Toronto, ON - May 4, 2006 - Chris Bartleman (Left) and Blair Peters, Partners in Studio B Productions based in Vancouver, were awarded the $50,000 Shaw Rocket Prize last night for their children's television program Being Ian. The program was selected winner from among four other finalists by a national jury of grades four and five students, some of whom were on hand to celebrate with the winners.

"The Student Jury has spoken and Being Ian is an outstanding example of high quality television for kids. We congratulate all the finalists for the 2006 Shaw Rocket Prize and wish them continued success."

Annabel Slaight
Chair, Shaw Rocket Fund.


Student votes are in!

"The winning program is Being Ian because it has everything that a winning program would have. It has very good camera angles and shots and it has lots of humor. The characters looked great they had lots of "their own look" and the voices fit the characters."

Grade 4 student from New Brunswick

"I think that Being Ian is the best. It is the funniest, and the music matches the scenes. You can understand how the characters are feeling because they act and speak so you can believe them. You can relate to the problems that characters are dealing with too."

Grade 4 Student from Winnipeg

"Being Ian was funny and the scenes were realistic. The characters were well presented and the music fit the storyline."

Grade 5 Student from Chapel Island First Nation, N.S.

 

ABOUT THE WINNER

Being Ian follows the escapades of Ian Kelley,a 12-year-old film fanatic with an overactive imagination. The show mixes slapstick silliness with wry humour and Ian's off the wall fantasies that regularly turn a typical day at the beach into Castaway and an ordinary camping trip into The Blair Witch Project. It is produced by Studio B Productions in Vancouver. www.studiobproductions.com

Being Ian, which airs on YTV, is the creation of Ian Corlett, who also co-created Yvon of the Yukon, another popular YTV animated series. www.ytv.com

"I personally put it on my list of favourites, because I think that this show is a very good way to entertain kids. Ian and his camera show a very different, fresh perspective on the daily adventures of kids. It's a fun project and I'm convinced it reaches its target audience throughout the world."

Frank Dietz
Super RTL in Germany
International Juror


SHAW ROCKET PRIZE

Now in its second year, the Shaw Rocket Prize is the largest of its kind in Canada. Five finalists for the Shaw Rocket Prize were selected by an independent, international jury of leaders in children's TV from the U.K, U.S., Australia, Germany and Canada from submissions made by Canadian producers.

Being Ian was chosen as the 2006 winner of the $50,000 prize by a national student jury through the Royal Conservatory of Music's Learning Through The Arts media literacy program. www.ltta.ca


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