I apologise for being away from the forum for long but we’ve been busy on our cartoon project Bino and Fino. As some of you know there are a some studios out there trying to see if it is viable to produce a financially successful cartoon product in Nigeria. What we learn in our failures or successes will be important for those coming behind us. It’s about more action and less talk. But we still have to talk so I’ve set up a blog to show what’s going on behind the scenes on our project so other’s can see what we’re doing and how we are approaching this.

Here’s the link.
http://binoandfino./2011/05/11/the-making-of-a-nigerian-cartoon-show-pt1/

Subscribe to the blog if you are interested because I'm not too sure if I'll be able to repost here on Nairaland all the time.

Later.

fino

Nice one, keep it up

Nice one, saw this dude on 'shoot the messenger'

hope nigerian institutions can try something new for once

Thanks for the comments guys. Thanks Admin from our team for putting the topic on the front page. Especially after putting up the Sesame Street on the NTA topic on the front page as well. 

Also if you are in the US or Europe you can buy the 1st Bino and Fino DVD for your kids for $10.00 off our website at http://www.binoandfino.com/

Spread the word if you can.

thanks

When are we getting the DVD in Nigeria?

No problem.

Hear's a picture of the cartoon for people to get an idea of the style.
[img]http://binoandfino.files./2010/10/facebook-events-pic-family.jpg[/img]

bababuff:

When are we getting the DVD in Nigeria?

Thanks for your interest. We're working hard on setting up our distribution channels in Nigeria. To get the latest updates you can keep your eye on our website http://www.binoandfino.com/ and also in the Nairaland Graphics section.

Kudos guys, look forward to when you'll also move into the young adult and General family entertainment markets.

I love the storyline, it is patriotic but boring. try to get some comedy into this
We are Nigerians, We can beat them

I remember watching this about a week ago and enjoyed how charming it was. And to the person above me, CLOSE YOUR MOUTH! It's called "taking baby steps." If you try to jam too much into the first impression of new idea, it shows, and it makes the presentation look amateur. I wish much success for Bino and Fino!

Well done! Keep it up! I really like it

Hello

Do you need an artist, I am willing to assist if there is any room.

Paul
22C8003D
Canada

sledjama:

I love the storyline, it is patriotic but boring. try to get some comedy into this
We are Nigerians, We can beat them

@sledjama Thanks. I can see how you might find it boring. You have to bear in mind that was our first pilot episode. We did it get feedback about pace, value, if children liked it, if parents saw the value in it educationally etc. The new episodes on the DVD are a step further. And we will keep on learning as we go. Another thing is that you might find it boring no matter what we do as it's aimed at a preschool kindergarten age group as well. And I personally want this cartoon to be a nice, calm educational one. We might do a more wacky funny one in the future!:-)

Booshman:

I remember watching this about a week ago and enjoyed how charming it was. And to the person above me, CLOSE YOUR MOUTH! It's called "taking baby steps." If you try to jam too much into the first impression of new idea, it shows, and it makes the presentation look amateur. I wish much success for Bino and Fino!

@Booshman Thanks for the support. As you said it’s a step by step process and we’ll learn as we go and make it better. Sesame street etc didn’t mature in a day. We are also open to constructive criticism from Sledjama. We are aware that we can’t please everyone and don’t intend to. As long as we are providing a great educational resource to children within an African cultural setting we’ll be happy.

chichimma:

Well done! Keep it up! I really like it

@Chichimma Thank you very much for your support.

zarrek000:

Hello

Do you need an artist, I am willing to assist if there is any room.

Paul
22C8003D
Canada

@Zarrek Hi thanks for showing interest. We currently aren’t looking for an artist. Maybe when we ramp up for production on the next series of episodes. But it says you are based in Canada. We’re based in Abuja. One thing I’m very keen on is developing and training local talent when I can. So those are the guys we look for when we crew up. I hope you understand.

Null

good job guys.
It can only get beta.

@biodun
any chance of u posting a sample file?
U cld get a commish from other parties.

Really nice and impressive!

Good job Adamu! i can't believe the graphic!! its so tight and impressive!!!
i'd like to be part of this project,either voicing and otherwise. i stay in Abj. contact me if you can on timpaker@gmail.com

biodun404:

Hey adamu.i'm interested in voice acting in the cartoon in there is a chance.i'm quite good in changing in my voice to any character i want.i'm based in lagos, 07033507970

Hi Biodun. We're crrently not looking but do you have any samples of your work? You can even just upload a file onto youtube or something. When we crew up for the next episodes we can take a look at your talents. Also as OKX said other people like him might be interested in hiring.

Dan9797:

Really nice and impressive! I'm also interested in the voice-acting opportunity-if there's any.
07030584360
Abuja.

timpaker:

Good job Adamu! i can't believe the graphic!! its so tight and impressive!!!
i'd like to be part of this project,either voicing and otherwise. i stay in Abj. contact me if you can on timpaker@gmail.com

Looks like we have a lot of Abuja voice talent. Currently we aren't looking as we've done production on the 1st DVD. But when we crew for the next we might call you in for a casting. Thanks for showing interest guys.

@OKX Many thanks. You know all the behind the scene challenges. We have a long term plan for this and will keep pushing.

u are jobless!

Adamu. I must commend you for your ingenuity and thotfulness. Really cool! This is something I have always dreamed of but could never get myself to do, but seeing my fellow Nigerian brother delve into this aspect of work, I say, more power to your elbow. May our God give you the strength to do more than this. Thumbs up.

u are jobless!

Hey Dharniel! Y would you say he is jobless? He has more than enough in his hands to do and you call him jobless!! Or to give you the benefit of the doubt, what exactly did you mean to say about this genius and an extraordinary guy?

lioncoolst:

Adamu. I must commend you for your ingenuity and thotfulness. Really cool! This is something I have always dreamed of but could never get myself to do, but seeing my fellow Nigerian brother delve into this aspect of work, I say, more power to your elbow. May our God give you the strength to do more than this. Thumbs up.

Many thanks @lioncoolst. Though it's my initiative I have to say that this is a team effort and a small group of people have worked hard on this project. So I don't want to claim all the credit. :-) Thanks for the support.

Here's the latest instalment in the 'Making of Bino and Fino cartoon' blog posts. http://binoandfino./2011/05/27/the-making-of-a-nigerian-cartoon-show-pt2/

Like I said, with these posts I'm trying to give animators and the general public a glimpse into the behind the scenes thoughts on the project. It will track our successes and failures.

In this post I lay down the reasons we decided to go with 2D as an animation method as opposed to 3D.

"Also 2D can be a more spontaneous way of working especially when it comes to creating colourful, unique worlds that kids love."
I think I might have to disagree with you on this one.