Center on Representative Government

At Indiana University

CITIZENS UNITE! - A Helpful Guide to Being a Better Citizen

APPROACH
  • Two unlikely friends are on an unexpected journey to learn a little about representative democracy and see if they have what it takes to be better citizens. Produced for Indiana University’s Center on Representative Government, funded in part by a grant from the Library of Congress (Teaching with Primary Sources program).
  • Designed for primary and secondary schools to use as part of their civics curriculum utilizing a combination of traditional cel techniques and compositing.
CLIENT
  • Indiana University’s Center on Representative Government
PRODUCTION
  • Milkhaus
POST-PRODUCTION
  • Milkhaus
CREDITS
  • Director: Chad Herschberger
  • Producer: Cathy Trekloff
  • Art Director/Character Design/Animator: Scott Brooks
  • Composite Artist/Animator: James Durée
  • Background Artist: Neil Krolicki
  • Francis, Paul, and James Madison: Hal Ryle
  • Narrator: Genevieve Baer
AWARDS
  • 2012 Silver Telly, Art Direction
  • 2012 Silver Telly, Use of Animation
  • 2012 Telly, Children’s Audience
  • 2012 Telly, Education for Academic Use
SERVICES
  • Editing / Compositing / Motion Graphics & Animation / Character Design / Color

DR. BROCCOLI

APPROACH
  • What the heck does a Broccoli know about compromise?  Well, he invented “5 Steps to Reaching Consensus”  and prevented a hungry Lion from devouring the rest of the cast.
CLIENT
  • Indiana University’s Center on Representative Government
PRODUCTION
  • Milkhaus
POST-PRODUCTION
  • Milkhaus
CREDITS
  • Director: Chad Herschberger
  • Producer: Cathy Trekloff and Davis Coombe
  • Editor: Chad Herschberger
  • Character Design/Animator: Scott Brooks
  • Animator: Scott Books, Chad Herschberger and Tim Kirch
  • Announcer/Narrator: Michael Ricci
  • Dr. Broccoli/Joe/Cheeseburger: Chris Bogert
  • Rick: Brian Shae
SERVICES
  • Directing / Editing / Compositing / Motion Graphics & Animation / Character Design and Illustration

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