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July 14, 2007 TV Episode Monster Warriors

Studio
Coneybeare Stories, Really Big Bug Movies Ltd.
Distributor
YTV

Synopsis

They're first discovered by a couple of low-life crooks who break into the Capital City blood bank to steal the donation money: they're gigantic vampire bats with the unusual characteristic of long, tusklike vampire teeth that they can "drop" like spears upon unsuspecting victims below. When the creatures also rip the top off of Capital City Hospital, depleting the blood supply, the Monster Warriors know that they've got a crisis on their hands.

Characters

Tabby, Vanka, Luke

Credits

Directing

Director
Marni Banack, Wilson Coneybeare, Otta Hanus, Graeme Lynch, Bill Marks, Warren P. Sonoda
First Assistant Directors
Jonnie Katz, James Rait, Jill Campbell Samson
Second Assistant Director
Karen McGarroch
Third Assistant Directors
Jeff Horn, Jeremy Perger
Daily Third Assistant Director
Stephen John Donkers
Trainee Assistant Director
Darren Williams
Second Unit Director
James Rait

Producing

Producer
Andre Czernohorsky, Barbara Patten
Executive Producers
Wilson Coneybeare, Michael Lekes
Co-Executive Producer
Tatiana Kober
Assistant to Executive Producer
Jeannette Corbett

Voices

Voice
Mandy Butcher (Tabby), Lara Amersey (Vanka), Jared Keeso (Luke)

Art Department

Production Design
Phillip Craig, Craig Harris
Art Direction
Craig Harris
Costume Design
Tarah Burke
Painters
Greg Kleynhans, Joanna Syrokomla
Assistant Art Director
Shelley H. Silverman

Visual Effects

Visual Effects Supervisors
Derek Grime, Kevin Pitts
Digital Compositor
Ralph Schmidt

Camera

Cinematography
Jason Webber
First Assistant Camera
Demetri Portelli
Second Assistant Camera
Nicole Wiwchar
Camera Trainee
Melinda Hughes
Dolly Grip
Daryl Alvaro
Key Grip
Alex Dacev
Electricians
Alex Jordan, Ken Simpson
Gaffers
Alex Jordan, Jonathan Williams

Sound

Boom Operator
Jason Gough
Sound Mixer
Rob Rouse

Casting

Casting
Susannah Coneybeare, Ron Leach
Casting Assistant
Robin Ott
Extras Casting
Dylaine Bovaird

Production Management

Production Coordinator
Matthew P. Wocks
Construction Coordinator
Kyle Larsen
Production Secretary
Sanja Adamovic
Production Accountant
Doug Allen
Assistant Production Accountant
Monica Ionson
Production Assistants
Colin Burke, Hunter Commerford, Janet J. Lawson, Alexander Shapcott, Daniel Zuccala
Story Department Coordinator
Jeannette Corbett
Unit Transport Coordinator
Dean Fester
Talent Coordinator
Heidi Leigh
Co-Production Coordinator
Dean Pollock
Director of Business Affairs
Vanessa Steinmetz

Crew

Set Decoration
Peter Atto, Robert Hillman
Key Makeup Artists
Molly Adey, Sarah Craig
Assistant Makeup Artist
Sandra Ardagna
Property Master
Brad Archdekin
Props
Reece Carkner, Ryan Louagie
Key Scenic Artist
Greg Kleynhans
Carpenter
Greg Lantnier
Lead Dresser
Bill Thrasher
Set Dresser
Zac Ward
Craft Service
Lila Bahadori
Driver Captain
Anthony Hollier
Driver
Tim Carleton
Key On-Set Wardrobe
Sabrina Horlyck
Location Manager
Tanya Shields

Companies and other credits

  • Visual Effects: Bullseye Post Production

Production notes

Who do you call when giant earthworms are eating subway trains, a 60-foot bumblebee is sucking up the city's electricity and a gigantic squid is munching ferry boats? The Monster Warriors, of course. Using everyday household objects to make low-tech weapons, the Monster Warriors- Luke, Vanka, Tabby and Antonio- defend Capital City against an onslaught of creatures straight out of a 1950s monster movie, like a giant anaconda, Tyrannosaurus Rex and a skeleton army.

Combined live action and 3D CGI animation (the creatures are animated).

Each episode spawns a different CGI created B-movie monster, such as giant spiders, a skeleton army, a giant anaconda and a terrifying tyrannosaurus rex. As the series gathers pace, Monster Warriors Luke, Vanka, Tabby and Antonio begin to unravel the explanation behind the monsters- that crazed, retired B-movie director Klaus Von Steinhauer is behind the attacks.

Filmed in Barrie, Ontario, the city's quarries, junkyards and waterfront set the perfect photo-realistic stage upon which visual effects team Bullseye Post Production created the show's 3D-animated monsters and brought them to life.