Hi, we recently produced 8 short animations for BBC Comedy - the first two have gone live here:
PRISONER: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p007yfb0
CONSTABLE SERGEANT: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p00830n8
Let us know what you think
Thanks
The Brothers McLeod
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BBC Comedy commission Sticks animation by The Brothers McLeod
Sticks is a slice-of-life detective comedy series for BBC Comedy about Detective Inspector Plank and his bungling crew that includes Constable Witch, Constable Sergeant and Sergeant Constable. It has a unique design; most of the characters are drawn on coffee stirrers, but the series also features a yeti on a spatula, a zombie on a pastry baster, and an evil pencil sharpener.
The voices are supplied by a team of five voice actors including Shakespearian actor Sam Troughton (Robin Hood) who is currently appearing as Romeo at the RSC, Rachel Ferjani (Torchwood), David Holt (A Town Called Panic) and the series creators Myles and Greg McLeod.
The series was commissioned by BBC Comedy's Martin Trickey and Simon Lupton. The series of 2 x 4 minute, 6 x 1 minute animations will appear on the BBC Comedy website and YouTube channel.
The idea for Sticks first came about a couple of years ago when Greg McLeod (38), the illustrator-animator half of The Brothers McLeod, drew some characters on the coffee stirrers. Myles (34), the writer half of the team says, 'We had the idea of trying to do some ad lib stuff using the coffee stirrers as puppets. We recorded a load of off-the-cuff sketches onto our video camera and tried to make each other laugh. A lot of it was too loose, but some really funny characters did emerge. Our favourites were a collection of bungling Cockney coppers and some ridiculous French private detectives.'
The characters include include DI Plank, described as more paranoid than a coke addict in a hall of mirrors, Constable Sergeant who's as green as oak; there's Sergeant Constable, as cunning as he is lazy, and Constable Witch who has unorthodox police methods.
The sticks have all been hand drawn (based on Greg's designs) by illustrator and comic artist Lizz Lunney (whose own creations include the brilliant Depressed Cat and Dungaree Lion). The sticks were scanned into the computer and animated in Flash by animator Tom Evans (whose credits include BAFTA nominated animations for the Tate!)
ABOUT THE BROTHERS MCLEOD
The award winning, triple BAFTA nominated Brothers McLeod (Greg and Myles) have a track record in creating animation for TV, web, and film. They are represented by Aardman Animations as Commercials Directors and have directed campaigns for Skittles, Stena Line, and Guinness amongst others. They have written and directed series for BBC (Pedro and Frankensheep) and Tate Galleries (Art Sparks), and written for a range of TV, Games and web projects (Noddy, SpongeBob SquarePants, NHS Relationships and Sex). They have a well established YouTube channel and have had several internet successes including Spamland and Fuggy Fuggy which was picked up by MTV and Mondo Media. In early 2009, they were nominated for a BAFTA Film Award in the Short Animation category for their film Codswallop. Late 2009, they were nominated for two BAFTA Children's Awards for their work with the Tate.
LINKS
BBC Comedy - http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/
BBC Comedy YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/bbccomedy
Sticks Facebook Fan Page - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sticks/375921842377
The Brothers McLeod - http://www.bromc.co.uk
