Adobe character animator mouth shapes12/6/2023 With all characters, you have to think of something that makes them unique. So, I started to think of a two-character combination, and Polly & Parrot was a combination that sounded like it worked and felt like it was already a brand (which it wasn’t, thankfully). It had a magical teddy bear and his sidekick Spotty Man who had adventures together. I think this started when I was little, and my favorite show was called SuperTed. I’ve always been a fan of shows where there are two main characters who are best friends and have fun and adventures together. There are so many different kinds of shows, superhero, wacky comedy, and adventure, to name but a few. The first thing was to think of characters that would work. I’m fortunate that I have worked in the home entertainment side of children’s brands for 10 years, so from the start, I had a good idea of what I should do. Like many users, animating is our passion however, in a series, people will need to get paid, so you have to put your ‘how to make money’ hat on right at the start. When you come up with a show idea, unfortunately, you have to think about how the money needed to fund the show can be generated. Could you elaborate a bit on what that process is from creating the original IP idea, character design, animation, website, games, and even a show bible? Your journey has been a fascinating one as you have laid out the process of how to create your own animated tv series and how to expose it to an audience. There is a possibility that the episodes may be around seven minutes, which is more of a sweet spot for episodic episodes aimed at this age group. The key themes in the show are friendship, empathy, and education, all wrapped up in episodes that are approximately nine minutes long. Polly & Parrot has a magical element within the show, so anything can happen, and the possibilities for episodes are endless. Polly & Parrotis a show aimed at preschool children or children of any age really, that follows the adventures of Polly and her magical knitted toy Parrot as they discover the world around them through fun, play, adventure, and education. It’s a privilege to have been selected for this program and a real honor to be able to bring my brand to life with the assistance of Reallusion. Please tell us about Polly & Parrot, the objectives of the show, and what the animated series will focus on. Reallusion: Hello Chris, and congratulations on being part of the Reallusion Pitch & Produce (P&P) program. All of his projects are animated with Cartoon Animator (CTA). He’s also currently writing a script for a 2d feature. There, he’s working on two pilot episodes for his 2d animated series Polly and Parrot, with the hope of them being commissioned in 2024. He now owns and operates Mixed up Pixels, an animation studio based in the heart of Bristol. With a background in design, product management of children’s home media brands, and a passion for creating series for children, in 2015, he left my job in London and moved to Bristol, one of the leading U.K. His longest stint was at Abbey Home Media which was the U.K.’s leading independent home entertainment company for lots of well-known children’s shows such as Care Bears, Topsy and Tim, Peter Rabbit, Sooty, Horrid Henry, Fireman Sam, and more. and the U.K., and on projects for Warner Bros., Disney, BBC, Paramount, and many other studios. Meyer-White has worked in Home Entertainment for 15+ years, in both the U.S. For the latest article in our series with Reallusion, animator Christopher Meyer-White discusses the finer points of animating a series pilot using Cartoon Animator 5.
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