{"id":26653,"date":"2016-07-25T09:32:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T09:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=26653"},"modified":"2016-07-25T09:54:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T09:54:39","slug":"barefoot-bandits-interview-mukpuddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/barefoot-bandits-interview-mukpuddy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Barefoot Bandits&#8217; &#8211; An Interview with Mukpuddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebarefootbandits.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Barefoot Bandits<\/a> is a brand new animated comedy adventure series created by the\u00a0New Zealand based animation studio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mukpuddy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mukpuddy<\/a>. \u00a0Season One has been\u00a0airing this year in a prime time slot, on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvnz.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Television New Zealand<\/a>&#8216;s channel\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tvnz.co.nz\/tv2\" target=\"_blank\">TV2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show follows the protagonist trio of Tane, Fridge and Riley who live on the little known island of Ngarno. \u00a0Unbeknown to the quiet townsfolk that call the island their home, Ngaro\u00a0has long been full of many mysteries &#8211; until one day, Tane, Fridge and Riley decide to take it upon themselves to uncover all of the islands secrets, talking on the name\u00a0&#8216;The Barefoot Bandits&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Barefoot Bandits - Opening Titles Promo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d64kg5sKKmM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Meet the Barefoot Bandits<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Tane.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26681 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Tane.png\" width=\"192\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><strong>Tane <\/strong>is the sensible\u00a0guy that really holds the group together. \u00a0With the many\u00a0qualities of a good leader he does his best to remain calm and level-headed in difficult\u00a0situations &#8211; even when\u00a0faced by\u00a0a hoard of zombie vegetables! \u00a0He\u00a0can\u00a0empathize well with others and\u00a0adopts an objective approach to solving mysteries.<\/p>\n<p>Cool, positive and cheerful, Tane\u00a0is often\u00a0the one that can make quick decisions when the going gets tough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Riley.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26682 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Riley.png\" width=\"192\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><strong>Riley\u00a0<\/strong>simply\u00a0can&#8217;t get enough of adventures! \u00a0When Fridge is quivering in fear by the prospect of exploring a dark cave or even when Tane is a little unsure\u00a0at times, she\u00a0is there the drive them on, brimming with enthusiasm along the way. \u00a0Despite the extraordinary discoveries the\u00a0trio make in each episode, Riley\u00a0is always hoping to find something even more fantastical around the next turn. \u00a0But what she really hopes to find above all is aliens!<\/p>\n<p>Brave, fearless and intelligent, Riley is always there to help the boys out when they&#8217;re stumped for ideas!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Fridge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26683 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Fridge.png\" width=\"192\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><strong>Fridge\u00a0<\/strong>is definitely the joker of the pack! \u00a0On the surface he is full of confidence with his\u00a0quick-witted attitude. \u00a0But when faced with the adversities of adventure we get to see that he&#8217;s really a\u00a0big softy and is easily made fearful and jumpy\u00a0by the slightest of things. \u00a0Like Tane and Riley, Fridge\u00a0is enthused by the many wonders their discoveries unearth, but he would be quite content\u00a0just stuffing his face and sitting in front of the TV watching &#8216;Tumeke Space&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Eccentric, Glutton and an extrovert, this madcap guy can keep his friends entertained in any situation!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These three characters form a\u00a0very appealing and effective group dynamic. \u00a0Tane has a sort of &#8216;pure&#8217; and objective\u00a0quality about him when it comes to adventures and this really helps anchor the narrative &#8211; allowing us, the viewer, to see the story unfold through his eyes <em>(or perhaps he is just the character that I can personally relate\u00a0with the most?) \u00a0<\/em>Then you have Riley who can always\u00a0provide a dose of logic and scientific grounding when the boys haven&#8217;t quite got things right &#8211; and what a brilliant character she is. \u00a0There\u00a0is still so much inequality in gender representation and it is so refreshing to see a female character that isn&#8217;t limited by the absurd\u00a0stereotypes that flood our everyday media. \u00a0Riley is\u00a0a credible role model for female viewers, demonstrating that girls\u00a0and boys\u00a0are both equally capable of pursuing\u00a0the same things in life. \u00a0And then there is Fridge, who is not only the great comedian of the group but also a counterbalance; punctuating all of the potential dangers they encounter throughout their adventures. \u00a0He is a complex character who likes to hide beneath a veneer of confidence <em>(or another persona\u00a0completely)<\/em>\u00a0and turn his vices <em>(in his case his love of food) <\/em>into a coping mechanism or a reason to escape a situation where he feels threatened. \u00a0We can all identify in some way with Fridge&#8217;s traits and I think this character is a catalyst for interesting storytelling. \u00a0He also delivers\u00a0many\u00a0hilarious\u00a0one-liners such as,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I think I&#8217;m going to vomate. \u00a0Which is a combination of vomiting and fainting!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>and,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Awwhh! My Cankle!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I first watched The Barefoot Bandits\u00a0I was immediately taken back to my childhood. \u00a0Each episode\u00a0reminded of the many films and TV shows that I grew up with, from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0089218\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Goonies<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1985) to <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0084996\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(1983 &#8211; 1985). \u00a0In particular <em>The Barefoot Bandits<\/em> was also reminiscent\u00a0of one of my favorite 80&#8217;s film <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0089114\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Explorers<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1985), which follows three boys who\u00a0encounter aliens after building a spacecraft from a discarded fairground Waltzer car. \u00a0Perhaps this is because films like these opened my imagination to the possibilities\u00a0of adventure &#8211; at a time where me and my friends were building dens in the woods, going out looking for ghosts and\u00a0exploring all the places unknown to us on our bicycles! \u00a0Of course,\u00a0Tane, Fridge and Riley&#8217;s adventures are much more fantastical, encountering a\u00a0ghostly sea captain when hunting for treasure <em>(in episode five)<\/em> and discovering a totalitarian society of glow worms deep under the ground<em>. \u00a0<\/em>Throughout\u00a0the show there are so\u00a0many\u00a0great references to sci-fi, fantasy and adventure films of the 80&#8217;s. Episode seven,\u00a0<em>Night Of The Living Vege<\/em>\u00a0brilliantly\u00a0parodies zombie movies of the time and has shades of\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0087363\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\">Gremlins<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(1984) and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0090887\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\">Critters<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(1986). \u00a0Every episode that I have seen has\u00a0sent\u00a0the\u00a0fond memories of childhood flooding back to me &#8211; and I thoroughly enjoyed watching them as an adult too! \u00a0This show is clearly for the whole family to enjoy, with humour for the kids and plenty of jokes for the adults &#8211; and it&#8217;s great that it&#8217;s full of Kiwi slang such as <em>&#8216;bro&#8217;<\/em>, <em>&#8216;choice&#8217;<\/em> <em>&#8216;egg&#8217;<\/em> and <em>&#8216;sweet as&#8217;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Characters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26705 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Characters.jpg\" alt=\"Barefoot_Bandits_Characters\" width=\"960\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One thing in particular that\u00a0I am\u00a0really impressed by is just how polished the show looks and the appeal of the visuals in general. \u00a0All of the visual aspects are incredibly well thought out and fit together perfectly. \u00a0The character designs are sublime and cleverly designed &#8211;\u00a0you could render them all as\u00a0silhouettes and each and every character would still be easily recognisable. \u00a0The detailed backgrounds have a &#8216;hand-painted&#8217; and slightly textured aesthetic that provides a softening backdrop &#8211; guiding the eye to each\u00a0character and\u00a0creating\u00a0an environment that we can\u00a0believe the characters are truly part of. \u00a0The colour palette is carefully executed\u00a0&#8211; incorporating vibrant tones\u00a0with the hues\u00a0of nature so\u00a0to be eye-catching without being overbearing. \u00a0And then there is the animation! \u00a0All of the characters are beautifully animated and from the very first episode I found myself drawing parallels with\u00a0the shows\u00a0I grew up with &#8211; in particular the work of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/a-conversation-with-john-kricfalusi\/\">John K<\/a>\u00a0such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/what-are-ya\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Ren &amp; Stimpy Show<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(1991 &#8211; 1996).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out this time-lapse\u00a0video of\u00a0the character &#8216;The Alien&#8217; being rigged in Flash.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alien - Character Rig Building in Flash - Time-lapse\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f2yyI--_yNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With a talented voice acting cast including <span class=\"itemprop\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0722636\/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t13\" target=\"_blank\">John Rhys-Davies<\/a>\u00a0as &#8216;Captain Cragglechin McScuttlebutt&#8217; and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1055302\/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t23\" target=\"_blank\">Rhys Darby<\/a> as &#8216;Mayor Dennis Gob&#8217;, <em>The Barefoot Bandits<\/em> ticks all the boxes for a hit TV show.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Meet the\u00a0Directors<\/h2>\n<p>The Barefoot Bandits was produced\u00a0by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mukpuddy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mukpuddy<\/a>, an animation studio based in Aukland, New Zealand. \u00a0Mukpuddy specialises in 2D and it was founded by the three animators Alex Leighton, Ryan Cooper and Tim Evans who created and co-directed The Barefoot Bandits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Cooper<\/strong> leads the scripting side of the show with Nick Ward. \u00a0Cooper wrote\u00a0the theme tune with rap musician <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommyill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy III<\/a>\u00a0and provided\u00a0many\u00a0character voices such as &#8216;Frida the Seahag&#8217; and &#8216;Uncle Moa&#8217;. \u00a0He is also the co-producer and co-animation supervisor along\u00a0with Tim Evans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tim Evans <\/strong>also works as the editor along with Aleksander Sakowski &#8211; who he works with to provide all of the show&#8217;s compositing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alex Leighton<\/strong>\u00a0is responsible for all the character design\u00a0and\u00a0worked on the stories with Evans, Cooper and Nick Ward.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to\u00a0The Barefoot Bandits, Mukpuddy created <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jass3aQloMo\" target=\"_blank\">Pocket Protectors<\/a><\/em>\u00a0&#8211; a series of five minute episodes following a young boy called Ollie who inherits a pencil case\u00a0only to find that the stationary inside transform into tiny robotic heros! \u00a0This imaginative\u00a0parody of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transformers\" target=\"_blank\">Transformers<\/a><\/em>\u00a0was created for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitebaitmedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WhitebaitMedia<\/a> and plays on <a href=\"http:\/\/tvnz.co.nz\/tv2\" target=\"_blank\">TV2<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/whatnow.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">WhatNow<\/a>. \u00a0They have also created other short TV series for WhitebaitMedia including <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EpnaNI3KU-Y\" target=\"_blank\">Sparkle Friends<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bMjEQUNOnvE\" target=\"_blank\">Lanky Lampton<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xvRBW5m4u0Q\" target=\"_blank\">Roodie Toodie<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Muckpuddy have also taken part in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.48hours.co.nz\/2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand&#8217;s 48 hours film competitions<\/a> &#8211; which literally involves making an entire film in 48 hours! \u00a0These include <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_JCm_O7gWqU\" target=\"_blank\">Dead End Job<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2014), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SJqQpQ5q50Y\" target=\"_blank\">Camp Fear<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2007), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TUYjipoolQQ\" target=\"_blank\">Meanie Pants<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2011) and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eW9Qxoxy-WI\" target=\"_blank\">Love in Decay<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2012). \u00a0&#8216;Camp Fear&#8217; was the first ever animated film to make it into the competition&#8217;s national finals &#8211; winning the Auckland Final!<\/p>\n<h2>Q &amp; A<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>We\u00a0were able\u00a0to catch up with Alex Leighton [AL],\u00a0Ryan Copper [RC] and Tim Evans [TE] and they were more than\u00a0happy to\u00a0talk about their exciting new show\u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Directors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26713 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Barefoot_Bandits_Directors.jpg\" alt=\"Barefoot_Bandits_Directors\" width=\"960\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>I understand that you guys met thirteen\u00a0years ago while you were studying on the same animation course.\u00a0 How valuable was your time as students and how did you start working on animations together as Mukpuddy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>RC: Our time as students was invaluable. We all started our animation course not knowing each other and in our 2nd year we finally crossed paths and our interest and shared sense of humour instantly made it a perfect team-up. We spent the following years on our course coming up with skits and show concepts for fun but then as we approached the end of our course, we knew we had to capitalise on this passion and decided to give the world of internet cartoons a go&#8230; and so Mukpuddy was born. While the whole internet cartoon didn&#8217;t really work out initially (as New Zealand wasn&#8217;t really ready for that type of thing) we kept chugging along by offering everything we could, from music videos, to commercial work, to running our own movie magazine (that was sponsored by a local theatre chain), all the while continuing to develop our own ideas. We did what we could to stay in the game until people started to notice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What is the animation industry like in New Zealand?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>RC: Back when we first ventured out on our own&#8230; it was fairly small. It&#8217;s still small now, but it&#8217;s growing. In recent years a lot of the Dreamworks TV series were being animated here (until that went elsewhere), but most of the animation work in NZ is commercial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Your name Mukpuddy certainly sparks intrigue and is very memorable, but I must ask, is there a meaning behind the name?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AL: Ha ha&#8230; Nope&#8230; no meaning really, just a silly made up word. We wanted something that would stick in people&#8217;s minds. Being big fans of the work of John K, and in particular his efforts in the early 2000s, we wanted a word that sounded as cool and fun as his &#8216;Spumco&#8217;&#8230; not sure if we achieved that but yeah that was our thought process.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>All of your animated films that I have seen share a distinct visual style that really takes me back to the works of animator John K.\u00a0 How did you develop this great style and what have been your major influences?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AL: Cool thanks dude, yeah we probably wear a lot of our influences on our sleeves for everybody to see but definitely the early nineties Nickeloden stuff was a huge influence on the 3 of us growing up. <em>Ren &amp; Stimpy<\/em> and <em>Rocko&#8217;s Modern Life<\/em>\u00a0definitely showed us that modern cartoons can still be as silly as the classic stuff. Like a lot of kids that grew up in the 80s and loved to draw, our collective love of <em>Star Wars<\/em> and <em>The Muppets<\/em> and the works of Jim Henson almost single handedly pushed us towards this type of industry and together as friends, and were actually the first things we bonded over when we first met at animation school.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine almost all our other influences are super common among people of a similar age making cartoons now&#8230; Walt Disney films were huge, Hanna Barbera and the design work of Ed Benedict, Classic Warner Bros Cartoons and directors like Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and Tex Avery. As well as a lot of the more modern cartoon makers too. The work of guys like Genndy Tartakovsky, Craig McCracken and C. H. Greenblatt have been huge influences on us.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>How did you come up with the idea for the show The Barefoot Bandits? \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>RC: So because NZ TV is government funded (through NZonAir) the shows produced here have to reflect NZ in some way. Our ideas are normally a little more international which is why we initially aimed for the internet, but we came up with an idea for a Christmas special set on a tiny and overlooked fictional island off the bottom of NZ, about a kid desperate to get Santa&#8217;s attention. It was called Missing Christmas and it made us realise we could tell universally themed stories, with a Kiwi twist. From there we felt we had a cast of characters we wanted to revisit and develop further. So we expanded on what we set up in the Christmas special and <em>The Barefoot Bandits<\/em> was born.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>It is an incredible achievement to have created a show that is on prime time TV!\u00a0 How did you go about pitching and securing funding for The Barefoot Bandits?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>RC: So after making Missing Christmas, we had the luxury of having a one off animated special that essentially acted as a pilot for the series. We put together an extensive pitch that was well recieved and got commitment from a TV broadcaster down here (TVNZ) and once we had that commitment, we were able to present our pitch to NZonAir who make the funding decisions. Thankfully, they went for it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>I can certainly draw parallels with the narrative of <em>The Barefoot Bandits<\/em> and the themes of family adventure movies from the 80\u2019s. \u00a0\u00a0From growing up in the 80\u2019s did your experiences from childhood serve as an\u00a0<\/strong><strong>inspiration for the show and of course the main characters; Tane, Fridge and Riley?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TE: Glad you noticed that, yes the eighties are a huge influence on everything we do. We essentially pitched The Barefoot Bandits as a kiwi <em>Goonies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While not always consciously, the influence of the eighties on the way we make things has always been present in Mukpuddy&#8217;s work, we&#8217;re just such big fans of films like <em>Gremlins<\/em>, <em>Back to the Future<\/em> and <em>E.T<\/em>, that similarities are always going to seep into the show. We don&#8217;t mind though, the eighties are awesome.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Am I correct in thinking that before The Barefoot Bandits went into production, Mukpuddy comprised just the three of you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>AL: Yes indeed. For the most part it was just the 3 of us for 14 years before we got the show. Once we finally got the green light we quickly had to snap up all the local Flash animators, so now we&#8217;re a team of 15 including storyboard artists, background artist, editor, compositor and an extra writer. Before this project we did every aspect of that between the 3 of us. Apart from Weta Workshop the animation industry (especially the &#8220;making silly cartoons industry&#8221;) is pretty damn tiny down here and as a result so are the budgets, so if we really wanted to live our dream of making silly stuff that cracked us up we just had to stay the 3 of us. Small overheads meant we could exist as a business, make short form stuff we were proud of and have a little bit of money to live on&#8230; emphasis on &#8220;little&#8221; though!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What was it like going from a three person dynamic to a larger studio environment?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TE: It was surprisingly a pretty smooth transition. We were concerned at first, being the control freaks that we are, that we&#8217;d have trouble handing work over to other people. What we actually found though, was that our team was so willing to push their work to incredible high levels, that we really had nothing to worry about. They were impressing us at every turn and we really only had to gently guide things as everyone completely got what we were trying to make. It helps that our crew are absolutely amazing. We put a lot of thought into who we hired, and this really helped us in the long run.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The dialogue in the Barefoot Bandits comes across very \u2018free\u2019 and natural, which is very refreshing.\u00a0 Is this intentional and were there any instances of improvisation from the voice actors at times?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TE: We&#8217;ve always been big fans of a more natural style of dialogue, and the combination of Ryan&#8217;s writing and the actor&#8217;s regular improvisation has really helped us achieve that. We noticed that other shows have a tendency to cut out the little &#8216;ums and ahs&#8217; of regular speech, and we prefer to leave it all in there. It really helps keep a more organic nature to the conversations.<\/p>\n<p>As long as the actors get the general gist of the lines correct, we let them bring their own voice to the dialogue and improvise as much as they like. Our job is just to keep an eye on the overall picture and make sure the improvisation works in the greater scheme of things.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>I understand that you are currently well into production of Season 2 which is fantastic news!\u00a0 Can we expect any other exciting animated shows from Mukpuddy in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>TE: At the moment, we&#8217;re very much focused on getting series 2 done. 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