Global Mechanic
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Global Mechanic Media is an award-winning animation
studio headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. It was founded by Bruce Alcock and Ann Marie Fleming
in 1995 as Tricky Pictures in Chicago
, Illinois. It is known for creating various feature and short films, television series, commercials, games, installations, interactive experiences, titles, and original photography using many different techniques including Flash animation or stop motion
. Considered a boutique trans-media production company, they have years of experience and considerable expertise in all aspects of advertising & marketing, entertainment, communication and problem solving for clients world-wide- an integrated studio dedicated to creating content in any medium.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
studio headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. It was founded by Bruce Alcock and Ann Marie Fleming
Ann Marie Fleming
Ann Marie Fleming is an independent Canadian filmmaker, writer, and visual artist who was born in Okinawa, in 1962, of Chinese and Australian parentage. She has a B.A. in English from the University of British Columbia, a B.F.A. from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and the Open...
in 1995 as Tricky Pictures in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois. It is known for creating various feature and short films, television series, commercials, games, installations, interactive experiences, titles, and original photography using many different techniques including Flash animation or stop motion
Stop motion
Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...
. Considered a boutique trans-media production company, they have years of experience and considerable expertise in all aspects of advertising & marketing, entertainment, communication and problem solving for clients world-wide- an integrated studio dedicated to creating content in any medium.
Notable works
- All Terrain Brain
- Avery Matthews
- The Brothers Pistov
- FETCH! with Ruff RuffmanFETCH! with Ruff RuffmanFETCH! with Ruff Ruffman, sometimes shortened as FETCH!, is a children's television series for children ages 6–12 on PBS during the PBS Kids GO! block of educational programming. It is a game show/reality show that is hosted by an animated anthropomorphic dog who dispenses challenges to the show's...
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at LawHarvey Birdman, Attorney at LawHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American animated television series comedy created by Williams Street and produced by Cartoon Network Studios that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. The series' pilot first aired in 2000, and later became a series in...
- Spang Ho
- Wrong Number Phone Message
- Viva La Rose
- At the Quinte Hotel