Kids' CBC, Creative Director

While working as an Executive in Charge of Development and Production for Kids CBC, I developed an idea for an animated "virtual host" who watches TV along with the audience and comments on the educational messages in each episode.

When it came time to hire a Creative Director, I resigned from my desk job and went to work on the production.

Dot is a real-time performance animated character who watches TV along with the viewers from inside the tube. She hosts the morning block, introducing the shows and then talking about them for about 6 minutes per hour.

I became an expert in motion capture technology and oversaw a team that produced 13 minutes of programming a day for five months with a four-person crew.

Unfortunately, at that pace the character couldn’t do much more than stand and talk so eventually the project was canceled. It was a great experience while it lasted.