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February 5, 2006 TV Episode Jane And The Dragon

Studio
Nelvana Limited, WETA Workshop
Distributor
YTV

Synopsis

Jane rushes to defend her friend Dragon, whose clumsiness is causing many problems around the castle. Jane concocts a story and lets her friends know that she and Dragon have received an offer to move to a castle where they love dragons.

Characters

Jane, Dragon, Prince Cuthbert, Rake

Credits

Directing

Director
Mike Fallows

Producing

Producer
Andrew Smith, Pamela Lehn
Line Producer
Pamela Lehn

Writing

Writer
Hugh Duffy, Carolyn Hay, Michael Stokes, Steven Sullivan
Based On The Books By
Martin Baynton

Animation

Animator
Stephen Lambert, Mark Stanger (Character Animators)

Voices

Voice
Tajja Isen (Jane), Adrian Truss (Dragon), Cameron Ansell (Prince Cuthbert), Will Seatle Bowes (Rake)

Music

Music
TTG Music Lab

Crew

Visual Effects Team Supervisor
Trevor Brymer
Supervising Sound Editor
Ryan Araki
Foley Artist
Stefan Fraticelli

Production notes

This TV series is scheduled to run for 26 episodes. The first episode ran October 6, 2005 as a "sneak preview"; the general run began in January 2006.

A combination of classic animation design and 3D animation, using combined Maya and proprietary software.

Adapted from New Zealand author Martin Baynton's "Jane and the Dragon" children's books.

Weta handled visuals and motion capture, while Nelvana supplied the Director (Mike Fallows) and producer (Pam Lehn) as well storyboarding, editing and all post production, and assisted with scripts, sales and distribution.

Weta Workshop's first venture into children's TV animation.

This was the first use of Weta's Motion Capture animation. Actors in special Lycra suits had their movements tracked, and the images were relayed to a computer.

The series is aimed at six- to 11-year-olds, especially girls.

The series was budgeted at $300,000 U.S. per episode. Nelvana invested over $10 million in the series.