Fast Facts about We're Going On a Bear Hunt
Category: News Release
16 November 2016
- The film contains 35,521 hand-drawn and coloured frames of animation which equates to 100,364 drawings when taking into account the number of characters per scene.
- Total number of crew members: 96 And animators: 30
- Each individual animator had a target of 5 seconds of animation per week.
- Total number of background artists: 8
- Total number of hand painted watercolour backgrounds: around 288
- Number of weeks of production: 37, plus 8 weeks of storyboarding
- At the end of the story, when the children run back to the house, there is an animated background which comprises 16 digitally painted backgrounds, which will be animated together for a seamless journey through all the locations featured in the film. The Bear growl is voiced by the book’s original author Michael Rosen – he voices a few other characters in the film – see if you can work out which!
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt book has celebrated 25 years as a top Children’s and International best seller, selling 9 mill copies worldwide (over 4mil in the UK)
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