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Tiny Island Productions
Company typePrivate Limited
IndustryAnimation and Film
Founded2002 (2002)
FounderDavid Kwok
Headquarters
Singapore
Key people
David Kwok, CEO
Sharon Tan, Business Development Director
[1]
ProductsAnimated feature films
Animated TV series
Virtual reality
Stereoscopic 3D
Number of employees
120 (2012)
Websitewww.tinyisland.net

Tiny Island Productions is a CG animation production company based in Singapore. It specializes in both normal CG and stereoscopic 3D film productions. It produced the Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens CG movie which won the Best 3D Animated Program award at the Asian Television Awards 2012[2][3] as well as the Dream Defenders television series.

History

Tiny Island Productions was founded in 2002 by animation veteran David Kwok. As of 2012, the company has 120 employees.[4] One of its first major productions was the Shelldon animated TV series, which it co-developed and co-produced with Shellhut Entertainment.[5]

Dream Defenders

The production house created Singapore's first 3D Stereoscopic animated series Dream Defenders (also known as Dream Defenders Adventures),[4] which debuted in 2011 on 3net, a 3D channel which was a joint venture between Discovery Communications, Sony and IMAX Corporation. It was one of the channel's first stereoscopic-3D cg animated series.[6][7] The series was picked up by Hulu and Discovery Family, and has aired in more than 60 countries.[8]

Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens

In 2012, the studio produced Cartoon Network's Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens for both regular and 3D screens.[9][10] The movie was adapted into full CG based on the original Ben 10 TV series[11][12] The film won the Best 3D Animated Program award at the Asian Television Awards 2012.[13]

G-Fighters

G-Fighters began production in 2013. This action-adventure superhero television series is a co-production between South Korean animation production house Electric Circus and Tiny Island. It is the first international co-production between Korea and Singapore animation companies. The animated TV series is supported by SBA, Korea Creative Content Agency, Educational Broadcasting System, SK Broadband and CJ E&M Pictures.[14]

Virtual Reality

In 2016, Tiny Island Productions, in collaboration with Cisco Systems's PR Agency Allison+Partners, helped the technology company to create its first interactive 3D virtual reality demo. The demo placed the user inside a virtual network under cyber-attacks which would be dealt with by Cisco's advanced security solutions. Originally targeted towards influencers and analysts, it was later opened to clients directly after initial response.[15]

Metaverse

In 2021, Tiny Island Productions signed an MOU with Huawei Technologies to develop a metaverse called Tiny Island Universe. Conceived as a virtual theme park with malls and socialization spaces, it will be created using Huawei's Cloud and AI development platforms.[16]

Awards

Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens won the Best 3D Animated Program award at the Asian Television Awards 2012[2][3] and the Gold Award for Best Movie Campaign at the 2012 ProMax Awards.[17] Sunny Saha of Turner International commended on the high level of animation talents in Asia.[18]

Dream Defenders won the Best 3D Animation award at the Asia Image Apollo Awards 2013.[19]

Upcoming productions

Announced in 2012, Tiny Island Productions would work with Shellhut Entertainment to produce the stereoscopic 3D animated film of Shelldon.[20]

The studio signed a 10 feature-film co-production deal in 2017 with Shellhut Entertainment and Shanghai Media Group's WingsMedia. The first film, to be completed for theatrical release in 2020, would be partially based on the company's Dream Defenders series.[21][22]

Productions

References

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  3. ^ a b "Asian Television Awards 2012". Asian Television Awards. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Lim, Tania (October 2012). "Tiny Island Productions creates Singapore's First Stereoscopic Animated Series for the US, and World's TV Screens". MediaExchangeMagazine Issue 14. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  5. ^ Valecha, Amrita (22 June 2009). "'Shelldon' Intl deliveries slated for July". Animation Xpress Asia Pacific. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  6. ^ Arrant, Chris (April 28, 2011). "3net Picks Up Tiny Island's 3D series "Dream Defenders" For U.S. Broadcasting". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  7. ^ "3net -- the 24/7 3D Network from Sony, Discovery and IMAX -- to Acquire Children's Series DREAM DEFENDERS". Discovery Channel. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  8. ^ "Discovery Family snaps up Dream Defenders". Kidscreen. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
  9. ^ Zahed, Ramin (2011-08-22). "Singapore's Tiny Island Works On Ben10 Movie". AnimationMagazine. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  10. ^ Tan, Qiuyi. "S'pore animation studio produces new Ben 10 movie". Channel Newsasia. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  11. ^ New "Ben 10" movies will be released in 3D http://www.stereoscopynews.com/hotnews/3d-movies/3d-series/1802-new-qben-10q-movies-will-be-released-in-3d
  12. ^ Sarto, Dan (March 5, 2012). "Ben 10 Destroy All Aliens Movie to Premiere on Cartoon Network in March". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  13. ^ "'Ben 10' Sweeps Competition in Asia". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  14. ^ Wolfe, Jennifer (July 30, 2013). "Electric Circus and Tiny Island Co-Produce 'G-Fighters'". Animation World Network. awn.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  15. ^ Cisco employs VR to dramatise cybersecurity threats http://www.campaignasia.com/article/cisco-employs-vr-to-dramatise-cybersecurity-threats/432372?eid=21&edate=20161214
  16. ^ Singapore’s Tiny Island Productions Partners With Huawei To Build Metaverse Theme Park https://www.cartoonbrew.com/vr/singapores-tiny-island-productions-partners-with-huawei-to-build-metaverse-theme-park-211454.html
  17. ^ "ProMaxBDA Asia Awards 2012". Promax Awards. Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
  18. ^ Ben 10 sweeps aside competition in Asia "Ben 10 sweeps aside competition in Asia". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  19. ^ "Apollo Awards 2013 Winners List". Asian Image Apollo Awards 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  20. ^ McLean, Thomas J (October 2012). "Shellhut, Tiny Island to make 3D Shelldon Movie". AnimationMagazine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
  21. ^ "Mipcom: Wings Media Signs 10-Film Deal with Shellhut, Tiny Island". 2017-10-17.
  22. ^ "Shanghai WingsMedia Strikes $250M Animation Co-Production Deal with Shellhut, Tiny Island". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 October 2017.
  23. ^ Talking Tom and Friends IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4648640/fullcredits/

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