Little Blackstone Studios Inc

Little Blackstone Studios Inc Little Blackstone Studios arrived on the Canadian animation landscape in 2009 and is dedicated to ori www.bigstudios.com
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Little Blackstone Studios arrived on the Canadian animation landscape in 2009 and is dedicated to original series design, development and production. Originally created by and industry veteran Pat Burns & 4 time Emmy award winner Jocelyne Meinert as a sister studio to the successful motion graphics firm: Bigstudios Inc, Little Blackstone is fast developing a reputation for contemporary design and

dedication to originality and creativity. Ms Burns is now working at Spinmaster and Dharmali Patel has joined Little Blackstone as Animation Director. All animated series in development or in production have been designed and produced in-house. Specializing in children’s & adult animated as well as episodic graphics & visual effects, Little Blackstone is currently in production on SMOSH Babies Season 2 for SMOSH/Alloy/Defy Media for SMOSH the 2nd most watched Youtube channel. The studio also completed “That’s Not Fair” – an educational web series for Canadian Civil Liberties and their first pre-school show”Ertlings is in development at Spinmaster. See Little Blackstone’s sister studio – bigstudios – specializing in 3D motion graphics and VFX.

What a summer! First we got to see our studios hard work be viewed by millions of people for Worst Roommate Ever S2 and ...
08/21/2024

What a summer! First we got to see our studios hard work be viewed by millions of people for Worst Roommate Ever S2 and now we get to do it all over again with the launch of Worst Ex Ever next Wednesday August 28th! A Huge thank you, and congratulations, to our incredible partners at Netflix and ITV!!!

What's worse, a bad roommate or a bad ex? We're so excited to share the first trailer for Worst Ex Ever!! Premiering Aug...
07/16/2024

What's worse, a bad roommate or a bad ex? We're so excited to share the first trailer for Worst Ex Ever!! Premiering August 14 on Netflix!!

From chilling betrayals to murder plots, this true-crime docuseries dissects the dark side of love through eyewitness testimonies.Watch on Netflix: https://w...

WOW! Top 3 in the world on Netflix and Top 10 in 62 Countries!! What a launch for Worstroommate Ever! If you haven't sta...
07/04/2024

WOW! Top 3 in the world on Netflix and Top 10 in 62 Countries!! What a launch for Worstroommate Ever! If you haven't started it yet, head to Netflix now to begin the binge!

Wow! Our first show to ever debut at  #1 on Netflix in Canada!Have you had a roommate as bad as these? Check out "Worst ...
06/27/2024

Wow! Our first show to ever debut at #1 on Netflix in Canada!
Have you had a roommate as bad as these?
Check out "Worst Roommate Ever" Season 2!

How well do you know your roommate? We were thrilled to partner with Netflix, ITV America, and Blumhouse to produce the ...
06/26/2024

How well do you know your roommate? We were thrilled to partner with Netflix, ITV America, and Blumhouse to produce the animation for Season 2 of Worst Roommate Ever. Check it out on Netflix now!

Worst Roommate Ever returns for season 2 and once again highlights harrowing tales of seemingly harmless roommates turning into real-life nightmares for thei...

It's time to fly! The Tweetations R***e will be making its Canadian premiere at the Canadian Film Festival on March 23rd...
02/26/2024

It's time to fly! The Tweetations R***e will be making its Canadian premiere at the Canadian Film Festival on March 23rd, as part Homegrown Shorts 6 program!!

Thrilled to share that "The Tweetations R***e" won 2 awards at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival! A tes...
11/16/2023

Thrilled to share that "The Tweetations R***e" won 2 awards at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival! A testament to the amazing filmmaker's journey to bring this unique project to the screen! We were so excited to play a small part in bringing their vision to life!

12/22/2022

It has been another amazing year at Little Blackstone Studios! We had the pleasure of working with so many incredible artists & partners and we can't wait to dive into new things in the new year. Wishing everyone a very Happy Holiday season!

09/19/2022

We are super excited to finally share one of the amazing animation projects we have been working on here at Little Blackstone Studio! CBCKids.ca will launch their pilot episode of Mixed Up on Wed Sept 21st! Don't miss out on this animated mystery adventure! Watch the Trailer here: https://vimeo.com/751069300



08/04/2022

We are so thrilled and so proud to receive our first EMMY nomination for Outstanding Graphic Design and Art Direction: Documentary for our work on the Netflix film "Camp Confidential: Americas Secret N**i’s"!!! #

06/20/2022

Do you fancy yourself a detective? Are you always trying to solve puzzles? Or are you a fan of traditionally animated point-and-click video games? We certainly are!

Little Blackstone partnered with Short Sleeve Studios to create all of the character and FX animation on Voodoo Detective, an all-new mystery adventure game.

Join in on the mystery and check on Voodoo Detective on the Apple app Store and Steam now!

04/12/2022

You will work with a collaborative team of artists to create high quality animation in Harmony. This position is for one of our new animated kid’s Pilots. Animators will interact directly with the animation director, leads, and producers.

Qualifications and Skills

- Solid Harmony skills with minimum 4+ years experience
- Excellent knowledge of traditional animation principles.
- Must have great character drawing skills and understand human movement.
- Your reel must show solid ability in timing, weight and motion. We'd be happy to see any life drawing as well.
- You must be committed to delivering polished animation
- Passionate about art, with a strong eye for style.
- A great attitude and work ethic. Able to work & communicate efficiently in a motivated milestone-driven, team environment.
- Adaptability to different styles of character design.
- Must be able to hit the deadlines and make sure the quality of animation is consistent.

A resume and demo reel must be submitted.
No phone calls please.
Must be a Canadian resident.

Our fingers are crossed that the documentary short “Camp Confidential: America’s Secret N***s” we worked on will be up f...
12/07/2021

Our fingers are crossed that the documentary short “Camp Confidential: America’s Secret N***s” we worked on will be up for an Oscar!

Variety’s Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars and Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sou…

We are so excited to announce that "Camp Confidential: America's Secret N***s" has been selected for the DOC NYC Shortli...
10/26/2021

We are so excited to announce that "Camp Confidential: America's Secret N***s" has been selected for the DOC NYC Shortlist! We are very proud of our animation work on this very important and moving subject.

The DOC NYC shortlist often influences future awards for documentaries.

We are thrilled that one of our most recent Netflix projects  "Camp Confidential: America’s Secret N***s"  was Nominated...
10/19/2021

We are thrilled that one of our most recent Netflix projects "Camp Confidential: America’s Secret N***s" was Nominated for a Critics Choice Documentary Award: for BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY. We are so proud of the work our team did on this short film, we can't wait for the world to see it!
Check out the the trailer here: https://www.netflix.com/ca/title/81227142

In this animated documentary short, WWII vets reveal a secret US military camp near Washington where Jewish soldiers hosted and interrogated N**i POWs.

Check out our animation work on Episode 3 of the new 2nd season of BIGGER now streaming on BET Plus !!!
06/17/2021

Check out our animation work on Episode 3 of the new 2nd season of BIGGER now streaming on BET Plus !!!

Ontario Creates put together a great video highlighting some fantastic work by many of us in the industry in Ontario. We...
03/29/2021

Ontario Creates put together a great video highlighting some fantastic work by many of us in the industry in Ontario. We were delighted to see many of our studio's projects making the cut! Check it out here:

Ontario’s award-winning animation community has remained hard at work to deliver some of the most celebrated animated content around the world. Interested i...

Shout Out to all the Amazing Women out there On International Women's Day! We are proud to have a league of extraordinar...
03/08/2021

Shout Out to all the Amazing Women out there On International Women's Day! We are proud to have a league of extraordinary Women among us. From Studio Owner, Executive Producer, Director, Senior Producer, and a large network of talented women artists! Here's to Strong Women; May we know them, May we be them, May we raise them!

01/28/2021

Lots of upcoming projects! Many openings for 2D positions: Directors, Designers, riggers, background artists, Flash Animators. Send us your reel & resume at [email protected] if your interested.

Address

366 Adelaide Street East, Suite 230
Toronto, ON
M5A3X9

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14163517070

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Little Blackstone Studios arrived on the Canadian animation landscape in 2009 and is dedicated to original series design, development and production. Emmy award winner Jocelyne Meinert as a sister studio to the successful motion graphics firm: Bigstudios Inc, Little Blackstone is fast developing a reputation for contemporary design and dedication to originality and creativity. All animated series in development or in production have been designed and produced in-house. Specializing in children’s & adult animated series, as well as episodic graphics & visual effects. One of our latest production is the successful 3D animation web series for MGA Entertainment Kingdom Builders. We are also very proud of our work on another season of Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus! LBS's team of talented artists & animators bring their personal touch and high quality skill to every project! See Little Blackstone’s sister studio – bigstudios – specializing in 3D motion graphics and VFX. www.bigstudios.com

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