Us Apart.
She has also worked in virtual reality for documentary Jafri (featured as part of the Melbourne International Film Festival’s inaugural VR program); experiential content for MSFW; and live projection work for Woolworths at the Australian Tennis Open.
Both Sequence Melbourne and Sequence Vancouver will significantly benefit from Benavides’s diverse skill set, experience, and knowledge of the latest creative techniques.
Benavides comments, “I’m thrilled to join the Sequence team, strengthening the output both in Australia and across the North Pacific at Sequence Vancouver. I look forward to delivering new and unique projects from animation to live action and beyond.”
The Sequence Group recently completed production on Transformers: Forged to Fight, Star Wars: Commander and the hit mini-series Cardinal. The group celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2016.
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Apr
13
Thought Cloud Studio
Posted in: Animation
Thought cloud studio is a spark of imagination and inspiration. A sprightly animation company based out of Bangalore, India, where animation technology interweaves with the art of storytelling.
We are looking at the following artists to join us:
Storyboard Artist
Animation Directors are responsible for the quality of the animation, for keeping it on brief and for delivering consistent performances by assigning, or casting, the appropriate Animators. They interpret the brief from the Director and other relevant departments. They then guide, supervise and review the work produced by the Animators and Assistant Animators. They need to understand the implications of performance, style, quality, continuity .They are responsible for keeping the animation on model (in style) throughout the production. They often provide the main liaison between the animation department and those who are involved in the later stages of the production process.
2d Matte Painting Artist
We are looking for professional BG Painters to work on a brand new 2D animate series for television. Responsibilities are to take the approved BG layouts and apply all the final colors, textures and details to render the finished BG art for each episode. While working closely with the BG Supervisor, you will use the color keys as reference to producing final BGs.
Previous experience with painting in Photoshop is necessary.
Character Design artist
Create concept illustrations for characters, clothing, environments, and 2d models. Develop quick sketches and high level concepts during pre-production stages. Produce detailed full color concepts from multiple angles during production stages. Modify and iterate on concepts based on artistic feedback. Expertise in illustration with a keen eye for shading, color, composition, and a proven ability to create cartoony artwork.Comfortable using modern 2D illustration software such as Photoshop.Understand the needs and workflow of 2D flash animation with the ability to develop detailed, useful production concepts.Motivated self-starter with exceptional creativity and strong communication skills.
2d Compositors
Compositors are responsible for constructing the final image by combining layers of previously-created material. They work at the end of the production process. They receive material from various sources including rendered computer animation, special effects, graphics, 2D animation, and static background plates.They creatively combine all the elements into the final image, ensuring that the established style of the project is respected and continuity is maintained. To achieve this they enhance the lighting, match blacks and other color levels, add grain where required, add motion blur where required, and create convincing shadows. They make sure levels combine together seamlessly, keying, rot scoping and creating mattes where necessary.
General
4+ experiences
Good team player
Passion for creating quality animation
Positive attitudes
Job Location: Bangalore
Interested candidates, kindly share your resume at hr@thoughtcloudstudio.com
Or
Contact: 9591503529
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