Lojban Kids' Show (Working Title)

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"I had the idea to create a kids' show in the vein of Dora the Explorer, but for Lojban. The basic premise is that the show follows the life of somebody that has recently moved to Lojgugde as an exchange student, and has a very limited understanding of the language. The character, as of right now, is planned to carry around a stuffed moose named 'Chocolate' (based on the animator's favourite stuffy) who will guide the viewer along as the story progresses.

"The idea will progress as a generic "in a foreign country" plot. Day one, first day in Lojgugde; day two, my room; day three, going to the store; day four, going to school; etc. The plan is to simultaneously introduce new grammatical concepts each day along with new bodies of vocabulary that match the level of the grammar introduced."

"... [It] needs excitement and punchiness if it's going to intrigue and engage with kids, especially so it won't feel too much like hard work to keep up.

"Kids really need to be excited about what might happen in the next episode (and even the next scene), so best to keep the tempo of scene changes relatively high whilst breaking down the learning into small digestible sections, such that it is almost transparent to the plot.  As for the plot itself, go crazy, kids identify with creative and imagination-stimulating material, but don't make any cliff hangers too blatant or extreme."

Syllabus Structure and Content

See Lojban Kids' Show - Syllabus.

Characters and Backstories

• Alpha (temporary name) - the main protagonist, a young boy from Earth.
• Beta (temporary name) - Alpha's female friend, a Lobgugde native who has been an exchange student on Earth for a month and has returned to Lobgugde with Alpha.
• Chocolate - Alpha's stuffed moose toy, animates at various times.
• Alpha's mum
• Alpha's dad
• General

Concept artwork for main characters: http://jbotcan.org/en/res/1538.html

Lobgugde History and Mythology, Customs

See Lobgugde - History and Customs.

Economy of Lobgugde

See Lobgugde - Economy.

Lobgugde Locations and Artwork

• School
  • Classroom
  • Outside
• Alpha's house
  • Dining room
  • Alpha's bedroom
• Plane
  • Inside view
  • Outside view
• Lobgugde Earth station
  • On approach
  • Launch area
• Earth from space
• Shuttle
  • Inside view
  • Outside view
• Lobgugde space station
  • Cloaking panel
  • Outside view on approach
  • Docking arm up close
  • Transportation pod
  • Inside view from end cap

Layout of Space Station

See Lobgugde - Layout of Space Station.

Music

Candidate for main theme music.

Synopses and Plot Outlines

See Lojban Kids' Show - Synopses and Lojban Kids' Show - Plot Outlines and Story Arcs (contains spoilers - ask Lindar, Zymish or kozmikreis for access).

Scripts

Lojban Kids' Show - Dialog script

Technologies

• 2D Animation
  • Probably Synfig Studio (open source, cross platform)
  • Possibly Adobe Flash (proprietary, cross platform)
• 3D Animation
  • Will probably not be done (only for tiny gimmicks), and if used is likely to be cell-shaded so that individual frames would be indistinguishable from the 2D animation style
  • Maya (if we use 3D, it may be in Maya as that's what the keyframer will have available) (proprietary, cross platform)
  • Blender (open source, cross platform)
  • Second Life machinima (suggestion by Mark Shoulson)

Staff/Credits

Lindar - inception, co-producer, co-director, music & effects
kozmikreis - co-producer, coordination, plot writer, eng scriptwriter
Zymish - co-director, keyframe artist, lead animator
phma - space station architect, science consultant, eng to jbo translator
lorx - jbo scriptwriter, editor, random shiz (, tween animator?, voice actor?)
Imami - cultures and customs contributor
gejyspa - voice actor (IMDb entry)
timos - voice actor (preferably small roles)