Film Fun (TV series)

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Film Fun
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerBrian Frappier
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release4 December 1974 (1974-12-04) 
15 January 1975 (1975-01-15)

Film Fun was a Canadian children's television miniseries on animation filmmaking which aired on CBC Television from 1974 to 1976.

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Premise

This Ottawa-produced programme featured the techniques of filmmaking for a young audience, focusing on animation. Briam Smyth hosted the series with filmmaking siblings Bryan and Nancy Stoller. Guests such as Don Arioli (National Film Board of Canada), Ben McPeek (composer), Ken Perkins (Winnipeg animator), Sebatian (Montreal film producer). One location segment featured computer animation at the National Research Council. [1]

Scheduling

This five-episode half-hour series aired Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) between 4 December 1974 and 15 January 1975. Episodes were rebroadcast on Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. from 5 to 26 October 1976.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Film Fun". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.