THIS WEEK'S LECTURE & WORKSHOP - The Creative Development Process for Animated TV, and Advanced Toonboom Harmony

We have a couple of terrific events for you at this week's lecture and workshop. First is the next instalment in our lecture series on The Business of Animation with a visit from development executive Brandon Lane of Corus Kids Entertainment, explaining for us the  process of taking an idea from original concept to a weekly on-air animated TV series (a process that he's been through many times, as you can see from his bio, below.)  J102, 2-4 PM

Following Brandon's talk, Sheridan's own Sarah Wallace will give an interactive workshop on Advanced Techniques in Toonboom Harmony.  Bring your projects and questions about Harmony to Sarah for analysis and discussion.  A361, 4-6 PM

LECTURE: 2-4 PM J102

The Creative Development Process for Animated TV Series - Brandon Lane,  Corus Entertainment

3-time Canadian Comedy Award nominee Brandon Lane is an award-winning director, showrunner, screenwriter and currently Production Executive for Canadian Kids TV networks YTV, TELETOON and Treehouse. Over the past decade, Brandon has overseen the production of over 360 hours of content airing in Canada and over 190 countries worldwide, collaborating with partners like Disney, Netflix, HBO, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop and Sony Pictures Animation. He currently showruns and directs the Youth Media Alliance Award of Excellence-nominated preschool series ‘Miss Persona’, airing on Treehouse. He is also showrunner, director and co-creator of Space Dragon & Kim, a web series for Shaftesbury’s Sorta TV YouTube channel and co-showrunner on ‘D.N. Ace’ for Nelvana.

Prior to working for Corus, he developed, creative produced and wrote for YTV’s ‘Numb Chucks’, as well as co-created and creative produced YTV’s ‘Cache Craze’. He has also written for Amazon & TVO’s Emmy-nominated ‘Dino Dana’ and CBC Kids’ ‘What’s Your News?’.  He currently oversees production for Corus Kids on 'Hotel Transylvania', ‘Esme & Roy’, ‘Cupcake & Dino: General Services’ (which New York Times named one of the best new shows of 2018) and many other kids’ series. Brandon recently wrote and directed an award-winning musical film called ‘Princess Sparkly Butt & The Hot Dog Kid’, adapted from an award-winning play he also wrote and directed. Brandon also teaches at Centennial College’s Children’s Media post-grad program (of which he is an alumni).

WORKSHOP: 4-6 PM A361

Toon Boom Advanced Techniques -  Sarah Wallace, Sheridan College