Straandlooper Blog

Woofaloofaboing is the latest Lifeboat Luke spotisode and fans of the Northern Irish TV Show ‘Good Dog, Bad Dog’ might recognise someone from the show.

The likeness of the dog in Woofaloofaboing to Roxy Bryans, star of the Northern Irish TV dog training show, is no coincidence. Tim Bryans, line producer of the series, wrote the episode and put forward his delinquent pooch as the model to the show’s designer and assistant director Dean Burke. And the rest is history. Yes, Roxy Bryans has made the leap from reality TV star to the star of an animated TV series. Not bad for a dog that likes to roll in other dog’s faeces!

Lifeboat Luke is a fun and exciting search and rescue adventure series for 4-7 year olds based in the mad magical seaside town of Donaghadoo. It has been made in association with the RNLI with a percentage of all proceeds from the show going towards the charity that helps save lives at sea. Straandlooper animation have taken the 52 part series and repurposed every episode as an iApp with an interactive game. The Apps are perfect for parents who are looking to keep young hands and minds busy as kids can enjoy watching an episode of Luke and learn about sea safety or they can play the interactive game and unlock exclusive colouring pages online. And all that for just £1.19!

Straandlooper are launching a new spotisode every week throughout 2010 so don’t forget to check out the App Store every friday to see the latest episode. Next Friday it is Muckerooned. Go to www.lifeboatluke.tv/spotisode to find out more!

Straandlooper have just entered 3 of their shorts from the Small Tragedies collection into the Best Short Film Category at the British Animation Awards 2009.

Destiny – A Life in Pink, Dwayne Plugg – Cain’t Git it up! and Tiny Ted & the Padmores have all been entered into the category so fingers, legs, arms and eyes crossed that they will make an impression with the judges. As long as none of the judges are reality TV stars, morbidly obese, wannabe pop stars, country and western singers or suffer from impotence then I think we have a chance.

I only posted it yesterday and the deadline is today so it is probably not even going to arrive on time thanks to the postal strike, so at least I will have someone to blame if we don’t win.

You can find out more about our collection of short films called Small Tragedies and watch the ‘Destiny – A Life in Pink’ short film at www.smalltragedies.tv

Straandlooper have become the first company to add animated material to the new web service Brand Director. Brand Director is a new service that has been created to facilitate and nurture relationships between brands and content providers, allowing a free flow of opportunities and partnerships in a totally transparent and accountable environment. They have a range of opportunities currently on their site including potential partnerships with the likes of the pop band The Saturdays and brands such as Volkswagen Beetle and the Playstation 3.

Brand Director

We have added the show Hector: Fat Arse of the Law and are looking for any brands that would be interested in the opportunity of partnering with this exciting new show. There are a range of opportunities with Hector including product placement, sponsorship and celebrity seeding. You can find out more about Brand Director by clicking on the logo above and you can find out more about Hector by clicking here or on the image below.

Hector: Fat Arse of the Law

Welcome, again, to the Straandlooper Blog. After a few false starts and lost blogs I hope that this will be the definitive blog for all of Straandlooper’s many and varied activities. Please keep checking back with us to see what we have been up to and I will endeavour to keep the blog up to date with our latest exploits.

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