Ken Turner

Sunday, January 20, 2013

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #10

Continuing with introductions for the team behind the new Henry: The Heart Boy film...

On board is Andrew Morrow, whose an aspiring comedy writer out of Ottawa. A lifelong student and fan of the sketch form, he has been writing and producing short, comedic films for several years now; exploring various mediums including radio and animation. Recently he moved to Toronto where he worked on the feature, independent film “Divine Emnity” as the storyboard artist and production assistant.

https://www.facebook.com/DivineEnmityMovie

He also recently pitched his cartoon show concept “Angst Man” through which he met Ken Turner. Since then Andrew has lent his voice to a number of Ken’s short cartoons including “Attack of the Giant Vegetable Monsters”, the web series “The World of Snowboy and Crow” and now "Henry: The Heart Boy".

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Monday, January 14, 2013

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #9

Continuing where I left off last week with introducing the team behind the new Henry: The Heart Boy film...

First up is Mike Hitchcox, who is 2D Background Artist. He is an experienced artist in both the fine arts and commercial animation background field. Having worked for Nelvana as a background supervisor, he’s worked on over 50 animated series both traditionally and CG , including Beetlejuice, Magic School Bus, Dog City,Gargoyles, Blazing Dragons, George Shrinks, Rescue Heroes, Babar,Franklin, My Pet Monster and Care Bears.

Michael has also worked for Studio B Productions, painting colour keys for a variety of productions and was a guest background artist in 1995 and 1997 to help train artists in the BG department and helping to develop the original concept for the BG style of the God Rocks made-for-video series and other studio projects at Chelsea Roads Productions.

Michael has taught color and painting technique courses for the Con-Ed program at Sheridan College and has developed an on line Fundamental painting and Background course for WebCT, hosted by Sheridan College. At present, he is instructing background painting using both traditional and Photoshop methods for the second year BAA animation course at Sheridan.

(BIO courtesy of Mark Mayerson - http://sheridananimationfaculty.blogspot.ca/2011/08/michael-hitchcox-2nd-year-painting.html)

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1060084/

Next up is Sam Rusztyn, who is a background/matte painter. She has worked on shows such as The Adventures of Chuck and Friends, Backyardigans, and Grossology.

WEBSITE - http://www.samrusztyn.ca/

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3493541/

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Monday, January 07, 2013

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #8

Here are some Henry concept art to kick off the new year.

I wanted to also showcase the team that is working on making Henry a reality. So over the next few blog posts I will feature them. Today I thought I'd feature a couple of the animators that are working on the film.

First up is David Q. Tran, who is an concept artist and animator. To his credit he has worked on Primal Carnage, Terra Pets, Max and Ruby Season V, Detentionaires, Scaredy Squirrel, The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That, Ugly Americans, Jimmy Two Shoes and Chaotic!

You can see his work via the following links:

demo reel - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cSiwRaRx8
blog - http://conteart.blogspot.ca/
portfolio - http://conteart.daportfolio.com/

Next up is Jodi Sandler, who is an animator and designer. She has produced numerous music videos, corporate promos and short clips.

Music Videos:
"Explode" - Uh Huh Her, 2008
"Angels We Have Heard on High" - Sixpence None the Richer, 2008
"Paint Like That" - Sick of Sarah, 2009
"Red Velvet Car" - Heart, 2010

You can see her work via the following links:

vimeo - https://vimeo.com/jodisandler
blog - http://www.jodileesandler.blogspot.ca/
webtv - http://www.filmannex.com/webtv/jodi-sandler
twitter - https://twitter.com/jodisandler

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

New HENRY: THE HEART BOY SHORT FILM updates - coming soon!!

New HENRY: THE HEART BOY SHORT FILM updates start up again on Monday January 7, 2013....Stay Tuned!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #7

Here are some Henry concept art produced for the HTHB film. Enjoy!

This will be the last update til the new year. Look for some exciting Henry news and updates in 2013.

Remember until Dec 31, 2012 you can show your support for the HTHB film and get your name in the credits of the NEW animated short film "Henry: The Heart Boy" when you buy one "Henry: The Heart Boy" ILLUSTRATED STORY BOOK!

LINK to the purchase page for the HTHB book via the KEN TURNER art store:

http://kenturnerstore.storenvy.com/products/189647-henry-the-heart-boy-story-book

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Animation Insider Interview

I recently did an interview with the Animation Insider, check it out via:

http://www.animationinsider.com/2012/12/ken-turner/

http://www.animationinsider.com/

Special thanks to Sam Rusztyn and Mike Milo

Cheers

Sunday, December 16, 2012

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #6

Here are some Henry concept art produced for the HTHB film. Enjoy!

From now until Dec 31, 2012 you can show your support for the HTHB film and get your name in the credits of the NEW animated short film "Henry: The Heart Boy" when you buy one "Henry: The Heart Boy" ILLUSTRATED STORY BOOK!

LINK to the purchase page for the HTHB book via the KEN TURNER art store:

http://kenturnerstore.storenvy.com/products/189647-henry-the-heart-boy-story-book

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #5

Here are some more pages from the HTHB book. Enjoy!

In the next post I'll be showing more concept artwork for the film.

LINK to the purchase page for the HTHB book via the KEN TURNER art store:

http://kenturnerstore.storenvy.com/products/189647-henry-the-heart-boy-story-book

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Saturday, December 08, 2012

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #4

As promised here are some pages from the book. The other illustrations served as extra pieces which appeared at the end of the book. These further explored Henry's creative output for his gloom.

LINK to the purchase page for the HTHB book via the KEN TURNER art store:

http://kenturnerstore.storenvy.com/products/189647-henry-the-heart-boy-story-book

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #3

So in adapting the illustrated story book to a short film, I wanted to retain the major beats of the story, (btw I'll try not to mention or show any spoilers in these HTHB posts)...but while expanding certain parts to make the story a bit fuller and richer.

I tried to have as many gags in there as they are places to be scared, or grossed out or cry. Early 2012 is when I finished a first pass at the story reel. It went through many revisions and changes but luckily the blueprint was all there in the book so it made it a bit easier. It was definitely a major benefit in making this film.

In late 2012, I continued on the story reel after a brief hiatus to make the web-series Snowboy & Crow, It was a good to have that kind of break as I was able to see it with fresh eyes.

I feel like the making of a story reel should be a very organic process and still allowing oneself to make big or small changes throughout production is very important.

By October 2012, Henry went into full production and is on schedule to be released in 2013.

Seen above and below are concept art pieces for the book and film.

In the next post I'll share a couple pages from the book.

LINK to the purchase page for the HTHB book via the KEN TURNER art store:

http://kenturnerstore.storenvy.com/products/189647-henry-the-heart-boy-story-book

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLKrgVwA6G2IBk9sIGf3xxA

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Sunday, December 02, 2012

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #2

The idea for my next animated short film was based on a character I created in college. It was basically about a boy who wears his heart on his sleeve. (As seen in the previous post's illustration) The plan was create an illustrated story book first with a short film to follow right after. The book was published in August 2011 by Freak Show Studios. It was entitled "Henry: The Heart Boy" and consisted of 52 pages with full color illustrations and Dr. Suess-esque rhyming couplets.

The cover can be seen below.

I took the book to many conventions where it was well received and even got a lot of people saying that it should made into an animated short film.

*In the next post I'll talk about adapting the book into a film.

LINK to the purchase page for the HTHB book via the KEN TURNER art store:

http://kenturnerstore.storenvy.com/products/189647-henry-the-heart-boy-story-book

Stay tuned for more updates.

Stay tuned for more updates and be sure to tell your friends.

Cheers

- Ken

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLKrgVwA6G2IBk9sIGf3xxA

https://twitter.com/iKenTurner

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Looking for voice actors for the new short film "Henry: The Heart Boy"

I'm looking for voice actors for my new animated short film "Henry: The Heart Boy".

Ideally if you have your own microphone it can be done from home.

Email me at kenny_23mj@hotmail.com if interested.

Selected voice actor or actors will receive a free copy of the HTHB book, credit in film & other goodies.

Unselected voice candidates will still receive credit in the special thanks section of end credits in HTHB.

Thanks

Cheers

Ken

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Attack of the Giant Vegetable Monsters - FilmAnnex Recommended Film of the Week!

Great write-up from Eren Gulfidan who is the Creative Director at Film Annex:

http://www.filmannex.com/webtv/erengulfidan/blog_post/attack-of-the-giant-vegetable-monsters-recommended-film-of-the-week/58129

Cheers

Monday, November 26, 2012

"Henry: The Heart Boy" Short Film - Production Update #1

So this week moving forward I thought I'd start doing regular blog updates for those who like to keep up on news from the production of the new animated short film "Henry: The Heart Boy". I'll try to include as many production photos and artwork as possible. Henry production is moving along quite nicely. The HTHB production team is slowly beginning to grow with alot of very talented artists coming together to make "Henry" a reality. In the new year there will be a teaser trailer, possibly a clip from the short, hopefully a crowd-funding campaign for those who'd like show their support and get some really cool perks.