Today we made an awesome project live, a life-changing opportunity for all you animators out there!
First a little background on the client: John Du Perez is a Grammy Award winning composer who has scored more than twenty feature films including A Fish Called Wanda, A Private Function, UHF & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I, II and III.
His stage show Spamalot (composed with Monty Python legend Eric Idle) won Tony Award for Best Show 2005 and he was Tony nominated for Best Original Score.
John is now working on an album of 12 news songs working title “Silly Songs for Kids” to be released on his own Ocean Music label, and he came to Wooshii looking for an animator (or animators) to make animated videos for those songs. They will eventually be released separately as a companion DVD and may also tour as a live stage show.
The project can be found here: Silly Songs For Kids – John Du Prez (Spamolot, A Fish Called Wanda, A Private Function)
Anyone, from anywhere in the world, can pitch.
Here are some guidelines:
1. Although there are 12 songs, right now you are pitching just for one of them, approximate length – 2-3 minutes
2. Emotion – Positive energy. Bright. Fun. Funny. Intelligent. Engaging. Original. Fresh.
3. Colour palette – Bright. Strong on primary colours.
4. Influences & Likes – The songs feature animal characters a great deal and often have simple story lines and plenty of graphic imagery which lend themselves particularly to animation. Like very much the idea of combining video footage (live performance by the lead vocalists with animation) stop motion & computer animation. BUT we are open to suggestion of an approach.
Peter Gabriel Sledge Hammer Brilliant in every way.
Terry Gilliam – especially his use of strong positive colours + 2D images.
Cravendale – Cats with Thumbs
Crusha cats TV ads series: – Like the “homemade” off the wall style commonly found on You Tube
And:
5. It must not be – Mean spirited. Nasty. Dull. Muddy. Dark. Routine.
So that’s plenty of inspiration to go around!
The contest will be run in two parts.
First: you have to submit still illustrations and a story board for the track sample attached.
Second: a short list from all the pitches will be asked to produce a 10 second treatment for the chosen song and from these John and his team shall choose a final winner.
We think it’s an awesome project and a life changing opportunity for a talented animator to show their work on an international stage.
Anyone, from anywhere in the world, can pitch.
Still here? Get you creative juices flowing and get started on your pitch, you have 28 days! Good luck 
Project page: Silly Songs For Kids – John Du Prez (Spamolot, A Fish Called Wanda, A Private Function)
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