The People's Republic Of Animation

Infobox_Company
company_name = The People's Republic of Animation
company_
company_type = Private|
foundation = 2003
location = Adelaide, Australia
key_people = Sam White (Managing Director)
Eddie White (Creative Director)
Hugh Nguyen (Head of Development)
James Calvert (Head of Production)
Brodie McCrossin (Animation Director)
industry = Animation
areas = Film, TV Series, TV Commercials, Video Games
homepage = [http://www.thepra.com.au/ www.thepra.com.au]

The People’s Republic of Animation (PRA) is an animation studio based in Adelaide, Australia. Since starting out on music videos for Australian bands in 2003, The People’s Republic of Animation (PRA) has grown into a highly prolific studio creating international award-winning short films, TV commercials and feature films (in development)

Foundation

As 14-year-olds, PRA founders Eddie White, James Calvert & Hugh Nguyen began experimenting with a super 8 camera under the name of ‘Dabble Animation’. Their first short film, Natural Born Animators (1998) was made two years later and achieved some international festival success. With the addition of animator/sculptor Brodie McCrossin and producer Sam White, The People’s Republic of Animation was officially formed in 2003. It wasn’t long before the young crew succeeded in gaining their first government grant for a stop-motion tv pilot and cg animation for a music video in the same year.

Notable Works

The PRA has produced two recent AFI (Australian Film Institute) nominated short films, Fritz gets Rich (2005) and Carnivore Reflux (2006). Carnivore Reflux was also voted best animated film by Australian audiences at the IF (inside Film) awards in 2006. [http://www.ifawards.com.au/News/Details.aspx?newsid=79] Other notable productions include the music video for Aussie Hip-hop group the Hilltop Hoods in (2006), 3 episodes for ABC’s critically acclaimed Dust Echoes series, and animation for US series, Drew Carey’s Greenscreen Show (2004). On the music video front, in 2005 PRA worked with Australia’s most successful Hip Hop trio, the Hilltop Hoods, on an animated music video for Clown Prince (2006). Internationally, PRA continues to win accolades for its work at major animation festivals around the world including Annecy, Stuttgart and Zagreb.

Recent Work

Having produced the first official Australian-Chinese animated co-production, Sweet & Sour (2007), The PRA studio is currently co-developing a feature film project with the Shanghai Animation Film Studio.

Eddie White and James Calvert have just directed the first of the Mitsubishi Lancer/Sony Tropfest 'supershort' films titled 'Safer in a wild world', a one minute short that blends 2d animation and 3d animation in a pop-up storybook style. Eddie White & Ari Gibson of the PRA are currently working on a short film ' The Cat Piano' that will be narated by Australian music legend, Nick Cave.

Two interstitials; 'I was a teenage butterfly' and 'The Ghastly Gourmet Cooking Show'are also being made for by the PRA for Nickelodeon's Sarvo program.

Collaborators

*Benjamin Speed - Composer / Musical Direction
* Deane Taylor - Art Director
* Greg Holfeld - 2D Animation Director
* Barry Plews & Hu He - Reckless Moments - Co-production partner
*Shanghai Animation Film Studio - Co-production partner
* Jessica Brentnall - Magic Films - Producer

Filmography

Features

* (Untitled feature project) in development with Shanghai Animation Film Studios, China.

hort Films

* 2008 - The Cat Piano (in production) Directed by Eddie White & Ari Gibson
* 2007 - Sweet & Sour - Co-production with Shanghai Animation Film Studio and Reckless Moments – 17:00 - Directed by Eddie White
* 2006 - Carnivore Reflux – 7:00 - Directed by Eddie White & James Calvert
* 2005 - Fritz Gets Rich – 12:05 - Directed by Eddie White & James Calvert

TV Series

* 2006 - Dust Echoes "Whirlpool" - Directed by James Calvert
* 2006 - Dust Echoes "Mermaid Story" - Directed by James Calvert
* 2006 - Errorism: A Comedy of Terrors - Directed by Eddie White

Music Videos

* 2006 - Hilltop Hoods - Clown Prince
* 2003 - The Fuzz - The Bomb (a.k.a. "Sixxx Legs")

Television Commercials

* 2007 - Mitsubishi Lancer - Safer in a wild world
* 2005 - Termimesh - 'Intensive Care' and 'Circus'

Awards

Sweet & Sour
* Yoram Gross Award for best short animation - Dendy Awards - Sydney Film Festival 2007
* SBS Television Award - St. Kilda Film Festival 2007
* Winner - Best Animation - ATOM - Australian Teachers of Media Awards - 2007

Carnivore Reflux
* Istanbul Animation Festival 2006 - Jury Prize
* Holland Animation Festival 2006 - Movie Squad Award
* Inside Film Awards Best Short Animation (winner)
* St Kilda Film Festival 2006 - Best Original Score (winner)
* SA Short Film Awards 2006 - Best Short Film, Best Animation
* Shorts Film Festival 2006 - Best Under 25 years

Mermaid Story
*Kalamazoo Animation Festival 2007 (USA) - Jury Award for excellence in visual storytelling

Fritz Gets Rich
* Best Film For Children - Bradford Animation Festival 2005
* Best Animated Film - ZOOM! Awards 2005

The Bomb (Sixxx Legs)
* Best Visual Effects Award - Belowground Music Video Festival 2004
* Audience Choice - Zoom! Awards 2004

References

# cite web
title=Kenny Cleans Up At The 2006 Hisense Inside Film Awards
work=IFA
url=http://www.ifawards.com.au/News/Details.aspx?newsid=79
publisher=IFA
date=2006
accessdate=2007-09-27

External links

* [http://www.thepra.com.au The People's Republic of Animation] - official website
* [http://www.tropfest.com/TropFest2006/films/films.asp?site=Fest Tropfest - Carnivore Reflux]
* [http://www.youtube.com/thepra The People's Republic of Animation on YouTube]