High Slide

High Slide

2006 (estimated) TV Episode Wilbur

Studio
Wilbur Entertainment Canada, Mercury Filmworks, Chilco Productions
Distributor
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation International, Discovery Kids

Synopsis

Libby wants to go down a slide, but she's scared.

Characters

Wilbur, Libby, Ray, Dasha

Credits

Directing

Director
Wayne Moss

Producing

Producer
Marianne Culbert (Supervising Producer)
Executive Producers
Cathy Chilco, Clint Eland, Lynn Oldershaw, Amy Sprecher, Erin Wanner

Voices

Voice
Julie Lemieux (Wilbur), Taylor Barber (Libby), Ian Busher (Ray), Emma Pustil (Dasha)

Animation

Animator (Optix Digital Pictures)
Filip Kicev

Art Department

Production Design
John Allen

Editing

Editor
Michael Pike

Sound

Supervising Sound Editor
Ryan Henwood

Casting

Casting Director
Dee Shipley

Production Management

Assistant Production Coordinator
Ryan M. Barnett
Business Affairs Associate
Breanne Hartley

Crew

Props
Paddy Higgins

Production notes

Wilbur, a fun-loving 8-year-old calf, shares his adventures with his barnyard buddies.

Combined live action, puppetry and "Shadowmation" - a combination of animatronics and CG effects developed by Mitchell Kriegman. Mercury Filmworks produced animation, while puppetry and live action was done elsewhere.

Two stories ran in each 30-minute episode.

Budgeted at $6 million.

This TV series is scheduled to have a 52-cartoon run.

Funded by the broadcasters and the Shaw Rocket Fund.