Medialab was a French animation studio founded in 1990. It animated the first two seasons of Donkey Kong Country , DKTV , and commercials for the series.
History[edit ]
Medialab was spun off from Videosystem in 1990 to focus on 3D animation for post-production work and the production of Starwatcher, a 3D animation movie done in cooperation with artist Moebius.[2] Following the death of founder Alain Guiot in a car accident in 1992, Medialab was acquired by Canal+, which canceled Starwatcher and focused the studio on TV animation.[2]
The company acquired the rights to produce a Donkey Kong Country animated series from Nintendo,[3] but fired the original writers after they produced scripts that were judged terrible and featured content unacceptable for a children's program.[3] Medialab contacted Nelvana for assistance in producing the show,[3] and insisted it feature musical numbers and dancing sequences in each episode.[3] Parallel to Donkey Kong Country, Medialab also produced DKTV for France 2, a postmodern programming block for France 2's children programming. The company's work on its two Donkey Kong shows pioneered the use of magnetic motion capture in TV animation.[4]
The company was reacquired by Videosystem in 1999, filed for bankruptcy in 2000,[2] and became defunct in 2001.[1]
References[edit ]
- ^ a b c «Société de production d'images numériques créée en 1990 par Alain Guiot (à la suite de Videosystem). Fin de l'aventure en 2001.» ("Digital image production company founded in 1990 by Alain Guiot (following Videosystem). The adventure ended in 2001.") – Videosystem - Medialab. Facebook. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
- ^ a b c Medialab. Paris ACM SIGGRAPH (French). Retrieved August 17, 2024. (Archived September 16, 2015, 03:26:03 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
- ^ a b c d Strobel, Erika (canuckgirl1966) (August 5, 2008). Donkey Kong Country | TV show. RetroJunk (English). Archived December 27, 2008, 06:03:42 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
- ^ Fischer, Ron. The History and Current State of motion capture. Motion Capture Society (English). Retrieved August 17, 2024.
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