| Original Title: | The Bunjies | ||
| Director(s): | Andreas Hykade & Ged Haney | ||
| Production Company: | Studio Film Bilder | ||
| Year of Production: | 2008 | ||
| Nationality: | Germany | ||
| Screening Format: | BETACAM SP NTSC | ||
| Running Time: | 3:06 | ||
| Category: | Television Animation Made for Children | ||
Techniques:
3D Computer
3D Computer
Synopsis:
The Bunjies are the biggest, greatest, loudest Rock and Roll band in the World... although they are not yet out of junior school. The world drifts inexorably towards political and environmental meltdown but royalty, presidents, prime ministers and totalitarian dictators are just too busy mucking about on either www.bunjies.com or www.myspace.com/thebunjies to sort it all out. The Bunjies, however, just want to rock. Well, actually, they just want to rock and then smash their instruments in front of a hundred thousand screaming fans... after they've finished their homework, of course.
The Bunjies are the biggest, greatest, loudest Rock and Roll band in the World... although they are not yet out of junior school. The world drifts inexorably towards political and environmental meltdown but royalty, presidents, prime ministers and totalitarian dictators are just too busy mucking about on either www.bunjies.com or www.myspace.com/thebunjies to sort it all out. The Bunjies, however, just want to rock. Well, actually, they just want to rock and then smash their instruments in front of a hundred thousand screaming fans... after they've finished their homework, of course.
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| Born in Altötting, Bavaria, Andreas Hykade studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart and soon found himself working as an animator in London. After attending the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg for Animation from 1992-1995, Hykade has gone on to teach and give workshops on animation as well as working as a freelance animator of shorts, features and animated films for children. Click here to view the director's website. |
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| Ged Haney was born in England in 1958. He studied graphic design at Carlisle and The London College of Printing. He was first involved in animation in the early eighties when he wrote the music for several short animated films. In 1989 he wrote the music for the two series of /Rik Mayall’s Grim Tales/. In 1989, with Emma Calder, he scripted and directed /The Drummer/, an animated short for children and, in 1992, after almost seven years work, he completed /The Kings of Siam/, which went on to win the Norman McIaren Award at the Edinburgh Festival and the Jury Prize at Esphino. Through the nineties he worked mainly as an animator/director creating title sequences, channel idents and so on for many varying clients. Since 1996 he has worked extensively with Studio Filmbilder in Stuttgart and now divides his time equally between London and Germany. From 2005 to 2007 he was artist in residence at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, mentoring the final year students through their diploma films. |