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2001 (estimated) Tiny Planets

Studio
Pepper's Ghost Productions Ltd., Sesame Workshop
Distributor
Children's Independent Television, Sesame Workshop, Cake Distribution

Synopsis

Drawn in by an animated neon sign, Bing and Bong arrive at a nickelodeon. Bong cranks the handle, and Bing is able to view the simple animation of a Charlie Chaplin Flocker on a diving board. Excited, Bong cranks the handle faster and faster, causing the image to blur and the nickelodeon to fall apart. But Bing puts it back together and, upon examining the carousel of images, notices that if Bing flips them, it gives the impression of a moving image. Bing picks up two pictures that have fallen out of the carousel and, with Bong's help, determines the correct order and sets them in line to view them again.

Characters

Bing, Bong

Credits

Directing

Director
Alastair McIlwain

Producing

Producer
Richard Morss
Line Producers
Aisling O'Brien, Andrew Peters
Animation Producer
Dana Church
Executive Producers
Paul Michael, Julian Scott

Writing

Writer
Antony Hatfield

Animation

Animator
Adam Coglan

Music

Music
Alan Coates, Kim Goody

Editing

Editor
Samantha Hatton Brown
Assistant Editor
Philip Hedgecock

Crew

Character Animator
Nathalie Jean-Bart
Technical Director
Ben Lock
Head of Digital Production
Ben Lock
Digital Compositor
Fraser Mansell
3D Previs Artist (Lighting and Compositing)
Adrian Pinder
Lighting/Modelling Lead
Christopher Thomas

Production notes

Tiny Planet of Light and Colour

Animation works by presenting a series of still pictures very quickly, one after the other. The result is that the pictures appear to move.

Bing and Bong are the heroes of the universe, flying to tiny planets on their fluffy white sofa to explore and discover color, nature, sound and technology.

This TV series is aimed toward 3- to 5-year-olds. The series can be divided into 16 26-minute episodes.

This is the only Montessori-endorsed television program in the world.