Jibber Jabber Toons Ltd., Northwest Imaging & FX Ltd., and Producer/Lead Creator/Director David Bowes announced the completion of the first season of JIBBER JABBER, a 26x11 CG animated series targeted at kids 6-12.
Broadcaster YTV of Canada ordered 13 episodes of the series, which takes its audience into the imaginations of mischievous 7-year-old fraternal twin brothers Jibber and Jabber. Also joining in on the action are the boys' ever-exasperated 14-year-old sister Jessica and their unwitting dog Jelly Roll. The YTV Original Production is set to air in Canada in 2008. Distributor BEJUBA! Ent. Inc. sold the series to Canal J of France, which aired the first episode Dec. 24, 2007. BEJUBA! is currently in discussions with interested international broadcasters.
Each half-hour episode is comprised of two separate stories in which Jibber and Jabber take everyday chores, objects and events and turn them into wild adventures. Each show is separated visually using two separate points of view as the action cuts back and forth from reality to the boys' imaginations, which take them into outer space, monster movie themes, pirates, super heroes, martial art heroes and beyond. Older sister Jessica and Jelly Roll the dog give the viewer the perspective of what is really going on.
"We had a couple of skeptics in the industry tell us that it couldn't be done," Bowes commented. "They said we could not cut back and forth showing two points of view without confusing the viewers." In the end, this is what made the show so engaging. As Bowes says, "This is not a show you simply watch, it's a show which invites the viewers to participate."
JIBBER JABBER was produced using the latest off-the-shelf 3D Animation Software, combined with 3D-enhanced illustrated backgrounds. All aspects of production, excluding audio post, was done through Northwest Imaging & FX, with the Jibber Jabber Toons Ltd. team supervising.
JIBBER JABBER is a production of Jibber Jabber Toons Ltd. and Northwest Imaging & FX Ltd., in association with YTV of Canada.
