Le Regard Sonore
and
Tooncan Productions Inc.
FUNNY ANIMALS
26 x 2’30’’ ANIMATED FILMS IN 2D/3D
Intention Note
Like all the children in the world, mine regularly ask me to sing songs in which animals are sovereign.
We quickly come to the point where we keep repeating again and again the same nursery rhymes. We go
a bit round in circles and the kids start to get tired of it…
I wanted something a little something a little different and a little more in the mood of our days… so I
improvised … after all, this is my job, in a way…
So I told stories with funny and most cranky animals… telling simple stories, while trying in the same time
to make them learn some things about each animal, each story would form the subject of a song…
I also wanted to give them the taste of simple melodies full of joy. Distract them while stimulating their
intelligence, as a matter of a fact; this is what guides my life since a long time as a musician or as a project
author.
To make the magic occur, I had to compose with a team that would be in a position to understand the spirit
of my project. Danièle Compère was the first one : with a sure gift for writing and composing children’s
nursery rhymes, she was willing to compose a few songs about specific animals (hippopotamus, giraffe,
elephant…). The result was exactly what I was looking for. The only thing left was to give them life, find
them a identity, a coherence… It’s with the help of Sonia Grandame and Joachim Hérissé that I’ve found
the best understanding. They have a great sensitivity and a sure gift they were able to show me through a
few graphical displays.
Since then, I have had the conviction that these stories, these nursery rhymes, could have an effect and
enthral children. Lively tunes, funny stories, animals a bit crazy… a most likeable cocktail.
Emmanuelle Reys
Concept
Simple and universal. Since ever, children learn songs, and, since ever, these present animals : friendly,
mean, cunning, not sly…
The children listen, laugh and fall asleep with pictures of savannah, in which they imagine lions that flight,
giraffes that row on the Nile, armies of lemurs coming to give them a hug. At this age, animals have for only
border the children’s imagination.
So observe the hippo in a beauty salon has really nothing astonishing, not more than look at the baboons
swinging in the air …
Watch and listen the nursery rhymes of Funny Animals it’s like to project yourself in a universe where
animals allow themselves to play with children’s imagination.
The songs written and composed by Danièle Compère are vivacious, very funny, and are very easy to
memorise. The melody keeps running through your head and makes us all be in a very good mood.
Funny animals is a real cure to monotonous days…
This is the reason why we thought that this program, in the first place conceived for the tiny tots, could
perfectly be appreciated by children a bit older. Actually, this particularly funny and entertaining cartoon
will all make us swing on lively tunes…
To sum up, Funny Animals, it’s the educative video to play in the kid’s Top 50 !
Target
26 episodes x 2’30’’
Targeted :4/6 years old
Graphic Bible
List of the 26 episodes:
1. Hippo’s worries
14. Gisele the gazelle
2. The jovial bear
15. Charlie the panda
3. Tha sad baboon
16. I am the varanus of Komodo
4. Beastly rhino
17. Jojo the crocodile
5. Odd zebra
18. The ostrich is no sausage
6. The lion’s share
19. The python’s tooth
7.Gigi the giraffe
20. Anteater’s diner
8. Madeleine the hyena
21. The potto
9.Leo leaves
22. Not true! (the wolf)
10. The glasses of the wart hog
23. Elephants are really big
11. Merry merry meerkat
24. In pink and white
12. Slothful sloth
25. The king of the kangaroos
13. The lovebirds
26. The love tree
Extract of the synopsis :
Gisele the gazelle
The gazelle is gorgeous but timorous. Fortunately, she also can run fast. On her long thin legs, she can
very quickly get away from danger.
In pink and white
Both the pelican and the pink flamingo live near the pond, and love each other passionately. But they
don’t look like each other and are not FAIT POUR live together. However, they dream of having kids,
peligoes and flamicans.
The ostrich is no sausage
The ostrich doesn’t look like other animals. She has neither hair, nor mane. She looks a little stupid with
her head buried up in the ground. But the ostrich is neither sausage nor scaredy-cat, with her head in the
ground she cautiously listens to any sound.
The jovial bear
The bear is a jovial fellow. He particularly likes to eat, and like children, he likes to play. In autumn he
fattens up, and in winter, he hibernates, so he takes no chances to catch cold !
The sad baboon
The baboon is gloom-and-doom, because he is lost. All alone, in the middle of the jungle, he is crying.
He is wandering where could be his father, mother, brother, sister…
What a zebra
The zebra is very elegant, dressed in black and white. The zebra is an actor, in fact, he makes all kinds of
faces when he talks, but be careful, that’s not a reason to take him for the horse, and that is why he wears
night and day hi black and white outfit.
Gigi the giraffe
Gigi the giraffe has a ready tongue. She spends her time with her head in the clouds chatting with the
birds. The giraffe had a baby, and when he is born, he dived from 2 meters 30 high.
The king of the kangaroos
The kangaroo lives in Australia and is doesn’t always have red hair. On the other hand, he is most
certainly the king of high jump and also an excellent boxer.
Hippo’s worries
The hippopotamus really isn’t lucky. His skin is too delicate, he must avoid sun, and above all, not go
away from the river. In addition to all that, hippo eats way too much and has put on weight!
Elephants are really big
An elephant, even though it’s really incredibly big, doesn’t scare children. But watch out you don’t make
him mad, because in that case, the elephant becomes really incredibly impressive.
The python’s tooth
The python lost a tooth, and all animals are thrown into panic, and pass the message to the others. But
the python is not worried, because he has a hundred teeth. In addition to that, you know what, the
python swallows without chewing firs
Characters
The baboon
The gazelle
The pink flamingo
Film set
LE REGARD SONORE
2, allée des Châtaigniers
92410 Ville d’Avray
Tel: 01 47 50 52 25 - Fax: 01 47 09 94 34
contact@leregardsonore.com
TOONCAN PRODUCTIONS
3401 Saint Antoine West
WESTMOUNT, QC
H3Z 1X1 - CANADA
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