GALLERY
Animation Series - Commercials - Short Films - Graphic Idents
Showreel available on request
Contact Caroline Dunn or Owen Fitzpatrick at rocket@cocotelevision.ie
Tel: 00 353 1 6170480
Fax: 00 353 1 6170481
www.rocketanimation.com
Since 1997 Rocket Animation has produced and co-produced a wide range of animation series, commercials and short films. Here is a selection of images and information from some of those productions.
A scene from The New Frontier
An Owen Fitzpatrick/Rocket Animation Production.
Written and directed by Owen Fitzpatrick.
The New Frontier is available on Digi-Beta/Beta SP and most digital formats
4 minutes/Colour/English Language/1:2.1 Letterbox
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Santa's Kingdom
Santa's Kingdom Commercial 2001/2
Some images from the Rocket Animation TV commercial for the Santa's Kingdom franchise. Variations of the commercial were screened over several winter seasons on RTE, Network 2, TV3, Sky 0ne, Sky News and GMTV.
Directed by Owen Fitzpatrick
Produced by Caroline Dunn
A second round of commercials for the Santa's Kingdom franchise aired on RTE, Network 2, TV3, Sky 0ne, Sky News and E4 during November 2002.
Rocket Animation created much of the event's merchandise, designing the plush toy characters and the Santa's Kingdom book which was designed and produced by Caroline Dunn and illustrated by Bronagh O'Hanlon and Owen Fitzpatrick.
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THE ANGELIC ORGAN
The Angelic Organ (2000). Based on a true story, this is a charming tale of eccentricity and invention. An 11 x minute Rocket production in association with The Irish Film Board, RTÉ and The Arts Council.
Written and directed by Caroline Dunn.
The Angelic Organ screened at The 15th Leeds International Film Festival 2001 and The 13th International Welsh Film Festival 2001, Cardiff, Wales (November 22nd to 29th 2001).
The Angelic Organ also screend at Animation (New Irish Animation and Frameworks screenings).
The Angelic Organ was screened recently at the The Galway Film Fleadh 2001, Motorola Irish Animation Festival 2000 and the 45th Murphy's Cork Film Festival, 13th Galway Film Fleadh, Festival De Cine Huesca and The Anima Mundi 2001 International Animation Festival of Brazil.
Duration: Comedy/11'-52''/35mm/Digi-Beta/Beta SP/Colour/English Language/1:1.85
Distributed by Network Ireland Television Ltd.
FUNDED BY BORD SCANNÁN na hÉIREANN/THE IRISH FILM BOARD
RADIO TELIFÍS ÉIREANN
THE ARTS COUNCIL
Click Here to go to The Angelic Organ page.
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MIKEY'S SPORTING MADNESS!
Mikey’s Sporting Madness! (1999). 35 x 40 second episodes produced by Rocket Animation for RTÉ’s popular sports magazine programme, Rapid. Mikey’s Sporting Madness! has also been screened on eveo.com.
Written and directed by Owen Fitzpatrick.
A selection of Mikey's Sporting Madness! episodes were screened in October 2000 at The 5th Manchester International Short Film and Video Festival (2000).
Click Here to go to Mikey's Sporting Madness!.page.
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A place where everybody knows your name - but who the hell would want 'em to?!!
When ex-cons, Mickey Scragger and his brothers, Flynn and Cheech, set out to make an honest buck for themselves by running an exotic New York Tiki-style cocktail bar, help arrives in an even more exotic form!Duration: 2'-30''/Digi-Beta/Beta SP/Colour/English Language/1:1.75
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'STARS ON SUNDAY' COMMERCIAL
The 'STARS ON SUNDAY' commercial, directed by Owen Fitzpatrick and produced by Caroline Dunn, was originally broadcast on Sky, ITV, Channel 4, RTE 1, Network 2 and TV 3 between Monday 11th March 2002 and Sunday 17th March 2002.
Rocket Animation's twenty second commercial for 'STARS ON SUNDAY', Ireland's first full colour celebrity newspaper, featured in the tv documentary, 'Any Given Sunday', directed by Simon Gibney. The two-part documentary screened by RTE follows the highs, lows and perils of launching a brand new newspaper in Ireland. Part one of 'Any Given Sunday' was broadcast on RTE-1, 10.10pm, Tuesday 29th April 2003. Part two was screened the following Tuesday.
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FROM AN EVIL CRADLING
A KAVALEER PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROCKET ANIMATION
BASED ON THE BOOK 'AN EVIL CRADLING' BY BRIAN KEENAN
The Hall sequence from the Frameworks’ commissioned From An Evil Cradling (1999). Kavaleer Productions in association with Rocket Animation.
Directed by Andrew Kavanagh and Keith Foran.
Production design by Owen Fitzpatrick.
Music composed by Gregory Magee.
From An Evil Cradling (1999) has been screened at all of the major national film festivals and many International film festivals including Annecy 2000 and The World Expo 2000 in Hannover (Irish Film Night).
'From An Evil Cradling' in theatrical release fronts MGM Feature Film
From An Evil Cradling (Kavaleer Productions in association with Rocket Animation/Distributed by London-based Optimum Releasing) was released in UK cinemas (UGC Haymarket London, UGC Brighton and UGC Edinburgh since Friday November 24th November 2000) in front of MGM's Flawless directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Robert De Niro.
Duration: 7' 31''/35mm/Digi-Beta/Beta SP/Colour/English Language/1:1.85
Distributed by Network Ireland Television Ltd.
FUNDED BY BORD SCANNÁN na hÉIREANN/THE IRISH FILM BOARD
RADIO TELIFÍS ÉIREANN
THE ARTS COUNCIL
Check out the film's Amnesty International site at:
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BACKYARD TALES
In the back garden with Ellie, Seimi, Daisy and Bob the dog. Backyard Tales (1997) 30 x 3.5 minute episodes produced by Rocket Animation for RTÉ’s children’s series, The Morbegs.
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T H E! N E S T
J O U R N E Y! I N T O! T H E! P R I M O R D I A L
Strapped into its buggy and abandoned along a vast, deserted beach, a baby child journeys into the realm of the primordial…
Written and directed by Owen Fitzpatrick
Duration: 11'-56'' minutes/35mm/Digi-Beta/Beta SP/Colour/English Language/1:1.85
Distributed by Network Ireland Television Ltd.
Click Here to go to The Nest page.
Details on the pre-production history of 'The Nest' can be found on the following link:
The Nest page
Nest pre-production pages
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Contact Caroline Dunn or Owen Fitzpatrick at:
Rocket Animation Ltd. 49-50 Berystede, Leeson Park, Dublin 6, Ireland
Tel: +353 1 4970817 Fax: +353 1 4970796
