Box Office: : ‘The Boy And The Heron’ Becomes First Original 2D Animated Film To Top The U.S. Box Office Since 2009’s ‘The Princess And The Frog’
CBeebies by Matthias Hoegg

Matthias Hoegg, whose graduation short Thursday appeared on the Brew recently, just completed two delightful mini-shorts — “Ollie” and “George” — for CBeebies, the BBC’s channel for preschoolers.

A few details on the production from Matthias:

We had 3-4 weeks for each of them and were working with a small team (in fact just myself for most of it) in the London based studio Beakus. The production process was all-digital using After Effects, Flash, Photoshop and a tiny bit of Maya.

Cbeebies provided us with the edited voice recordings of the kids and gave me pretty much free reign over how I interpreted their narrative. They were really a perfect client and got on board with my direction from an early stage. Working for preschool kids meant an emphasis on characterisation and bold, colourful designs, which were definitely part-inspired by Mary Blair. I wanted to create the impression of discovering the world with child’s eyes and frame everything from a low angle, so you’re in with the flowers and rabbits.


Full credits after the jump:

“OLLIE” CREDITS
Directed, Designed by Matthias Hoegg
Animated by Matthias Hoegg and Ian Sargent
Additional 3D Animation by Leo Bridle
Produced by Beakus
Producer: Steve Smith (Beakus)
Production Manager: Eleni O’Keeffe

“GEORGE” CREDITS
Directed, Designed and Animated by Matthias Hoegg
Additional Animation by Leo Bridle
Produced by Beakus
Producer: Steve Smith (Beakus)
Production Manager: Eleni O’Keeffe

Amid Amidi

Amid Amidi is Cartoon Brew's Publisher and Editor-at-large.

Latest News from Cartoon Brew