Tiny Island Productions

Tiny Island Productions
Private Limited
Industry Animation and Film
Founded 2002 (2002)
Founder David Kwok
Headquarters Singapore
Key people
 David Kwok, CEO
Sharon Tan, Business Development Director
[1]
Products Animated feature films
Animated TV series
Virtual Reality
Stereoscopic 3D
Number of employees
 120 (2012)
Website www.tinyisland.net

Tiny Island Productions (a.k.a.Tiny Island Productions Pte Ltd) is a CG animation production company based in Singapore. It specializes in both normal CG and stereoscopic 3D productions. It was the animation studio for the Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens CG movie which won the Best 3D Animated Program category at the Asian Television Awards 2012[2][3] as well as the award-winning Dream Defenders television series.

History

Tiny Island Productions was founded in 2002 by David Kwok, an animation veteran of 14 years, and has a company strength of 120 staff.[4] One of its first major productions was the Shelldon animated TV series, which it co-developed and co-produced with Shellhut Entertainment.[5]

Dream Defenders

The production house created Singapore's first 3D Stereoscopic animated series Dream Defenders (also known as Dream Defenders Adventures),[4] which debuted in 2011 on 3net, a 3D channel which was a joint venture between Discovery Communications, Sony and IMAX Corporation, and was one of the channel's first stereoscopic-3D cg animated series.[6][7] The series has since been picked up by Hulu and Discovery Family, and has aired in more than 60 countries around the world.[8] A feature film based on the show is in production and scheduled for release in 2020.

Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens

In 2012, the studio produced Cartoon Network's Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens for both regular and 3D screens.[9][10] Based on the world and designs of the original Ben 10 TV series,[11] the movie would be the first time the Ben 10 universe would be interpreted in full CG.[12][13] The film was nominated for the Best 3D Animated Program award at the Asian Television Awards 2012, which it won.[2][3]

G-Fighters

In 2013, the company began production on G-Fighters, a new CGI action-adventure superhero television series. This is a co-production between South Korean animation production house Electric Circus and Tiny Island Productions, and is the first international co-production between Korea and Singapore animation companies. The animated TV series is supported by SBA, Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), SK Broadband and CJ E&M Pictures.[14]

Virtual Reality

In 2016, Tiny Island Productions, in collaboration with Cisco Systems's PR Agency Allison+Partners, helped the technology company to create its first interactive 3D virtual reality demo. The demo placed the user inside a virtual network under cyber-attacks which would be dealt with by Cisco's advanced security solutions. Originally targeted towards influencers and analysts, it was later opened to clients directly after initial response[15]

Awards

Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens won the Best 3D Animated Program category at the Asian Television Awards 2012[2][3] as well as the Gold Award for Best Movie Campaign in the 2012 ProMax Awards.[16] The award demonstrated the high level of animation talent on show in Asia and the talent available here, commented Sunny Saha from Turner International.[17]

Dream Defenders won the Best 3D Animation category at the Asia Image Apollo Awards 2013[18] as well as 2nd place for the Best Animation category at the 14th TBS Digicon 6 awards.

Upcoming productions

It is currently working with Shellhut Entertainment, the owners of Shelldon, to produce the stereoscopic 3D animated film which will be based on the TV series.[19]

In 2017, Tiny Island Productions signed a 10 feature-film co-production deal with Shellhut Entertainment and Shanghai Media Group's WingsMedia. The first film, to be completed for theatrical release in 2020, will be partially based on the company's Dream Defenders series.[20][21]

Productions

References

  1. ↑ (PDF). Singapore Media Fusion 2009. 2009. p. 15 http://www.smf.sg/MadebySingapore/Documents/Cluster%20PDF/Animation_2009.pdf. Retrieved November 29, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 "Nomination List for 2012 - Asian Television Awards". Asian Television Awards. Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Asian Television Awards 2012". Asian Television Awards. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Lim, Tania (October 2012). "Tiny Island Productions creates Singapore's First Stereoscopic Animated Series for the US, and World's TV Screens". MediaExchangeMagazine Issue 14. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Valecha, Amrita (22 June 2009). "'Shelldon' Intl deliveries slated for July". Animation Xpress Asia Pacific. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ Arrant, Chris (April 28, 2011). "3net Picks Up Tiny Island's 3D series "Dream Defenders" For U.S. Broadcasting". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  7. ↑ "3net -- the 24/7 3D Network from Sony, Discovery and IMAX -- to Acquire Children's Series DREAM DEFENDERS". Discovery Channel. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Discovery Family snaps up Dream Defenders". Kidscreen. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ Zahed, Ramin. "Singapore's Tiny Island Works On Ben10 Movie". AnimationMagazine. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  10. ↑ Tan, Qiuyi. "S'pore animation studio produces new Ben 10 movie". Channel Newsasia. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  11. ↑ New "Ben 10" movies will be released in 3D http://www.stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-movies/3d-series/1802-new-qben-10q-movies-will-be-released-in-3d
  12. ↑ Sarto, Dan (March 5, 2012). "Ben 10 Destroy All Aliens Movie to Premiere on Cartoon Network in March". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens". Cartoon Network. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  14. ↑ Wolfe, Jennifer (July 30, 2013). "Electric Circus and Tiny Island Co-Produce 'G-Fighters'". Animation World Network. awn.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  15. ↑ Cisco employs VR to dramatise cybersecurity threats http://www.campaignasia.com/article/cisco-employs-vr-to-dramatise-cybersecurity-threats/432372?eid=21&edate=20161214
  16. ↑ "ProMaxBDA Asia Awards 2012". Promax Awards. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  17. ↑ Ben 10 sweeps aside competition in Asia "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  18. ↑ "Apollo Awards 2013 Winners List". Asian Image Apollo Awards 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  19. ↑ McLean, Thomas J (October 2012). "Shellhut, Tiny Island to make 3D Shelldon Movie". AnimationMagazine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  20. ↑ https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/mipcom-wings-media10-film-deal-with-shellhut-tiny-island-1202591791/
  21. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shanghai-wingsmedia-strikes-250m-animation-production-deal-shellhut-tiny-island-1049909
  22. ↑ Talking Tom and Friends IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4648640/fullcredits/
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