Freefonix
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Freefonix is a CGI
animated television series about the adventures of fictional band of the same name. To date, the show consists of 40 half hour episodes. The series was launched on January 4, 2008 and was aired as part of the CBBC strand on BBC1. The first 20 episodes aired on BBC2 during July/August 2008, with all 40 episodes being aired on CBBC over December 8 and January 2009. The series last played on the CBBC channel in December 2009.
(Jordin Sparks
, Pussycat Dolls
, Sugababes
). It is unknown if a second album will be produced.
Freewavers are all those who truly understand the popular music of the time, one which incorporates strains of Pop music|pop, techno, rock music|rock and rap. It takes on something of an underground element (centring on The Bounce, a submarine dance/music club), due to ComaCo, the authoritarian corporation and evil organisation of the series which markets manufactured girlband music that Freewavers call 'plasticised prepsie'.
The main characters, BB, Freezbone and Mostart, are thrown together by the mysterious Sugar Che (Jamelia
), they form a band called Freefonix in order to safeguard the most powerful force in the universe - the 13th Note - as well as save their world from a dark future that will be brought on through the teaming up of an evil force, which calls itself Vox, with the most powerful person in all of Los Bosmos, Mya De Zya (the head of ComaCo).
Freefonix features performances from singers Jamelia, Justin Hawkins, cricketer Alastair Cook
, and Joseph Fiennes and musician Haylie Ecker
. With a budget of more than 10 million pound sterling ($15 million), Freefonix is the largest commission by BBC for an animation. The scripts for Freefonix were written in Los Angeles and Toronto, and story edited by Jeffrey Alan Schechter
, Baz Hawkins, and Will Schifrin. Voices were recorded in Ireland, the voice artists included Adam Longworth, Shelley Longworth
, Marcel McCalla and Jules de Jongh
.
Powers: Lead vocals. Can turn her voice into a beam of kinetic energy, but only when it is channelled through her customised microphone.
Powers: Electric guitar, that can generate long strands of power beams which can knock down his opponents. From a single piece of personal information he can craft a custom song which can allow him to make the person he's singing about do any thing he wants.
Powers: His unique, hand built, holographic synthesiser, known as the Soundshaper, generates percussion beats and bass-lines, keyboard sounds, squiggily noises, knob twiddling, sonic bubbles, frequalising fx and manipulating both sound, and via the 13th note, the fabric of space-time.
Computer-generated imagery
Computer-generated imagery is the application of the field of computer graphics or, more specifically, 3D computer graphics to special effects in art, video games, films, television programs, commercials, simulators and simulation generally, and printed media...
animated television series about the adventures of fictional band of the same name. To date, the show consists of 40 half hour episodes. The series was launched on January 4, 2008 and was aired as part of the CBBC strand on BBC1. The first 20 episodes aired on BBC2 during July/August 2008, with all 40 episodes being aired on CBBC over December 8 and January 2009. The series last played on the CBBC channel in December 2009.
Album
Freefonix's début album was released on 26 January 2009 through Freewave records a sub division of Union Square Music. The album was recorded by Freefonix and Produced by Magnus Fiennes. 5 songs were also produced with Lucas SeconLucas Secon
Lucas Secon, also known by the stage name Lucas, is a world-renowned Danish-American Grammy , MTV Award and Emmy Award-nominated record producer, songwriter,Golden Poets Award winner, DJ, rapper, singer and artist/conceptualist. He lives in London, United Kingdom.Secon has contributed to seven...
(Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Brianna Sparks is an American pop / R&B singer-songwriter and actress. She hails from Glendale, Arizona who rose to fame as the winner of the sixth season of American Idol. Sparks won when she was 17 years old, making her the youngest winner in Idol history...
, Pussycat Dolls
Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...
, Sugababes
Sugababes
The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...
). It is unknown if a second album will be produced.
Production
Freefonix,created by Magnus Fiennes, Alex Tate and Simeon Warburton, is produced by Richelle Wilder and Chris Rice for Cinnamon Entertainment with Method Films and Toonz India Ltd|Toonz Animation. The series is directed by Jerome France and Pierre Alan Chartier, and features new tracks from Freefonix with some of the world's top record producing talents and features performances from Justin Hawkins (of The Darkness), Jamelia and Joseph Fiennes actor and brother of Magnus Feinnes.Storyline
Freefonix, a music based animated adventure series set in the future, is a classic battle of good vs evil but with a twist – using music and sonic energy as the weapons. Sonic technology has been developed, graphics can operate without emitters, and the new cool (or 'wix') teenage trend is to be a freewaver.Freewavers are all those who truly understand the popular music of the time, one which incorporates strains of Pop music|pop, techno, rock music|rock and rap. It takes on something of an underground element (centring on The Bounce, a submarine dance/music club), due to ComaCo, the authoritarian corporation and evil organisation of the series which markets manufactured girlband music that Freewavers call 'plasticised prepsie'.
The main characters, BB, Freezbone and Mostart, are thrown together by the mysterious Sugar Che (Jamelia
Jamelia
Jamelia Niela Davis , best known mononymously as Jamelia, is an English singer-songwriter, model, entertainer, television presenter and actress. She is most famous for her use of a cappella and prolific work in the R&B genre...
), they form a band called Freefonix in order to safeguard the most powerful force in the universe - the 13th Note - as well as save their world from a dark future that will be brought on through the teaming up of an evil force, which calls itself Vox, with the most powerful person in all of Los Bosmos, Mya De Zya (the head of ComaCo).
Freefonix features performances from singers Jamelia, Justin Hawkins, cricketer Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook
Alastair Nathan Cook, MBE is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays county cricket for Essex and International cricket for England, where he is their ODI captain. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003...
, and Joseph Fiennes and musician Haylie Ecker
Haylie Ecker
Haylie Ecker is a founding member and the former first violinist of the multi-platinum selling classical crossover string quartet Bond. She left Bond in 2008 to become a mother. She plays a 1751 J.B. Guadagnini.- Biography :...
. With a budget of more than 10 million pound sterling ($15 million), Freefonix is the largest commission by BBC for an animation. The scripts for Freefonix were written in Los Angeles and Toronto, and story edited by Jeffrey Alan Schechter
Jeffrey Alan Schechter
Jeffrey Alan Schechter is a screenwriter whose work has been nominated for two Emmy awards, a Writers Guild of America award, and a Writers Guild of Canada award.- Overview :...
, Baz Hawkins, and Will Schifrin. Voices were recorded in Ireland, the voice artists included Adam Longworth, Shelley Longworth
Shelley Longworth
Shelley Longworth is a British comedy actress and voicover artist. More recently appearing in ITV's hit Benidorm, she has appeared in the comedy sketch shows Tittybangbang on BBC Three and Angelo's on Five, voiced characters in the children's TV show 'Fimbles' and has recently finished filming her...
, Marcel McCalla and Jules de Jongh
Jules de Jongh
Jules de Jongh , born in California, United States is an American voice actress, singer, television and radio presenter...
.
Characters
Band members - Freefonix- BB is a 15-year-old former lead singer of the machine pop perfect girl group "BCD", now turned musical Joan of Arc. Still has slight prepsie characteristics but is still one butt kicking freewaver.
Powers: Lead vocals. Can turn her voice into a beam of kinetic energy, but only when it is channelled through her customised microphone.
- Freezbone is a 16-year-old, laid-back, Lebowskian, Zen-spouting, guitarist, nicknamed Freeze. Believes every thing is a conspiracy, or aliens.
Powers: Electric guitar, that can generate long strands of power beams which can knock down his opponents. From a single piece of personal information he can craft a custom song which can allow him to make the person he's singing about do any thing he wants.
- Mostart (played by Jules de JonghJules de JonghJules de Jongh , born in California, United States is an American voice actress, singer, television and radio presenter...
) is an amplified, technologized beat maniac trapped in the body of a 13-year-old mama's boy, called Mo for short by BB and Freeze. Has a crush on Freefonix's rival band's guitarist, Ludy Lux.
Powers: His unique, hand built, holographic synthesiser, known as the Soundshaper, generates percussion beats and bass-lines, keyboard sounds, squiggily noises, knob twiddling, sonic bubbles, frequalising fx and manipulating both sound, and via the 13th note, the fabric of space-time.