Tellytales - Series 2

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Christian Lett
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Hi all,

This past week, the second batch of 10 episodes of Tellytales has been airing across BBC2 Wales and Cbeebies (and I believe, the BBC HD channel). I was VFX Supervisor and lead compositor on the show.

It is filmed against greenscreen at BBC Wales on HDCAM-SR, and all the compositing is done using After Effects CS3. The kids are all regular (i.e. non-stage school) kids, and the artwork making up the backgrounds is also made by Cardiff-based school children.

Here are a few of my favourite episodes from this latest series:
The Dancing Princess - a bit like The X Factor, but set in the Madagascan jungle
Why the Sea is Salty - two giants grind salt for a greedy pirate
The Flying Carpet - Arabian Knights tale

The stories are very simple, but it is a pre-school show!

Hope you enjoy them!

Christian Lett After Effects and Maya Artist www.quarterlightpictures.com

Chrome
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Joined: May 26 1999

Great work Chris... well done. Watched one all the way through and the others part way - fab stuff for kids :)

branny
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Joined: Nov 6 2001

A cracking job. The kids did a great job too! :)

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dominicwitherow
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Joined: Apr 2 2006

Cbeebies is the primary channel in our house, so I'll keep an eye out for it - I've seen the trailers and it does look very good!
Dominic