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King
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Faridabad
based Escotoonz Animation Studio, the animation arm of the Escorts
Group, recently delivered King (2D series) for its Canadian
client Decode Entertainment. The series (39 episodes x 26 mins each)
was a repeat order for the Indian studio which had already worked
on Part 1 of the same.
King,
is set in Under (a fantasy world) and features Russel (the hero)
who was crowned King of Under at the young age of 12. The show revolves
around Russel's efforts to protect his throne from evil aspirants
such as Bobwire.
Escotoonz
is also in the midst of applying the finishing touches to Cyber
Dodo a 2D series (37 episodes x 5 mins) which the studio had begun
working on parallel to the production of King. Interestingly
the studio was also involved with the pre (excluding script &
voices) and post production for the show.
Speaking
to Animation 'xpress, Escotoonz COO Prafull Gade said
that,"Cyber Dodo was one of our first projects where we got
the chance to show our creative inputs in the pre production stage.
It’s not about how good you draw, but how good you design the
show. It’s about making a film & not merely creating thousands
of drawings"
"One
of the challenges about Cyber Dodo was that the show does
not revolve around limited locations. The series covers children’s
issues from all over the world. So while one episode happens in
Africa, the other one happens in Asia. The critical thing was to
create two different styles of characters, backgrounds, etc but
still maintain the consistency in all 37 episodes"
"The
project which we began a year ago, is currently in the final phases
of completion. The work process was different from “KING”
(service), purely because of pre production. Lot of R&D was
involved before the actual production. Again our creative inputs
on these non-compiled elements needed to be approved by the client.
It is important to have common & synchronized ideas along with
your client. The animation production was fun for our team, since
they could create & explore their own ideas onto paper"
Escotoonz
is also involved in doing lot of R&D work in developing games
& animated content for the mobile segment.
Commenting
on future projects, Praful remarked,"The year 2005-06 looks
very promising, where Escotoonz has one feature project under their
belt & are negotiating two more with overseas producers"
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