Audio post production on animated shorts for Norwegian TV

In collaboration with Norway’s largest public TV broadcaster NRK, Larvik-based design and animation house Sandnes Media is currently producing a series of animated shorts based on works by the famous and influential Norwegian songwriter and musician Alf Prøysen. The narrative for each short is provided by the lyrics of one of the children’s songs that Prøysen wrote and performed during his main period of work in the 1950s and 60s.

The visuals are rather distinct among modern animation in that they’re beautifully drawn and animated by hand in their entirety; this traditional 2D production technique, which has mostly gone out of fashion for reasons of cost efficiency, is masterfully revived by the artists at Sandnes Media with brilliant results.

In order to provide an appropriate soundscape for the visuals and to accompany Alf Prøysen’s playful music performances, I’m responsible for the creation and mixing of a cohesive and believable soundtrack for each short. The results of this collaboration will be aired on NRK around Easter 2011.