Half boy, Half duck wannabe superhero Dwayne and his accountant brother Neil are kidnapped by evil savoury shake mogul Sir Richard Battenburger.
Starring the voices of Rasmus Hardiker, Mike Wozniak and John-Henry Falle, DuckManBoy was one of eight commissioned concepts from over 600 submissions for Nickelodeon’s International Animated Shorts Scheme. Hopefully it’ll be the first in a long line of financial services based animated kid’s entertainment.
Featured on Skwigly, Gizmodo, British Comedy Guide
Vimeo Staff Pick (2016)
Interviewed on Skwigly Podcast
CAST:
Rasmus Hardiker – Dwayne
Mike Wozniak – Neil
John-Henry Falle – Sir Richard Battenburger
CREW:
Producers – Louis Hudson & Ian Ravenscroft
Director – Louis Hudson
Writer – Ian Ravenscroft
Additional Writing – Rob Frimston
Animation – Louis Hudson, Ross Butter, Tom Lucas, Matt Walker
Studio Assistants – Vanessa Hill, Alex Jolliffe, Waheeda Rahman
Music – Rob Connor
Sound – Mark Ashworth
Dialogue Recording – Soho Square Studios
Executive in Charge of Production – Alexi Wheeler
Production Co-ordinator – Matt Kilroy
Consulting Producer – Suzanne Lang
Thanks to everyone who has watched and shared DuckManBoy so far. It was an honour enough to be a Vimeo Staff Pick but it’s now become one of Nickelodeon’s most viewed International Shorts. Here’s some material around the making of DuckManBoy, including a podcast interview Ian and I did with Skwigly Magazine‘s Ben Mitchell: PRE-PRODUCTION: Originally DuckManBoy started life as…
Our Nickelodeon short, DuckManBoy, has finally gone online and within a couple of days it became our 4th Vimeo Staff Pick! As a curated website that is geared toward creators it’s a real privilege to be featured on the front page of Vimeo. Having that Staff Pick badge is as nice as any festival laurel because we’re aware it has been…
As you may or may not know, we’re making a new short film for Nickelodeon called Duckmanboy. And as with most short films, we need a cast. And now we can reveal it. Please be introduced to Rasmus Hardiker as Dwayne, John-Henry Falle as Sir Richard Battenburger, and Mike Wozniak as Neil (flanked by Louis…
Louis and I are extremely pleased and excited to be able to say that we’ve been commissioned to make an animated comedy short for Nickelodeon! Nick took over 600 pitches from around the world for the Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program 2014 and we’re in the top 8, so we are very proud to be part of the tiny selection of international…
