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May 28, 2006 TV Episode Carl²

Series title: Carl Squared

Studio
Carl Squared Productions Inc., Portfolio Entertainment
Distributor
Portfolio Entertainment International

Synopsis

C² becomes the mascot for the school basketball team. Carl wants him to quit before he becomes a laughingstock, but the team only wins when C² does his thing!

Characters

Carl Crashman, C², Chloe Crashman, Jamie James, Lorna Gail Lookman, Skye Blue, Dr. Janet Crashman, Barney Crashman

Credits

Directing

Director
William Speers
Assistant Director
Scott Fiander

Producing

Producer
Julie Stall
Executive Producers
Lisa Olfman, Joy Rosen
Line Producer
Linda Haynes
Creative Producer
Eva Almos

Voices

Voice
Stuart Stone (Carl Crashman, C²), Jordan Francis (Jamie James), Kathy Laskey (Dr. Janet Crashman), John Hemphill (Barney Crashman)

Art Department

Storyboards
Todd Sullivan, Troy Sullivan
Prop Design/Illustration
Aleksandar Prohaska

Visual Effects

Lead Compositor
Marc Fortin

Sound

Sound Effects Editor
Michael Mancuso

Production Management

Design Coordinator
John Kambites

Production notes

Produced with finance from the Canadian Television Fund, Shaw Rocket Fund, the Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit and Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit.

Unlike most animated shows, this series is entirely produced in Canada, with production centers in Toronto and Ottawa.

The show is animated entirely on computer, using a secret blend of Flash, Toonz, Photoshop, Shintalay and Final Cut Pro software.

How many drawings in a typical episode of Carl Squared? None! Carl² is a 2D digitally animated show that relies for the most part on "symbol manipulation."

It takes about 25 animators, working in two shifts, five weeks to animate each episode.