INDIA HAILED IN THE UK AS THE GLOBAL CENTRE FOR ANIMATORS
January 3rd 2008 01:04
A new BBC children's series airing this week will cement India’s position as a global centre for animators, according the Guardian.
With a pounds stg10 million budget, India-animated Freefonix is one of the BBC's biggest ever animation projects.
The Bollywood-BBC tie-up on Freefonix is the first of many, according to the series' UK-based producers Cinnamon Entertainment (see MediaBlab archive.)
Managing director Anthony Bouchier says more readily available funding and skilled animation teams are drawing TV show-makers to India.
Created by Magnus Fiennes, brother of Joseph and Ralph, Freefonix was financed with funding from sources including Indian private equity investment, The Isle of Man Film Fund and the BBC.
The scripts were written in the US and UK, the voices were recorded in the UK, the music and general production work was done in the UK and the Isle of Man and then a team in Paris modelled the characters and backgrounds. The whole thing was then sent to Trivandrum in Kerala, southern India, where it was animated. The final post-production was done in Ireland.
- From MediaBlab
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