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Katakune’s Journey
We have a released a free e-book on our journey in creating the award winning animated preschooler series Katakune from scratch. This was first published in the Go Motion Animation Magazine in February 2009. In it we talk about how the concept was conceived, how we went about raising funds, what USP (unique selling points we [...]
Continue reading...Character Designs for Kid-friendly Cartoons
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Cartoons always depend on their characters for success. For all the talk about the latest in 3D animation, the saturation of vivid colors, and the rendering of frames, most children will still notice the heroic character over the detailed background. Children will still idolize the funny character over the most realistic of environments. This is [...]
Continue reading...Supplanting TV as Mainstream Animation Medium
Sunday, March 29, 2009
For decades, television and theater houses were the only venues for animation stories to be shown to people. Throughout the years, these audio-visual media held the monopoly of showing animation; content providers have been over-reliant on these platforms to gain success. Television was more influential especially, as it was expensive and painstaking to create animated [...]
Continue reading...Character Licensing 101
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Remember visiting your favorite tourist attraction and enjoying every bit of your stay there that you wouldn’t want to leave? Unfortunately you have to, thus you bring home as much memories as you can – whether it be snapshots or souvenirs in the area. Character licensing is very much like selling souvenirs in that tourist [...]
Continue reading...Intel and Dell Launch Mass Animation on Facebook
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Animation is getting democratized. After years of watching consumer-generated shorts sprout up on Google’s YouTube, NewsCorp.’s MySpace, and elsewhere, a Hollywood veteran wants to tap these amateur animators for help on projects that could hit the big time. With funding from Intel and Dell, former Sony Pictures digital chief Yair Landau is launching Mass [...]
Continue reading...MyToons Launches Digital Portfolio System
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
MyToons.com, the world’s first and only online animation community to offer HD animation, today announced the launch of its ground-breaking Digital Portfolio System. Using the Digital Portfolio System, artists and [...]
Continue reading...What Kids Like in a Cartoon Character
Friday, November 7, 2008
If you’re planning on producing a cartoon series or rolling out a kids’ campaign with an animated character you might be interested in Kidscreen’s three-part series on children’s TV viewing habits. The series covers recent research by Dr. Maya Götz of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television in Germany. Part one is boring and [...]
Continue reading...Katakune Wins 3rd Prize in Digicon 6 Singapore Region
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Yesterday was a happy occasion for us. Katakune won the 3rd spot for the Digicon 6 animation contest organized by TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) for the Singapore region. For those of you who are unaware, Katakune is an original cartoon property Character Farm (a subsidiary of Mediafreaks) produced for the preschooler market. It is relatively [...]
Continue reading...Katakune’s Blog has Been Launched
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Katakune blog has been launched at http://www.katakune.com/blog! If you would like to find out how Katakune was conceived and produced from the very start, you can read all about it at Katakune’s blog. We have unselfishly shared our experiences in developing this series and are showing exclusive never seen before pre-production pictures and animation clips on [...]
Continue reading...Katakune on Squidoo
Monday, July 28, 2008
We’ve just published a spanking hot lens for Katakune on Squidoo. Please check it out at http://www.squidoo.com/katakune. For a cartoon property coming out of Singapore – which is a country relatively new in the world of animation – we are humbled that Katakune is making some headway and gaining recognition across the world. Currently already sold [...]
Continue reading...Katakune DVDs to be Released in USA
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Katakune DVDs will be released in USA in October 2008! Through the efforts of our distributor, Katakune has secured a DVD release deal with PorchLight Home Entertainment. Already broadcasted on the Voom Kid’s Channel Animania HD in 2007, this is Katakune’s second entrance into the North American market and a testimony of Katakune’s cute appeal. “PorchLight Home [...]
Continue reading...High Definition Katakune on MyToons
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Upon their invitation, we are trying out MyToons, an internet platform for putting up High Definition movie clips and I must say that it is working beautifully. The resolution is really good and we had no trouble uploading Katakune – our first preschooler 3D animated series. We will be using MyToons a lot more I’m [...]
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Mediafreaks E Books
Sunday, May 17, 2009
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