BIG JUMP PRODUCTIONS

BIG JUMP Christmas Party 2009

2009-12-21T09:36:00.007-05:00

We want to thank everyone who joined us this year for the Big Jump party. It was a pleasure to have everybody enjoy themselves and get away from the daily grind.

Cory Morrison and Shannan from Big Jump with Josh in the background enjoying a chat.

Craig from Amberwood Productions just can't help himself.

Look out for the Craig stare, it get's you all the time.

Steph and Marika. Kerry and Pete in the back.

Chantal from Amberwood Productions and Rick Morrison from Big Jump talking about the tasty bacon wrapped scallops.

Jason, Lauren, Myrosia and Miranda enjoying the party.

Emily smiling away.

Dan and Collin

Rick and Chantal.

Francine, Steve, Dana and Drew.

Jason and Sonia

Mark D, Jose and the gang.

Rod Amador from Big Jump wishing everyone a Happy Holidays. Sheldon from Amberwood and Trudy partaking in the festivities.

Randy, Shi and Azalia.

Jeremy getting caught in the act.

Chris R smiling for the camera.

Dave from Big Jump Interactive and Shannan.

We look forward to another prosperous year and we wish you all the best for the holidays and 2010.

Ben Bear IV Stills

2009-10-08T15:19:00.010-04:00

Big Jump, now half way through production on the 4th cycle of The Secret World of Benjamin Bear is proud of our team and what we have been able to accomplish with The Adobe Suite.

"It's a pleasure to see the quality and fullness of animation we have been able to achieve by using the digital medium and traditional skills. I am thrilled to see animators drawing again" says Rod Amador VP of Big Jump Productions.

Once production is commenced we never leave the digital domain from design through to offline edit. The transition from traditional to digital has been seamless, maintaining the rich fullness of the environments in HD and the appeal of the animation itself. Ben Bear 4 is a prime example of the possibilities of the software when operated by first rate talent at all levels.

“Everything is going according to plan, not only is the software an excellent tool for full animation production but the economics are unparalleled” says Cory Morrison VP of Big Jump Productions.

Big Jump goes Paranormal

2009-10-07T12:16:00.016-04:00

Big Jump delivers Ralph Filmore Paranormal Investigator Promo to Amberwood Entertainment and Arcana Comics. The next big thing to hit MIPJunior….. no doubt! “The stylistic comic book approach coupled with fast paced animation and ultra dynamic staging is sure to make Filmore a hit.”

We made this possible with the collaboration of the Big Jump senior animation crew, Bradley Cayford, Leisl Adams and Steve Valdez. Great job everyone!

OIAF 2009

2009-09-18T15:57:00.001-04:00

BIG JUMP Productions is both proud and excited to repeat as co-host of the Opening Night Shindig at this year’s Festival in October. Not only are we hosting with Atomic Cartoons again but are additionally pleased to have Kevin Gillis and team of Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group joining us as well. We all look forward to seeing you there!

Meet our Production Crew

2009-03-12T13:45:00.025-04:00

Here is a chance to introduce our Crew hard at work on Ben Bear 4. We recently expanded our Cintiq capacity to allow all designers to draw on their screens and maintain the traditional approach with a digital tool.

The guys who keep the lights on...

Cory

Rick

Rod

The production staff...

Myrosia Humeniuk (Reuse Coordinator)

Kerry Antonello (Asset Manager)

Shannan Thomson (Line Producer)

The Character Rigging team...

Azalia Liu (Character Rigging)

Courtney Armstrong (Character Rigging)

Lauren Andersson (Rigging Supervisor/Key Hybrid Animation)

The designers....

Josh Gay (Prop Design)

Steph Duncker (Location Design)

Dave Badour (Art Director)

Character Design with Action Script 2.0 vs 3.0

2009-01-05T11:01:00.008-05:00

While working with the new version of Flash (ver 10 or CS4) we encountered a few problems making the software unstable. We were experiencing constant crashes from doing things like cycling from one frame to another, or scrubbing through the frames.

We also noticed that the files seemed to be very sluggish when doing simple navigation through the stage. After many attempts at trying to clean up the files; which were clean to begin with, we decided to convert them down to Flash 8. As soon as that was done, the files worked great. There were no crashes and the scrubbing was very smooth.

So we proceeded to call Adobe on this issue, and after talking to one of their techs he suggested to change the action script version from 3.0 to 2.0. This immedialtely improved the performance.

They still don't know why the new action script 3.0 in Flash CS4 is causing this to happen but I'm sure they will release an update that will fix this.

Xmas party went off with flying colours

2008-12-20T19:15:00.008-05:00

We were thrilled to have our Christmas Party at the studio to celebrate the end of the year with all our friends and family. We had Pete from the caf cater the digs with all the trimmings and his signature Mexi dip. It was great to have everyone come out and take part in our celebration.

Brandon snuck one of the Nanaimo bars and tried to draw on the glass with it.

Pascale, Rob, Jamie and Lauren having an indepth conversation.

Chis S, Chris R, and Rick discussing the wonderful weather outside. A balmy -16 with slight snow flurries.

Everyone enjoying a bit of this and a bit of that! Cheers, see you all next year.

Big Jump starts Pre Production on Benjamin Bear IV

2008-12-17T10:19:00.005-05:00

Our crew is diligently working on the Ben Bear IV character designs creating the character rigs that will be used for full animation. It's great to be able to take advantage of the Adobe technologies available to produce such a popular series maintaining it's traditional look.

We look forward to the New Year and full production. It's already looking fantastic!

Primetime Animation

2008-07-20T20:05:00.004-04:00

Recently there has been a number of prime time animation content commissioned by Canadian broadcasters. It certainly is about that time, maximizing home grown talent from writing, design, animation through post production as the search continues for the next Simpson's or Family Guy....or the next 100 million dollar deal with a network...WOW! way to go Seth.

BIGJUMP and ATOMIC to host Ottawa Animation Festival Opening Party

2008-07-19T10:05:00.003-04:00

Bigjump and Atomic Cartoons are happy to host the opening night party on September 17 @ Helsinki http://www.helsinki.ca/.

We are thrilled to be hosting this event alongside Atomic, it should be a great night and we look forward to seeing everyone there. Look out for the great menu and the Bigjump and Atomic Martinis served all night.

BIGJUMP gets a facelift

2008-07-18T12:31:00.002-04:00

Only a few months after opening it's doors the new studio with seasoned talent will undergo renovations adding 18 more seats to the pipeline. "This will bolster productivity and further enhance BIGJUMP's already highly efficient process" says Rod Amador, Partner and Technical Director.

BIGJUMP Takes on Ben Bear Season 4

2008-07-18T11:01:00.005-04:00

Bigjump has been awarded production on Amberwood Entertainment's fourth season of 'The Secret World Of Benjamin Bear' commissioned by Family Channel.