International Win for PUNKY in Moscow!!
Wonderful news: PUNKY has won Best Film for Children in Moscow at The International Disability Film Festival 'Breaking Down The International Disability Film Festival: Breaking Down Barriers' You can see Aimee Richardson, of the wonderful actress who brought Punky to life collecting the award here
Congratulations to everyone who made it happen - behind the scenes, animating the scenes, voicing the scenes, directing them, storyboarding them, music-ifying them, writing them, creating the original concept art for them ... and especially to Gerard O'Rourke of Geronimo Productions (European Producer of the Year 2012) who utterly believed it was possible from the first time I brought my idea to him and Aimee who made it real.
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Wednesday, 5 November 2014
CREATIVES IN ANIMATION NETWORK (CAN): Interactive Narrative Fiction & Games event
CREATIVES IN ANIMATION NETWORK (CAN): Interactive Narrative Fiction & Games event: The next Creatives in Animation Network (CAN) event is on Wednesday November 19 th in Room 3, Filmbase. It’s on a Wednesday this time...
Monday, 6 October 2014
WULFIE.... Next stop MIPCOM...
WULFIE, children’s animation series, target age 6-11; 52 x 11 min eps
WULFIE, a series based on stories I created for my daughter and that I presented with Monster Entertainment at Cartoon Forum on September 24th is gearing up for another French sortie. He's off to Cannes. To Mipcom, no less, to continue the charm offensive!
Wulfie has also just launched his own Facebook page - Wulfie From Lupislandia - because he was so excited by all the attention he got at Cartoon Forum 2014.
Libby is being very patient with him but checking the posts and watching what he writes about her, about her friends and her world. Meanwhile I've started writing the first of a series of Wulfie books for the same age group.
And we are proud of him. He's our rapscallion, Wulfie - insatiably curious and irrepressible - and his feisty best friend, Libby has a full time job trying to contain him. The stories are all about life as a ten year-old, trying to juggle horrible homework, irritating teachers, annoying step-brother etc but with Wulfie diving in to try and fix things/ make them better/ more fun and always making things a hundred times worse/ more complicated and more fun. In the end. We presented at 11am on the first day of Cartoon Forum. In the Purple Room, which seemed like a good omen. We wore purple ears and tails - and I actually enjoyed the tail swishing against my legs! Pictures are here: Wulfie Presentation. Feedback was excellent and will be followed up at Mipcom.
THE TALENT
Lead writer :Steven Banks, former head writer of SpongeBob Squarepants. Both of us have already written two scripts apiece.
Concept Design: Aaron Blecha.
Director is Andrew Crotty (I'm a Creepy Crawly)
Animation Director: Paul Maddon (Inis Spraoi, I'm a Creepy Crawly and I'm a Monster) Lead Animator: Mark Flood r.
Creator, Writer & Creative Consultant: Lindsay J Sedgwick (Punky, Wildernuts, MagicFriends)
Production to start June 2015 and last 18 months.
Budget: 4.5 million Euro; c 26% required via co-production and pre-sales.
Presented Cartoon Forum 2014 and at Mipcom in 2014
Compositing, offline and online editing will take place in-house at Monster Entertainment while all audio will be produced at Gorilla Sound.
Materials available: Full series bible, teaser, four completed scripts
Creator, Writer & Creative Consultant: Lindsay J Sedgwick (Punky, Wildernuts, MagicFriends)
THE FACTS
52 x 11 min episodes. Production to start June 2015 and last 18 months.
Budget: 4.5 million Euro; c 26% required via co-production and pre-sales.
Presented Cartoon Forum 2014 and at Mipcom in 2014
Compositing, offline and online editing will take place in-house at Monster Entertainment while all audio will be produced at Gorilla Sound.
Materials available: Full series bible, teaser, four completed scripts
Friday, 3 October 2014
Cartoon Forum - Wulfie Dived Into the Limelight and Loved it!
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| Andrew Fitzpatrick, Monster Entertainment, starts the presentation off... |
Variety article: Wulfie Carries Irish Flag
Wulfie has been presented - to a large room full of broadcasters, investors and peers and the feedback was fantastic.
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| Presentation in full flight: Wulfie, the ultimate - impossible - best friend. |
Next stop Mipcom!
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| In full flight - action pics may not be flattering but talking about my favourite purple creation was a blast! |
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| Andrew Fitzpatrick gives them the figures - we only need 26% more! |
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Off to Cartoon Forum!!
The teaser is done, the speeches are ready - ish - props are being finalised and my inner-Wulfie is nibbling at the bit to get on stage and tell everyone about WULFIE...
Not long now! On Wednesday next, the 24th of Sept, at 11am local time (10 am here in Dublin), I take to the stage, with Andrew Fitzpatrick (Monster Entertainment) and we try to spread the excitement that is my new series, WULFIE with the world....
How fantastic an opportunity is that?
After years and years of pitching my work in all sorts of venues and to all sorts of peoples, in groups of up to twenty, this is without question the most nerve-wrackingly exciting presentation I have ever anticipated.
But here's the thing, pitching can be fun....if you're prepared, if you know your project inside out and if you really believe in it. Presenting a project to people who are interested enough to come and listen, is a privilege. It's the chance to make other people feel the excitement you feel in your project.
Passion is a huge part of it.
Having a story, characters, and idea you really believe in, can carry you a long way. With Wulfie, that's not hard to find. I invented this mischievous purple wolf-like creature in my daughter's purple bedroom. His best friend had my daughter's name, was her age and for my daughter, tucked up in bed -- or more likely sitting up and telling me what should happen or getting excited and frustrated with my storytelling skills - he was a new best friend.
He even swallowed kids who were mean to her -- what's not to like?! And now, just a few years later, I'm working with Monster Entertainment who can actually make this series happen...
And look at this for a team:
Director : Andrew Crotty (I'm a Creepy Crawly)
Animation Director: Paul Madden as Animation Director (Inis Spraoi, I'm a Creepy Crawly and I'm a Monster)
Lead Animator: Mark Flood
Lead writer is Steven Banks, former head writer of SpongeBob Squarepants. Both of us have already written two scripts apiece.
The concepts you see here were designed by Aaron Blecha.
So Cartoon Forum, here we come....
Not long now! On Wednesday next, the 24th of Sept, at 11am local time (10 am here in Dublin), I take to the stage, with Andrew Fitzpatrick (Monster Entertainment) and we try to spread the excitement that is my new series, WULFIE with the world....
How fantastic an opportunity is that?
After years and years of pitching my work in all sorts of venues and to all sorts of peoples, in groups of up to twenty, this is without question the most nerve-wrackingly exciting presentation I have ever anticipated.
But here's the thing, pitching can be fun....if you're prepared, if you know your project inside out and if you really believe in it. Presenting a project to people who are interested enough to come and listen, is a privilege. It's the chance to make other people feel the excitement you feel in your project.
Passion is a huge part of it.
Having a story, characters, and idea you really believe in, can carry you a long way. With Wulfie, that's not hard to find. I invented this mischievous purple wolf-like creature in my daughter's purple bedroom. His best friend had my daughter's name, was her age and for my daughter, tucked up in bed -- or more likely sitting up and telling me what should happen or getting excited and frustrated with my storytelling skills - he was a new best friend.
He even swallowed kids who were mean to her -- what's not to like?! And now, just a few years later, I'm working with Monster Entertainment who can actually make this series happen...
And look at this for a team:
Director : Andrew Crotty (I'm a Creepy Crawly)
Animation Director: Paul Madden as Animation Director (Inis Spraoi, I'm a Creepy Crawly and I'm a Monster)
Lead Animator: Mark Flood
Lead writer is Steven Banks, former head writer of SpongeBob Squarepants. Both of us have already written two scripts apiece.
The concepts you see here were designed by Aaron Blecha.
So Cartoon Forum, here we come....
Monday, 1 September 2014
Creatives in Animation Network - Welcome to our new logo
Monday, 18 August 2014
Keep the Date free: September 8th!
8th September 2015 -
The date is set for the next Creatives in Animation Network event - Monday 8th September starting 7 pm sharp - 9pm in the Roasted Brown cafe space. (They do the best flat white in Dublin. Sadly, they close on Mondays at 5.30 so I'll bring tea and coffee along). Love to see as many of you there as possible who have been before - seems ages since the last one - and hopefully a swell of new faces too.
Pass on the word too and let me know if you're coming along (ljsedgwick@lindsayjsedgwick.com) so I can keep an eye on numbers given the limited space.
I have to say, this is the third year now - and the 11th event - since I set this group up and I have met such a fantastic whorl of interesting and talented people, as have most of these people when they came along. It's a meet n greet gathering, about making contacts you can follow up on not pitching, although sometimes you can't help yourself. We have a huge range and scope of members now - you can find out more on the dedicated page below.
As for how CAN works after that: Everyone who comes to an event can agree to be on a group email -- this is only for those who have attended one of these events and is to allow you to follow up with each other more easily - while there is also a Facebook page and a more international one on LinkedIn for further networking.
The date is set for the next Creatives in Animation Network event - Monday 8th September starting 7 pm sharp - 9pm in the Roasted Brown cafe space. (They do the best flat white in Dublin. Sadly, they close on Mondays at 5.30 so I'll bring tea and coffee along). Love to see as many of you there as possible who have been before - seems ages since the last one - and hopefully a swell of new faces too.
Pass on the word too and let me know if you're coming along (ljsedgwick@lindsayjsedgwick.com) so I can keep an eye on numbers given the limited space.
I have to say, this is the third year now - and the 11th event - since I set this group up and I have met such a fantastic whorl of interesting and talented people, as have most of these people when they came along. It's a meet n greet gathering, about making contacts you can follow up on not pitching, although sometimes you can't help yourself. We have a huge range and scope of members now - you can find out more on the dedicated page below.
As for how CAN works after that: Everyone who comes to an event can agree to be on a group email -- this is only for those who have attended one of these events and is to allow you to follow up with each other more easily - while there is also a Facebook page and a more international one on LinkedIn for further networking.
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