💭 Exciting news - all throughout September, we are having a month-long celebration of wellness! During this month, our channels will bring you a bunch of posts that are designed to help you feel healthier and happier at work.
🌿 Make sure you’re following us across all social platforms for dedicated advice about taking care of yourself when working in the animation industry!
Big thank you to BZ Art Director, Grant Berry, for lending your talents for this beautiful animation to kick off our wellness month! In this piece, Grant shares how even when outside pressures can get to you, you can escape to your personal happy place - for him, that’s skateboarding! What is your happy place? 💙
Give us a follow for wellness themed content all throughout September ✌️✨
🛝✨ So excited to share that there will be new episodes of Magic Light Pip and Posy from the 24th April on Channel 5’s Milkshake! Coming soon to Sky Kids.
We're so happy to see more episodes out there in the world 🙌 You can watch Pip and Posy on Sky Kids, My5, and every morning on Milkshake!
#PipAndPosy #AxelScheffler #MagicLightPictures
Wonderful news! We're so proud to be voted as one of Broadcast Magazine Best Places to Work in TV for 2023 🎉
Voted on by our staff, this award surveys practices, programmes & benefits within TV workplaces and it is an honour to have a spot on the list.
However, we know our work is never done and our teams continue to work tirelessly to make staff feel happy and fulfilled in their roles. A huge thank you to those within our studio who contribute to our life & culture here which is ever evolving with our move into hybrid working and being a B Corp.
Finally, a big thank you to BZ'ers for voting on this survey! What a special way to move into 2023 ❤️
How does Santa fit down the chimney? Could it be that he is really tiny? 🤔 Merry Christmas from us at Blue Zoo! ✨🎄 Designed by Joe Kinch and made by Dane Winn using Blender, concept by both Dane and Joe
Counting down to The Smeds and The Smoos 🪐🛸💫 Time to get excited, we are thrilled to share the trailer for the upcoming Magic Light Christmas special!
#TheSmedsAndTheSmoos, watch Christmas Day on #iPlayer and BBC One 🎄🌟
On a far-off planet, two families always avoid each other. The red Smeds never mix with the Smoos, who are blue, so when a chance encounter allows young Smed Janet to become friends with Bill, a young Smoo, their families immediately try to stop it. But Janet and Bill sneak out to meet up secretly and as they grow up they fall in love. When their families find out they could not be more horrified. So the desperate Janet and Bill sneak away to escape in the Smed’s red rocket to explore the universe together. Realising they’ve lost their children, Grandmother Smoo and Grandpa Smed are compelled to work together to try to find the young couple. Can the two clans discover how to get along?
#watch #christmas #christmasspecial #bluezoo #animation #animated #3danimation #animationstudio
We all wear armour. What happens if you took yours off?
The 18th #BZShorts film is officially live! You can watch it on Beyond Equality's YouTube Channel 🙌
From the beginning, the brief was to create a film which aims to address the armour of masculinity from the root of the cause, where young men and boys are taught unequal principles of behaviour and attitudes. If the short could communicate to young men and boys that they can help change the world and make male viewers feel empowered rather than alienated or accused, this film would be a success.
We reached out to Beyond Equality to offer to make a pro-bono film for them to amplify their message. Beyond Equality is a UK charity disrupting harmful norms and creating possibilities for positive change, working with men and boys towards gender equality.
Congratulations to the Armour team for creating a film that delivers the intended message with the empathy this story deserves.
We hope you enjoy Armour! 💡
Watch the full film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG5hdyHSGuw
Directed by Alex Davy
Art Direction Joe Kinch, Anim Direction by Dane Winn
Production managers Toni Cunningham & Lizzie Hicks
Design Intern Sophie Linney
Storyboard Intern Maria Miranzo, mentored by Rahul Dasgupta
Modelling Sophie Jameson, Emily Hargrave
Animation Sam Potter, Charlotte Binnie-Thompson, Lucie Thomas
LRC Jack McEntire, Francesca Pesce, Emma O'Hara
CG Sup Arthur Tibbett
Music by WMP
#animation #team #art #change #gender #genderequality #masculinity #toxicmasculinity #beyondequality #charity #charityfilm #3danimation #bzshortsfilm
Big Tree City landed on Netflix this week 🎉 A huge thank you to all who have watched and loved the show already
Bursting with action and fun, Major Prickles and Big Tree Rescue are on hand to help any citizen in trouble and save the day!
⭐️ Watch Big Tree City now on Netflix
🚁 Watch the first episodes free on the Netflix Jr YouTube channel
📱 Follow Big Tree City on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/bigtreecity/
🎈 A whole episode of the new show, Big Tree City, just dropped on YouTube, watch it for free!
When gusty winds blow the city's annual balloon parade off course, the crew works up a sweat to power a pop star's concert ⚡️⭐️ Watch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SS7vlQrjdw&t=30s
Big Tree City will be on Netflix August 1!
#BigTreeCity #watchfree #kidsTV #freekidsTV #netflix #children #childrenstv #netflixseries #bluezoo #animation #animationstudio
It's #TalentTuesday ⭐️✨ Amazing opportunity alert! Right now we are looking for a Product Development Manager to join our Licensing Team 🎉 You’ll be responsible for ensuring all our product ranges are best in class, so knowledge of licensing and a keen eye for detail is key 💡 Sound like you? Find out more and apply: https://careers.blue-zoo.co.uk/vacancies/517/product-development-manager.html
#productdevelopment #productdeveloper #licensing #workinanimation #workinTV #careers #bluezoo
As a B Corp certified animation studio, our mission is to create impact-driven animation to make the world a better place.
Alphablocks and Numberblocks are designed by educational and animation experts to do just that! Four special crossover episodes show the two worlds of Alphablocks and Numberblocks colliding and, as they do, children discover fun maths facts and build their phonics skills, while enjoying the captivating stories of their favourite characters.
Watch the Alphablocks and Numberblocks on BBC iPlayer 🇬🇧👉 https://bbc.in/3O6mz35
Or if you are outside of the UK watch our special adventures on YouTube 🌍👉 https://bit.ly/3QrTcto
#animation #bcorp #kidstv #numberblocks #alphablocks #education #edutainment #educationalcontent #kids #parenting #parents #animated #maths #phonics #preschool
As a B Corp certified animation studio, our mission is to create impact-driven animation to make the world a better place.
Alphablocks and Numberblocks are designed by educational and animation experts to do just that! Four special crossover episodes show the two worlds of Alphablocks and Numberblocks colliding and, as they do, children discover fun maths facts and build their phonics skills, while enjoying the captivating stories of their favourite characters.
Watch the Alphablocks and Numberblocks on BBC iPlayer 🇬🇧👉 https://bbc.in/3O6mz35
Or if you are outside of the UK watch our special adventures on YouTube 🌍👉 https://bit.ly/3QrTcto
#animation #bcorp #kidstv #numberblocks #alphablocks #education #edutainment #educationalcontent #kids #parenting #parents #animated #maths #phonics #preschool
