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  • One Take Media Co brings Unique Kids Animation Show – Detective Meow

    One Take Media Co brings Unique Kids Animation Show – Detective Meow

    MUMBAI: OTMC has acquired the rights for Detective Meow – a 3D Animation series (2018 production) with 146 Episodes of 13 mins each , available for distribution in SAARC Nations. 

    What makes Detective Series such favourites among Kids ?Unlike superheroes who are mostly born with unusual gifts or powers, detectives – no matter what age they are,  are smart, intelligent, inquisitive and solve mysteries. Detective Meow is one such series based on events at a circus in a small town full of joy. The circus established a detective agency led by Detective Meow, which help people solve various problems. The emergence of the circus has attracted the attention of Dr Oolong in the town.Dr. Oolong is a small-minded and vicious person. To kick the circus out of the town, he comes up with conspiracies and let his fellows to carry out. Therefore, brave Detective Meow faces a lot of difficulties and plots with his friends-Piggy Pea and Parrot Q.Through their work team and wisdom, will they conquer Dr. Oolong?

    One Take Media Co. is a content production and distribution hub in Mumbai. It provides content and value added services to leading DTH, Cable, OTT and TVChannels in India and abroad. OTMC provides content in various genres including Hollywood Movies, Hollywood Movies dubbed in Hindi,Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam, Kannada, Gujrati, Bengali, Marathi and Bhojpuri;  Kids Animation Movies& Series; Celebrity based Cooking shows, Behind the Scene and Close Up with Hollywood Stars Content and Korean Drama Series and K-Pop.

    One Take Media Co, Founder & CEO Mr Anil Khera said “ Reading Mystery Novels has always been an important part of all our childhood days. We are sure that kids will thoroughly enjoy this Spy Cat show called “Detective Meow” and will relate to the mysteries involved. Soon Detective Meow will become a part of every Childs  daily entertainment dose and they would not want tomiss a single episode!
     

  • Assemblage Entertainment expands leadership team with three key hires

    Assemblage Entertainment expands leadership team with three key hires

    MUMBAI: Indian 3D animation studio Assemblage Entertainment has made key additions to its leadership team. The company has appointed Indian animation industry long timer PMV Ramana to head the creative function as art director. Additionally, two senior level professionals – Rahul Nair and Vaibhav Shah have been hired to head its lighting and modeling verticals respectively.

     

    Ramana has more than two decades of experience in creative art direction, visual development and scripting. He has been associated with various projects including Puss in Boots, Madagascar, Elizabeth 2 & 3 and Prince of Persia. He has worked with studios such as DreamWorks, Qyuki and Prana.

     

    Nair has fifteen years of experience across TV and feature films in a creative and technical capacity. He has worked with studios such as DreamWorks and Prime Focus and has been associated with projects including Puss in Boots, Madagascar and TinkerBell. He joins Assemblage as its lighting supervisor.

     

    With a decade of experience in the animation industry, Shah is a senior character modeler with high proficiency in concept art, texturing and modeling lead characters. He has previously worked with DreamWorks and UTV Toons and has played a vital role in animated movies such as Puss in Boots, How to Train Your Dragons 2 and Rise of the Guardians amongst others. He joins Assemblage as its modeling supervisor.

     

    Assemblage Entertainment founder & CEO AK Madhavan said, “It is a proud moment for us at Assemblage to welcome the industry’s leading professionals to work with and among us. Since its inception, not so long ago, we have always believed in investing in good people, who can not only drive the Company’s deliverables to the next level but more importantly, also inspire and guide the young aspiring team members to think beyond their limitations. We’re looking for creative and hard working artists and are building a culture and platform to harness their skill sets. I feel excited to have three senior members join us and believe that they would help us craft an exciting future.”

     

  • MDS to debut at MIPCOM 2014

    MDS to debut at MIPCOM 2014

    MUMBAI: It has been a pioneer in the art and technology of computer animation and digital VFX in India since the early 90s. Carrying the legacy of world-class 3D animation and digital visual effects for over 17 years, Maya Digital Studios (MDS) stands for continuous innovations and cutting-edge technology.

     

    It also offers competence in high-quality 2D animation as well as Stereoscopic 3D conversion of content. It has demonstrated the capability to conceptualise and produce complex feature film length animated films like Ramayana: The Epic.

     

    Travelling for the first time to MIPCOM, the biggest content market in the world which attracts more than 12,000 participants from more than 100 countries, MDS is all geared for it.

     

    Says MDS head sales and marketing, creative writer Devdatta Potnis: “We are one of the largest television animation production houses in the country. We are doing shows for all the leading broadcasters in India and are looking at widening our horizons with MIPCOM.”

     

    As an exhibitor, it plans to sell animated TV series and capture those audiences with the Hindi content that it has on its plate. Moreover, the company is seeking international co-productions for its upcoming projects. “We have set up a few meetings where we will be discussing selling of rights of the shows that we already have. That is our main agenda,” says Potnis.

     

    Apart from a focus on the high-end animation outsourcing, MDS is now also focussed on the development of IPR content, through the creation of Indian content that crosses over globally. MDS’s recent offerings, The Adventures of Motu Patlu and VIR -The Robot Boy, are drawing high TRPs in the Indian kids TV space.

     

    At this year’s MIPCOM, the company is moving to broader territories like outside of Asian or European markets. Its aim is to focus on platforms like television, digital and VOD.

     

    MDS has had undertaken international collaborations to produce content for BBC (UK), Ragdoll (UK), Rainbow, Mike Young Productions (USA), Electronic Arts (Canada), Sony (USA), Activision (USA), Google (USA), Big Screen Entertainment (India), VGI Entertainment (UK), Brown Bag Films (Ireland), Flickerpix (USA), Norm Hill Entertainment (USA) and Sparky (Singapore) amongst others.

  • Maya Digital Studios launches its 2D animation department

    Maya Digital Studios launches its 2D animation department

    MUMBAI: One of the pioneers in the art and technology of animation and visual effects in India – Maya Digital Studios – has announced its entry into 2D animation. The studio has launched its new 2D animation department with advance technology and facilities. After the huge success of its IPRs, Motu Patlu and Vir in 3D, Maya is now aiming to create a benchmark in 2D segment of domestic television.

     

    Maya Digital Studios chairman and MD Ketan Mehta said in a press statement: “India’s animation sector is growing at a rapid pace. Also there is an increased use of animation in TV advertisements creating a need for good animation studios with 2D and 3D specialisation. As per FICCI KPMG report 2014, the Indian TV advertisement industry size is expected to increase from Rs 136 billion in 2013 to Rs 253 billion in 2017 at a CAGR of 13 per cent. As the advertising industry grows it is expected that the share of animation driven advertisements will also grow, given that animated advertisements usually strike a better chord with the target group of children and young adults. Hence it was a very strategic move to introduce 2D animation at Maya Digital studios.”

     

    Marking the launch of its new 2D animation department, Maya Digital Studios is also hiring professionals for the position of concept artists, storyboard artists and story screenplay artists for their new department.

     

    Commenting on the expansion of animation industry, Mehta further added: “The current size of the industry is estimated at US$ 247 million and expected to grow at 15-20 per cent per annum. Indian animation companies and studios have been moving up the value chain to create their own intellectual property rights. 2D animation software is a fun way to create amazing scenes from one’s imagination; hence our new 2D animation segment allows us to build more IPR’s.  We are already in talks with broadcasters for two new IPR’s and are extensively looking at tapping the domestic television industry in coming years.”

     

    Maya Digital Studios has specialised in stereoscopic 3D and offers services for S3D visual effects, S3D CG rendered animation and with the new 2D animation department is all set to capture the growing Indian market.

  • Turbo to set screens ablaze beginning 19 July

    Turbo to set screens ablaze beginning 19 July

    NEW DELHI: Turbo, a high-velocity 3D animation comedy about an underdog snail from the makers of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and The Croods, is being released on 19 July.

    It is about an underdog snail whose dreams kick into overdrive when he miraculously attains the power of super-speed. Turbo‘s single-minded goal is to compete in the greatest race in the world: the Indy 500. He even manages to get power to move at super-speed. But he soon learns that no one succeeds on his own. So he puts his heart and shell on the line to help his pals achieve their dreams, before Turbo-charging his own impossible dream: winning the Indy 500.

    The film is helmed by Paul Soren and stars a strong ensemble cast of Ryan Reynolds, Samuel Jackson, Snoop Dogg, Paul Giamatti and others.
     

    The requisite comedic and dramatic acting chops, and bigger-than-life persona, are embodied by Hollywood Hottie Ryan Reynolds, whom Director Paul Soren describes as “the perfect match” for Turbo.

    “I was pitched the idea about this character who has an impossible dream of winning the Indy 500,” Ryan Reynolds remembers. “I asked, ‘What‘s impossible about that?‘ And he said, ‘Turbo‘s a snail.‘ And I said, ‘That‘s impossible!‘”

    “But it all really sounded amazing, and I fell in love with its classic underdog story, which Turbo takes to a new level,” Reynolds continues. “It takes a unique if not insane perspective to bring a snail to life in this way. What I love most about Turbo is his tenacity and refusal to give up on his dream. In fact, it doesn‘t even occur to him to give up. Talent is a collision between hard work and luck, and that‘s what Turbo is.”

    Turbo‘s other key relationship is with the collective known as the Racing Snails, who ultimately serve as his pit crew at the Indy 500.

    Before Turbo arrived on the scene, the leader and reigning champ of the Racing Snails was Whiplash (Samuel L. Jackson). To be a member of Whiplash‘s crew, you must earn his respect, and until you do, you‘ll never experience the real Whiplash – a warm, jovial guy who treats his crew like family. 

    One of the final stages of the race to finish Turbo was the intricate sound design created by three-time Academy Award-winner Richard King (The Dark Knight, Inception, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World). King worked closely with Soren to further define the film‘s vibrant characters and environments through their sounds. Among their principal challenges was creating Turbo‘s signature powering-up racing sounds, and differentiating them from the terrifying and deafening engines of the thirty-two Indy 500 cars pitted against him. 

    Soren also employed cutting-edge techniques to create the Indy 500 crowd scenes – 300,000 people strong. (It‘s the biggest sporting event in the world.) “There are more crowds in Turbo than any in animated film history,” says the director. To accomplish that, “we devised a system that allowed us to cover huge crowds with relatively low amounts of rendering time, in a way never before possible.”

    This kind of technical wizardry was always in service of Turbo‘s colourful characters and classic-with-a-twist underdog tale. “I think audiences will really get behind Turbo‘s determination and dreams,” says Soren. “There‘s a quality about underdog stories where you just can‘t help but start rooting for the character, get swept up by them, and start rooting for them”.

  • Shemaroo releases Oscar nominated Delhi Safari on home video

    Shemaroo releases Oscar nominated Delhi Safari on home video

    MUMBAI: Shemaroo Entertainment has released Delhi Safari, a fun 3D animation film for kids, on DVDs and VCDs.

    Delhi Safari got shortlisted in Oscars in the Best Song list. Other than this, it won award for the Best Film in the animation category at Screen and Best Feature Film award at Ficci Frames 2012.

    Shemaroo said the DVDs of Delhi Safari are priced at Rs 199 and VCDs at Rs 99.

    The story of the film revolves around a handful of animals who set off on a journey to Delhi, the capital of India. As the concrete jungle of Mumbai rapidly eats into its forests, Sultan, the leader of the leopards, is killed. A motley crew of animals decide to do something about it. Bajrangi, the militant monkey, Bagga, the hugging bear, Begum, the protective leopardess and her cub Yuvi set off on a journey to Delhi to appeal to the government – but not before they kidnap Alex, the crazy parrot who can speak like a human being.

    What follows is a series of developments before they reach Delhi. And then the climax unfolds.