Balance
- Studio
- Big Big Productions, Three Kids and a Dog LLC Animation Studio: Wainscott Studios
Synopsis
Things are not in balance in Snook's house. His stomach is feeling the effects of too many chocolate covered eucalyptus leaves and his table is wobbling on uneven legs. Meanwhile, Wartz is upset that he can't balance on the seesaw with Smooch and Winslow. But, after a Tai Chi lesson and some wise words from Oko, and an explanation about how balanced amphibians are from Madge, Wartz discovers that he has his own special kind of balance and even finds a way (with Snook's help) to seesaw with his friends.
Characters
Snook, Smooch, Winslow, Wartz, Madge, Burdette, Bob the Anteater, Ick, Oko
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Mitchell Kriegman, Dean Gordon, Tyler Bunch
Producing
- Producer
- Mary James
- Executive Producers
- Mitchell Kriegman, Marianne Culbert
- Line Producers
- Becca Reed, Iwona Awlasewicz
Crew
- Creator
- Mitchell Kriegman
- Puppeteers
- Peter Linz, James Goodwin, Tim Legasse
Production notes
Balance- - Things can be balanced or unbalanced. Balance is relative- - we talk about the balance between things. Balance and imbalance can cause certain things to happen.
The series uses Shadowmation, a technique combining puppetry, animatronics and computer-generated animation. The patented process utilizes real-time virtual sets and run raku-style team puppetry, integrating live-action animatronic characters and computer-generated animation in real-time, high-definition virtual environments.
Forty half-hour episodes are planned. Each episode contains two 15-minute segments.
On July 14, 2005, the Writers Guild of America, East went on strike against Big Big Productions, the producer of this series, for refusing to honor WGA minimum pay and standards. Writers picketed the company's Wainscott Studios on Long Island.
Despite having a budget of over $10 million dollars, the Guild alleged, producer Mitchell Kriegman wanted to cut writers' script rates by two-thirds of the WGA minimum payment for this type of show and insisted on virtually eliminating residual payments for six years.
The series uses Shadowmation, a technique combining puppetry, animatronics and computer-generated animation. The patented process utilizes real-time virtual sets and run raku-style team puppetry, integrating live-action animatronic characters and computer-generated animation in real-time, high-definition virtual environments.
Forty half-hour episodes are planned. Each episode contains two 15-minute segments.
On July 14, 2005, the Writers Guild of America, East went on strike against Big Big Productions, the producer of this series, for refusing to honor WGA minimum pay and standards. Writers picketed the company's Wainscott Studios on Long Island.
Despite having a budget of over $10 million dollars, the Guild alleged, producer Mitchell Kriegman wanted to cut writers' script rates by two-thirds of the WGA minimum payment for this type of show and insisted on virtually eliminating residual payments for six years.