Here's an opportunity to work on the 1st animated feature film out of Trinidad

Calling all talented artists and animators

Gritty Vibes is excited to present a paid opportunity from the team at Story Play Media Ltd. The Production company is inviting character artists worldwide with a unique opportunity to win prizes and earn a paid opportunity to work on the first animated feature film emerging from Trinidad and Tobago through The Caddy Club 2D Character Design Competition. The Caddy Club is a micro-budget movie about a group of young troublemakers who become crime- fighting superheroes when they discover a magical portal at a youth golf program.The Character Design Competition challenges artists to bring two of The Caddy Club’s lead characters to life through original concept art and is made possible with contributions from Nestle Trinidad and Tobago Ltd, the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company (FilmTT), the Jamaica Animation Nation Network (JANN) and the Trinidad and Tobago Animation Network (TTAN).“The Caddy Club will generate jobs, increase experience and talent in the sector and create a cultural work that can act as an expansion to the awareness of the local industry and local creativity, since an original animated feature has yet to be achieved.” says TTAN President, Jessica Yawching.The competition’s host, Story Play Media, is the company behind Big Man Dan, a cartoon short licensed by U.S. on-demand entertainment companies Studio Anansi and Toon Goggles Inc’s SQAD in addition to being distributed by Jamaica’s Caribflix, multi-regional GT Network and Story Play Media’s proprietary video on demand site, storyplay.tv. Big Man Dan character concept artist and animator Shane Young Sing went on to work for multiple Emmy® award-winning Atlanta animation studio Floyd County Productions after wrapping up his contract with Story Play Media.

"I'm geeking out about this competition because for me it's a chance to find a character artist who is as excited as I am about putting these young, Black, Caribbean animated characters on screen and telling a story about Black people in the Americas connecting to our shared history,"

"I'm geeking out about this competition because for me it's a chance to find a character artist who is as excited as I am about putting these young, Black, Caribbean animated characters on screen and telling a story about Black people in the Americas connecting to our shared history," Says Story Play Media's Kafi Kareem.  "The character prompts we're giving to artists who register challenge them to integrate pre-colonial African art into the character design for Keisha, The Caddy Club's leader, so I'm really excited to see how the artists interpret the design prompts. I'm hoping we find a good match for the team so we can kick off the project's pre-visualisation stage with the right talent."

Artists who enter the competition are invited to take inspiration from The Caddy Club cast and story to create character concept art spotlighting the movie’s cultural themes and its themes of presenting girls in positions of leadership. Prizes include cash, a month’s worth of Nestle products and a chance to earn a paid gig working on The Caddy Club movie. The competition’s entry deadline is November 30, 2020. Register at storyplaymedia.com to enter.

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