http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/687407823/batz-0
The story
Rouss & Vamp are opposite in every way. When their paths cross, they stumble on the most amazing adventure of their tiny life !
Batz is a modern and graphic cartoon, which tells the chaotic meeting of two bats that are very different. A simple bias guides the film : even if they are freaky and weird animals , bats can still be fun, cute and kick ass!
The story of this meeting is universal. It teaches us how to overlook our differences and make them strengths.
Characters
VAMP is a small bat from a colony at the top of a rotton building. His diet is simple : mosquitoes at every meal! Except this food peculiarity, the small creature is agile, nervous and rash. Shes also very selfish and openly dirty…
ROUSS is a fox bat, who lives alone in the tunnels of the subway.she is afraid of mosquitoes more than anything in the world. Shes particularly attentive to her environment and to her lifestyle ; Her diet is strictly vegetarian.
+BONUS : Rouss&Vamps interview !!!
MOUSTIK is a very juicy mosquito who rarely shows emotion. His instinct constantly urges him to look for blood. Alone , he seems harmless. Once in mosquito pack, he turns out to be really threatening...
SUBWAY is a huge moray eel, made of metal and electricity. Howling and thundering, he rushes madly at 200miles /hour into the underground of the city.
ANIMATION
The style of animation of BATZ is a smooth mix of japanese mangas & american snappy cartoon ! Posing are efficient , timing & spacing are sharp and fast , shapes and draws are very important to us , thats why we work our animation with a sort of "nolight" mode that help animators to control their animations. Heres a short example :
About the film
Batz is a CG cartoon movie. The action takes place in an urban and underground environment, a world made of complex and disintegrated geometries.
Color Choices
Batz is a project that we have been dreaming about for a long time, and we love what we see : the artwork and the excitment of the animation weve seen so far give us big expectations.
The Team
The team is composed by Max Maleo and Aurélien Prédal. Max worked for Dreamworks as an animator & on Despicable Me at Mc Guff / Illumination, and Aurélien is visual development artist at Aardman and has worked on feature films such as A Monster in Paris.
Their previous work was a raw shortfilm directed during their time at Gobelins animation school ; Burning Safari: