Dr. Poko
- Studio
- Salter Street Films, Halifax Film Company, AAC Kids
- Distributor
- Alliance Atlantis Films
Synopsis
When Dr. Poko tries to give Minus his check-up, the impatient patient won't sit still.
Characters
Poko, Minus, Mr. Murphy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Chuck Rubin
- Assistant Directors
- Alex Busby
- Assistant Director, 2003
- Derek J. Filiatrault
- First Assistant Directors
- Colleen McGrath, Jay Silver
- Second Assistant Director
- Robin Walsh
Producing
- Producer
- Katrina Walsh
- Executive Producers
- Charles Bishop, Michael Donovan, Jeff Rosen
- Line Producer
- Katrina Walsh
- Creative Producer
- Cheryl Wagner
Writing
- Writer
- Jeff Rosen, Cheryl Wagner
- Creator
- Jeff Rosen
Voices
- Voice
- Cameron Davidson (Poko), Cory Bowles (The Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Blain Morris
Animation
- Animation Director
- Brian Duchscherer
- Animator
- Amanda Homeniuk
- Stop-Motion Animators
- Steff Adair, Paul Caron, Rose Casey, Stephen Driscoll, Dylan Edwards, Julie Faulkner, Deanna Partridge-David
- Key Puppet Builder
- Frances James
- Puppet Builder
- Sarah O'Malley
Art Department
- Production Design
- Mark Laing
- Art Direction
- Linda Pelttari
- Storyboard Artists
- Stephen Evans, Stan Gaziola, Graeme Partridge-David, Meaghan Smith, Kevin Sollows
- Designer
- Mark Laing
Camera
- Cinematography
- David Albiston
- Supervising Cinematography
- Dennis J. Murphy
- Assistant Camera
- Todd Murchie
- Best Boy Gaffer
- Jordan Schella
Editing
- Editor
- Brian Culliton, Ken Peterson (2003)
- Supervisory Editor
- Stewart Dowds
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Tracey Jardine
- Production Coordinator
- Hannah Croggon
- Production Accountants
- Hannes Nothegger, Derek Rolls
Crew
- Model Technician
- Tim Andrews
- Construction Supervisor
- Mark Dunphy
- Props Builders
- Brian Hills, Andy Munro, Tom Ryan, Jessica Winton
- Key Sculptor
- Sandra MacMurray
- Assistant to Producer
- Natalie Angelucci
- Creative Assistant
- John Davie
- Systems Administrator
- Troy Strum
Production notes
Stop-motion animation. (This was the first professional use of stop-motion animation in Atlantic Canada.)
This TV series is scheduled to run for 39 episodes.
A guest speaker at the Atlantic Film Festival in Nova Scotia- where the studio is located- suggested that producers of Poko contact Tom Gasek, a British stop-motion animator associated with such big-budget films as Chicken Run.
Salter Street Films went to Bristol, England for assistance in setting up the animation department for this series. The small robotic puppets of Poko and his friends, also made in Bristol, were constructed of silicone over steel armatures at a cost of $7,000 (Canadian) each.
With Gasek's assistance and guidance, Salter Street Films created a fully self-sufficient stop-motion animation studio in Nova Scotia. Poko is the stop-motion studio's first series. Financial assistance came from the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation.
A crew of 48 artists, animators, designers, musicians and others were involved in the series. There were nine animators, with each producing only 10 seconds of animation each day.
Scenes were shot with digital cameras on metre-square sets.
This TV series is scheduled to run for 39 episodes.
A guest speaker at the Atlantic Film Festival in Nova Scotia- where the studio is located- suggested that producers of Poko contact Tom Gasek, a British stop-motion animator associated with such big-budget films as Chicken Run.
Salter Street Films went to Bristol, England for assistance in setting up the animation department for this series. The small robotic puppets of Poko and his friends, also made in Bristol, were constructed of silicone over steel armatures at a cost of $7,000 (Canadian) each.
With Gasek's assistance and guidance, Salter Street Films created a fully self-sufficient stop-motion animation studio in Nova Scotia. Poko is the stop-motion studio's first series. Financial assistance came from the Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation.
A crew of 48 artists, animators, designers, musicians and others were involved in the series. There were nine animators, with each producing only 10 seconds of animation each day.
Scenes were shot with digital cameras on metre-square sets.
Awards
Gemini Award, Best Pre-School Program or Series, Michael Donovan, Charles Bishop and Jeff Rosen, 2004