A Voice for HARRIET THE HARE

Voice Over Actress, LISA L. BUETOW was in last week to record some additional Harriet the Hare /Cinderella lines for “Crawford’s Classics – Cinderella.” Lisa has worked with the studio on several productions over the years, including her role as the Mother Swan in “The Ugly Duckling’s Christmas Wish” - a TV movie Perennial Pictures made in 1996. Lisa also performed multiple voices in a couple of half-hour TV specials we produced earlier called “Jolly Old St. Nicholas” and "Jingle Bell Rap."
When we developed the character of Harriet The Hare for the "Crawford's Corner" shorts, we knew Lisa would be perfect for the part due to that special brand of gentleness she can bring to a performance. Thanks Lisa! It's always a pleasure working with you!


To hear a few seconds of Lisa as “Harriet The Hare,” Click here.

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“Crawford the Cat Classics – Cinderella” is the pilot for a proposed new series of hour-long TV Specials featuring the characters from “Crawford’s Corner”

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A Cottage for the Heroine

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Here’s another background from “Crawford’s Classics – Cinderella.” This is the abode of our Cinderella. The background was generated by G. Brian Reynolds.

The line art was hand-drawn, scanned into the Flash Program and then further rendered and colored.

To see a few seconds from a scene on this background, Click here.

Enjoy

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“Crawford the Cat Classics – Cinderella” is the pilot for a proposed new series of hour-long TV Specials featuring the characters from “Crawford’s Corner”

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The Balloon Cycle

Scenes completed at Perennial Pictures this week on the CRAWFORD THE CAT special included “bunches of buoyant, bouncy balloons” complete with individual strings that track to each one. The animation on the balloon cycle was a little time-consuming when originally done, but because the cycle was going to be used in many scenes, the time was worth it. The balloon cycle has become an “Asset” in our “Library,” and is very easy to add - and scale to size - in the scenes where it’s needed. FLASH is very handy for this kind of reuse.

To see a sequence of scenes with the balloon cycle, Click here.

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“Crawford the Cat Classics – Cinderella” is the pilot for a proposed new series of hour-long TV Specials featuring the characters from “Crawford’s Corner”

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Scene Revisions

When we first saw the original version of this scene cut into the promotional reel, we didn’t think the background and the staging looked fancy enough for the introduction of Prince Crawford (Crawford the Cat) at his birthday party. We decided to pull the camera back, add an overlay and dress up the background a bit. I think the scene works much better now.

To see a few seconds of the REVISED scene, Click here.
To see a few seconds of the ORIGINAL scene, Click here.

This clip is from “Crawford’s Classics: Cinderella" - an hour-long TV Special our studio is producing.

Nice animation G. Brian Reynolds!
Nice music Peter Schmutte!
Nice vocals Teresa Giles and Becky Martin Graham!