Tuesday, March 22, 2005

LOOK OUT AMERICA! CONNOR AND SPARKY ARE COMING!

Hey Oaksdalers! Great news! We have finally found our US home on Cartoon Network. I currently have no knowledge of our time slot so I'll get that information to you once I hear it. - Tabitha






Friday, March 18, 2005

A SMATTERING OF BACKGROUND DESIGNS FROM THE SHOW

Hey everybody! Finally some eye candy.

What you're looking at are background designs pulled from the show. Cumulatively, they should start to give you a sense of the visual style we've developed for the show. It's a design sensibility that echoes a brand of animation pioneered in the 40's and 50's by an innovative animation studio known as UPA. In industry circles, of which I try to avoid at all costs, this style of animation is known as LIMITED animation and it was a bold stylistic choice made in reaction to the hyper-realism of the Disney stuff that was coming out at the time.  It's a a very cool look that our show's DIRECTORS, Howie Perry and Scott O' Brien, ART DIRECTOR Mike Giamo, and I drew upon as they hatched the visual rules of the Connor and Sparky Show. It allowed us to create a signature look that never upstages the actors but rather makes them stand out and really pop. Enjoy and we'll be back with more visuals in the coming weeks... Thanks!



Oaksdale Park


Oaksdale Beach


Sparky's Doghouse


Sunday, March 6, 2005

Oaksdale Voice Cast!

 



Tabitha here! I’m so excited! We’ve finally decided who’s going to be doing our voices! We’ve listened to so many auditions our ears have just about fallen off.

Anyways. Here’s the cast list!! *squee!*


Connor, Tabitha (the one that created the post) - Tabitha St. Germain
Sparky, The Arm Destroyer, Mayor Lincoin - Ian James Corlett
Cindy, Delilah, Mandy - Kathleen Barr
Junior, Arnold, Professor Gidgetwey - Brian Drummond
Guppy Sr. - Trevor Devall
Violet - Rebecca Shoichet
Himori - Kelly Sheridan
 Bernard - Louis Chrillo
Pete, Mr. Kearbyte - Scott McNeil
Frankie, Melanie - Andrea Libman
Francesca - Kelly Metzger 
Guppy Jr. - Erin Matthews
Micheal - Lee Tockar
Layla - Chiara Zanni
Stacy - Jillian Michaels
Naomi - Shannon-Chan Kent 

This is going to be our super talented Oaksdale voicing family. There are many, many more brilliant voice actors who have made our record sessions a blast to be at. Avery also gets to do other characters if needed.

All voice directed by Terry Klassen who also happens to be part of the voice cast. - Tabitha