27 July 2009

BBC titles shoot



































A couple of the team were at the BBC's Oxford Road Studios in Manchester on Friday to shoot the cast for the 'Jinx' titles. Shooting on HD against blue and white screen, Bottletop were up against a tight schedule working around the producer's run of the first episode being held the same day. Everything ran like clockwork and the shots are in the can - first episode delivery is scheduled for launch at MIP Junior in Cannes.

6 July 2009

CBBC commission for Bottletop











Bottletop has been commissioned by Kindle Entertainment to create the titles for its new CBBC series 'Jinx!'. The 13 x 30 minute series will air in the autumn and is being shot in Manchester at the BBC's Oxford Road studios. The programme is based on the Lulu Baker trilogy of novels by Fiona Dunbar. Lulu cooks up recipes with magical effects, aided and abetted by Cookie, a mischievous fairy.

5 July 2009

Happy Birthday Bottletop!



Doesn't time fly when you're enjoying yourself? We can hardly believe Bottletop is five years old today. Gorgeous weather too for some modest celebrations....

3 July 2009

Huntik comes to CITV




Bottletop has produced several animated idents for CITV to promote a new series coming soon to the channel. Huntik follows the adventures of Lok Lambert, Sophie Casterwill, their mentor Dante Vale and the rest of the Huntik Foundation as they use magical powers and allies called Titans to explore strange locations, find lost treasures and battle evil.