Carsten & Gitte leger hospital - BEDST TIL PRISEN I POLITIKEN
21. February 2012
BEFRIENDE DANSK HOSPITALSLEG MED CARSTEN & GITTE
Tjek 7. feb. 2012 KL. 12.17
POLITIKEN SYNES
BEDST TIL PRISEN
Fakta
Genre: Læring.
Udvikler: Copenhagen Bombay.
Antal spillere: 1.
Platform: Windows / Mac
PEGI-mærkning: 3
Pris: 150 kr. - forhandles i Kvickly
Spillets website: www.carstenoggitte.dk
Figurerne Carsten & Gitte sprang ud af tegneren og forfatteren Anders Morgenthalers krøllede hjerne i 2008.
Lige som de andre karakterer her, så optræder de både i bøger, på tv og altså nu også på spil. Men de to overgearede og meget danske dukker er nok ikke helt så kendte som Disneys og J.K. Rowlings skabninger. Spillet adskiller sig også fra de andre ved at henvende sig til de lidt yngre børn (3 til 6 år) og kan derfor ikke helt vurderes på samme skala.
Prut og pædagogiske principper
Folkene bag spillet har allieret sig med en pædagog, så de ærkedanske pruttevittigheder og et helt minispil om en lorts rejse gennem tarmsystemet ikke står alene.
Der er skam også læring og sunde pædagogiske principper inde over. Som sådan minder spillet genremæssigt meget om en lang række andre læringsspil, som for eksempel de mange med Pixeline eller hendes lillesøster.
Der er en interaktiv hovedskærm, hvor der sker spøjse ting, når et nysgerrigt barn går på opdagelse med musen, og som giver adgang til de her 10 indbyggede minispil som er kendt fra mange børnespil: et tegnebord, et klassisk vendespil, puslespil, et simpelt terningespil etc.
Alt er set før, men det er der måske også en god grund til – der er visse spil, der beviseligt virker for de helt små og vendespil, hvad enten de er på papir eller skærm, hører sig nu engang aldersgruppen til.
Sjovt og plat med mange gentagelser
Anmelderens seksårige datter er mere til Disney end Ramasjang og kendte dog godt de to dukker, men ikke godt.
Alligevel blev hun hurtig grebet af deres finurlige univers, og deres løbende kommentering på alt, hvad hun foretog sig, gik rent ind. For de lidt ældre meldte gentagelserne sig måske hurtigt, men den seksårige var lykkelig, hver gang Carsten & Gitte højlydt diskuterede, hvem hun skulle tegne sin næste tegning til.
Det originale i dette spil er ikke variationen i minispil, men det underlige og lidt anarkistiske univers og de sære figurer, der befolker det. Sjovest havde den seksårige det med det simple indbyggede brætspil, hvor der skulle ledes efter ting med lup, tælles, bygges minipuslespil og svares på spørgsmål – et originalt bud på kend en form-legen er f.eks, når spillet beder barnet ud fra et rødt mærke i Carstens pande, at vurdere hvilken husholdningsgenstand den stakkels mand i alpebukserne er blevet ramt af.
Så selv om spiltyperne er kendte, så giver Carsten & Gitte-universet dem et humoristisk overdrevet twist, der i hvert tilfælde gik rent ind hos min datter. En ting vi trods alt ikke har set i genren før, er spillets indbyggede afbrydelser. Carsten & Gitte kan ikke altid lige bevare koncentrationen, og der skal både holdes tissepauser, spises snack eller måske lige trænes lidt foran skærmen. Aktiviteter og afbrydelser som de to også henvender til spilleren.
En god tradition
Carsten & Gitte lander midt i en god dansk tradition for at blande læring med humor, der ikke taler ned til ungerne.
Spillet er ikke bange for at være lidt frækt uden på noget tidspunkt at blive voldsomt latrinært eller på nogen måde grænseoverskridende. Når Carsten & Gitte på det inkluderede afsnit af tv-serien højlydt undrer sig over, hvordan en baby kan komme ud igennem en tissekone, så er det et spørgsmål, som netop kunne være stillet af børnene i målgruppen.
Når det er sagt, så skal læringsdelen af Carsten & Gitte ikke forstås på den måde, at poderne forlader pc’en med et førstehjælpskursus eller stor viden om medicin og sygdomme. Carsten & Gitte leger hospital med dit barn, men undervejs lærer ungerne nogle spil og færdigheder på computeren, som er gode at have inden skolestart.
COPENHAGEN BOMBAY SWEDEN LOOKING FOR TALENT
10. October 2011
The Swedish company CB Sverige AB are looking for 3D-artists in Sweden for the production of a stereoscopic pilot for Esben Toft Jacobsens upcoming feature film with the working title BEYOND BEYOND.
See information about the project and positions in the PDF (only in Swedish), DOWNLOAD IT HERE.
TIGERS AND TATTOOS wins the audience award at this years LUCAS film festival in Germany
14. September 2011
The film, directed by feature film debutant Karla Von Bengtson, was a hit with audiences and was ultimately awarded the audience award at the festival, which is Germany’s oldest and most tradition bound for children and youths.
Tigers and Tattoos is a 45 minute film for very young cinema audiences but with wide appeal. This foray into the life of May, a young girl living with her tattoo-artist uncle Sonny, dares to push the boundary of storytelling for very young audience and challenges the normative concept of family in a story of diversity, humor and quirky characters. It’s both entertaining, thematically valuable, while at the same time speaking to it’s audience firmly at eye level.
The LUCAS international film festival is in it’s 34th year, and has long since established itself as a visionary festival seeking to promote audio visual story telling making foreign cultures and everyday themes accessible to children, and developing their habits of perception.
For more information about the festival see www.lucas-filmfestival.de
For information about the film or press inquiries please contact phie.hansen@copenhagenbombay.com
THE GREAT BEAR awarded with “Best Feature Film of the Year” in Argentina
12. September 2011
At this years Film Festival Nueva Mirada, in Argentina, the animated feature film The Great Bear, directed by first time director Esben Toft Jacobsen and produced by Copenhagen Bombay, won two awards, including the festivals jury nominated main award “The SIGNIS Argentina Award for the Best Feature Film of the Festival”. It also received The “Young People and Children Award for Best Feature Animation Film” - an award presented by a jury of Argentinean youths.
The festival which is in it’s tenth year, is a collaborative endeavour between the “Nueva Mirada” (new approach) association, the Argentinean Institute for Film and Audio-visual arts, the ministry of social development, and the Buones Aires cultural institute, with the support of UNICEF, is a celebration of diversity and cultural exchange in Film and television arts aimed at youths and children. They show upwards of 110 films and short films each year, selected from all over the world. For more information about the festival see: www.nuevamirada.com
An earlier Copenhagen Bombay production, The Apple and the Worm, directed by Anders Morgenthaler, was previously awarded the SIGNIS award in 2009.
PREMIERE OF "CARSTEN OG GITTES VENNEVILLA" SEASON 2
11. May 2011
The 27 of April the second season of "Carsten og Gittes Vennevilla" premieres on DR1. Alltogether 26 episodes will air over the coming wedensdays, so enjoy!
In the second season of "Carsten og Gittes Vennevilla" the two have built a mailbox in which they recieve funny, wierd, and more or less relevant questions from the viewers. Together with all their friends in "Vennevillaen" they try to answer the questions, which leads them all into fun and sometimes serious, but always educative and wonderful adventures.
Denmark's Copenhagen Bombay nominated as best european producer at cartoon Movie tributes 2011
23. February 2011
* Copenhagen Bombay nominated for its high-quality, low budget films
* Professionals from the European animation industry will select the best director, best distributor and best producer of the year at Cartoon Movie
* "Chico & Rita", "The Sandman and the Lost Sand of Dreams" and "Despicable Me" among the nominees
Professionals from across the European animation industry will select the sector's personalities of the year at the next Cartoon Movie Tributes in Lyon, France. Participants of the co-production forum Cartoon Movie will vote for the director, producer and distributor of European animated feature films who they believe have made an outstanding contribution to the industry over the past year.
Danish production company Copenhagen Bombay is nominated as Best European Producer, in recognition of their high-quality, low budget films such as "The Apple & the Worm" and "The Great Bear". Directed by Esben Toft Jacobsen, "The Great Bear" was released in Denmark on 10 February and was selected at the Berlinale (Generation KPlus).
France 3 Cinéma (France) and Constantin Film (Germany) for "Animals United" complete the list of nominees for this category.
The 13th Cartoon Movie will be host to 56 animated movies and projects from 21 countries and some 660 participants, a third of which are buyers or investors. Organised by CARTOON - European Association of Animation Film since 1999, this is the third consecutive year that the event will be held in the capital of the Rhône-Alpes Region. The event will run from 2 - 4 March 2011.
Copenhagen Bombay in Berlin
9. February 2011
The Berlinale is approaching and this year Copenhagen Bombay can be found in Martin Gropius Bau, booth 11B, from February 10th until February 18th.
The animated feature film 'The Great Bear' will be screening at the following times, during the festival:
February 12th 9.30 CinemaxX 11 (Market Screening)
February 15th 15.00 Haus der Kulturen der Welt - Kino 1 (International premiere)
February 16th 11:30 CinemaxX 3
February 17th 10:00 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain
Please don’t hesitate to swing by - we look forward to meeting you.
The Copenhagen Bombay team.
Press material
4. February 2011
The Great Bear will premiere on February 10 - 2011 in 60 different theaters in the country.
Press material can be found at http://presse.copenhagenbombay.com/
International premiere at Berlinale 2011
13. January 2011
The highly anticipated feature film THE GREAT BEAR has been selected for the Generation Kplus section at this years Berlinale. Over 4 years have passed since director Esben Toft Jacobsen pitched the project at Nordic Talents, at the end of his stint at the Danish Film School, and a little over 3 years since producer Petter Lindblad teamed up with them to produce the feature film THE GREAT BEAR.
With a lot of hard work, a dedicated team and long hours at the studio, this year sees them following the film to Berlin for its first showing on the big screen. Esben has competed at the Berlinale once before, where he received a special mention for his short film HAVING A BROTHER. Petter, likewise, has already established his expertise at producing high quality, low budget animation films in Europe, having delivered multiple speeches on the subject and recently achieving widespread success with his previous feature film THE APPLE & THE WORM which screened in many countries all over the world.
The world premiere of THE GREAT BEAR in Berlin marks the first opportunity for them to present this latest project to an international audience. The film is written by Esben Toft Jacobsen and Jannik Tai Mosholt, and has been produced by the animation studio, Copenhagen Bombay, both in Copenhagen and in Trollhättan.
For enquiries regarding screening schedule during Berlin, rights enquiries and meeting requests, please contact: sales@copenhagenbombay.com
Wulffmorgenthaler and Copenhagen Bombay behind The Pandas
11. January 2011
Copenhagen Bombay is the animation studio behind the new animated sitcom The Pandas, created by Wulffmorgenthaler.
The Pandas is the dysfunctional panda-family counting; Tommy the pathetic and naive dad, Debbie the huffish and depressed mom who loves TV, coctails and Nutella. Vanessa, the cynical and constantly texting teenage daughter with new silicone tits, and the innocent youngest son Conrad, who always keeps asking too many questions.
In this wicked and satirical series, the Pandas live their daily lives, struggling with all the usual concerns, as any other modern family of today.
The Pandas will air weekly on DR2 from January 19th 2011