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According to MEL CEO Rajesh Turakhia, "The assignment came
to MEL through UK’s Jack Frost Productions who are associated with
BBC Worldwide. While pre-production functions like the storyboard
and modeling have been done in UK, we are involved in production
activities related to animating the entire show, the background
elements and compositing.”
MEL is also creating 10 to 12 animated fillers for popular kids’
channels such as Nickelodeon to be shown between programmes, each
budgeted at $25,000, says Turakhia. The company is also negotiating
a 26-episode television series with a European outfit. "Budgeted
at $ two million, work on this project is expected to take off around
October-November this year. Deliveries would start getting rolled
out from 2005,” says Turakhia.
MEL is currently changing its infrastructure to accommodate an
additional 150 animators from its current 65 while a division of
its stake holder Intel will aid in the design, restructuring and
update of the hardware and software to meet the expanding client
base, he says.
Maya Entertainment has also secured orders from a US firm to create
a special programme based on products of a leading toy manufacturer.
This show sports a budget of $250,000. MEL has also clinched a $150,000
gaming animation project from the same studio.
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