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The Ballad of Bea And Cad

Project Details

Client

Nickelodeon

Director

Tim Probert

About This Project

Bea & Cad is the epic tale of a legendary friendship forged in adventure, fantasy and mystery in a wild and ancient land.

Created by Tim Probert, this four minute short was produced by Nathan Love as a proof-of-concept for Nickelodeon, which echoes the studio’s goal to produce compelling, long-form content for audiences around the globe.

The property continues to develop in multiple formats, and debuts as a graphic novel with First Second Books next year.

Produced by
Nathan Love

Directed by
Tim Probert

Executive Producer
Joe Burrascano

Producer
Amy Fahl

Head of Production
James Elio

Director of Operations
Jay Braddock

Written by
Tim Probert, Joe Burrascano, Lucas Mills, Matt Cochran

Storyboards / Character Design / Background Art
Tim Probert

Background Painting
Tim Probert, Cassey Kuo

Compositing
Tim Probert, Anca Risca, Jim McKenzie, Joe Burrascano, Kevin Li, Kristjan Zaklynsky

Additional Animation
Karina Farek, Jodelyne Arias, Ellen Su, Tim Probert

Audio Editor Extraordinaire
Liz Ku

Technical Director
Eric Cunha

Studio La Cachette

Line Producer
Oussama Bouacheria

Animation Supervisor
Antoine Antin

Animators
Antoine Antin, Vic Chhun, Xavier Sailliol, Etienne Mattera, Ulysse Malassagne, To­Anh Bach

Assistant Animators
To­Anh Bach, Juliette Peuportier, Antoine Tran, Nawell Sdiri

Digital Colorist
Amélie Coquelet, Camille de Knÿff, Thomas Machart, Nathan Otaño, Antoine Tran

Music & Sound Design
Drew Skinner

Voice Talent

Bea
Erica Lindbeck

Cad
Bill Fagerbakke

Voice Director
Gene Vassilaros

Casting Director
Danielle Pretsfelder, CSA
Michelle Levitt, CSA

Nickelodeon

President Content/Production
Russel Hicks

SVP, Animation & Games
James Stephenson

SVP, Digital Content
Claire Curley

Executive in Charge of Production
Heather Tilert

Producer, Digital Series
Jason Oliveri

Stills

Character design

Background Paintings

Concept Art

Process

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