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Fred's Head Spectra Animation, Montreal, QC Teletoon An irreverent and provocative comedy about the whirlwind life of Fred Leblanc, a bright and perceptive 16 year old boy. |
PROFILE
SYNAPSE FLASH
Fred Leblanc’s quirky explorations of the innermost reaches of the male teenage mind reveal the gloriously irreverent, animated universe of FRED’S HEAD, with its sarcastic perceptiveness, its wacky humour and its imaginative tackling of real-life issues.
Fred’s Head is an irreverent and provocative comedy bringing us into the whirlwind life of Fred Leblanc, a bright and perceptive 16 year old, through his teenage eyes. Rampant consumerism, stardom and marginalisation are some of the issues with which Fred will struggle to come to terms....with all of the sarcasm his off-the-wall imagination can muster.
GET INSPIRED BY THE JURY
"I thought the animation in Fred’s Head was really great. I loved the characters and how exaggerated they were, the way they talked, and acted was really funny, it made the story more interesting. They tried making the characters speak in a way that people our age could understand."
Student Juror
"What makes Fred’s Head unique is that it comes from the vantage point of a younger teenage boy. Let’s face it, there aren’t a lot of programs out there that do that."
International Juror
ANDRÉ A. BÉLANGER, PRODUCER
"To innovate is to push beyond the accepted limits and make way for new ideas. A prize like this helps to finance the development of original & innovative programming like Fred’s Head. The Shaw Rocket Fund is one of the driving forces behind our capacity to produce such programming."
FRED’S THINKTANK
Producers:
André A. Belanger & Luc Châtelain
Production Company:
Spectra Animation, Montréal, Québec
Broadcaster:
Teletoon
THE BRAINCHILD of SPECTRA ANIMATION
Fred’s Head is a Canadian-French co-production, produced in Canada by Spectra Animation, Montréal, a subsidiary of L’Équipe Spectra, which specializes in the production of dynamic and unique series and feature film animation. Spectra currently has 5 productions on the go, and many more in the making!
SHAW ROCKET PRIZE
Now in its 5th year, the Shaw Rocket Prize rewards the best in Canadian television production for children, youth and families. Awarded by the Shaw Rocket Fund, it is one of the largest prizes of its kind in Canada, and is unique worldwide for its national student jury of over 700 Canadian schoolchildren who choose the winner from a short list provided by an international jury of industry experts.