Nori: Roller Coaster Boy
《Nori：过山车小子》
Sitting in a leafy courtyard while enjoying a quiet drink after a day at the Beijing Film Festival POW Studios' CEO John McKay and XrisP owner Xris Sohn never imagined that they would soon be entering into the first NZ -Sth Korea co-production agreement.
That conversation, which began in 2015, led to POW facilitating the introduction of XrisP to Chinese animation house, York Animation and an exciting collaboration involving companies in NZ, South Korea and China working together to create the 52 episode children's animation series Nori: Roller Coaster Boy.
On top of POW’s previously proven skills as providers of post-production sound services, POW were able to access the wide range of talent available in Wellington - including award-winning actors and composers as well as providing proximity to world class recording and mixing facilities.
坐在一个绿意盎然的庭院中，在北京电影节结束后静静地喝着饮品，新西兰POW Studios的首席执行官约翰·麦凯（John McKay）和韩国XrisP公司创始人Xris Sohn当时万万没想到，他们即将开启新西兰与韩国之间的首个联合制作协议。
这场始于2015年的对话，引导了POW Studios给中国动画公司York Animation引荐了XrisP，并且促成了一项激动人心的跨国合作：由新西兰、韩国和中国的多个公司共同参与创作的52集儿童动画系列剧《Nori：过山车小子》。
除了POW在后期声音制作服务方面早已展现的专业实力之外，他们还能够调动惠灵顿丰富的人才资源——包括屡获殊荣的演员与作曲家，同时也拥有世界一流的录音与混音设施。
Thomasin McKenzie - Nori
POW engaged internationally recognised casting director Liz Mullane to start auditioning local talent. Xris returned to Wellington for the recall auditions and, with voice director Jane Waddell, took the actors through their paces. Thomasin McKenzie’s charming and unique voice won her the role of Nori. All the characters in the series are portrayed by Wellington-based actors, including Peter Hambleton (Gloin in The Hobbit).
POW Studios’ creative department also provided script editorial to ensure the stories worked as well in English as they did in Korean and Chinese.
All voice and foley recording was supervised by POW’s COO, Academy Award nominated sound editor Jason Canovas. Original music and songs were composed for the series by Wellington musicians Stephen Gallagher (MPSE Golden Reel nominee) and Jeremy Cullen, while the show’s theme song We Love Nori Park was written by POW’s American partner, composer Drew Youngs.
POW聘请了国际知名的选角导演莉兹·穆莱恩（Liz Mullane）开始为本地人才进行试镜。Xris随后返回惠灵顿，参与复试，并与配音导演简·瓦德尔（Jane Waddell）一起带领演员进行深度表演训练。托马辛·麦肯齐（Thomasin McKenzie）凭借其迷人且独特的声音赢得了主角诺里的配音角色。该系列中的所有角色均由惠灵顿本地演员配音，包括曾在《霍比特人》中饰演葛罗音（Gloin）的彼得·汉布尔顿（Peter Hambleton）。
POW Studios 的创意部门还负责剧本编辑工作，确保故事在英文中的表达效果与韩文和中文一样出色。
所有对白与拟音动效录制工作均由POW首席运营官、奥斯卡提名声音编辑杰森·卡诺瓦斯（Jason Canovas）监督完成。该系列的原创音乐与歌曲由惠灵顿音乐人斯蒂芬·加拉格尔（Stephen Gallagher，MPSE金卷轴奖提名者）和杰里米·卡伦（Jeremy Cullen）创作，而主题曲《We Love Nori Park》则由POW的美国合作伙伴、作曲家德鲁·扬斯（Drew Youngs）谱写。
At POW Studios we used the latest software to enable clear logging of sound tracks, editorial changes and to ensure ease of communication with York Animation in Zhengzhou, China and XrisP in Seoul. Internet deliveries between countries proved to be easy and reliable, while the relative time difference between Asia and New Zealand meant daily communication between our production team and those in China or Korea was always possible.
The first episode was completed in time for MiP Junior in Cannes, October 2016. POW CEO John McKay joined Xris Sohn in France for this important market, bringing with him an extra video POW made to introduce the actors behind the characters.
Over the following 12 months POW Studios recorded, edited and mixed 52 episodes of Nori: Roller Coaster Boy. The series has now screened in the Republic of Korea (on KBS2), China (on v.qq.com and mgtv.com), U.S.A (on Amazon Prime) and launched on Lightbox New Zealand in March 2018.
Entering into a co-production agreement on this scale allows each company to benefit from the relevant financial incentives offered in the own country. It also means you are making content for more than one language and opening your show up to a far larger audience.
Nori: Roller Coaster Boy is POW Studios’ flagship co-production and we look forward to working with compatible partners on more quality film and television shows.
在POW Studios，我们采用了最新的软件技术，以便清晰记录音轨、编辑改动，并确保与位于中国郑州的York Animation和首尔的XrisP之间的沟通顺畅。各国之间的互联网文件传输既便捷又可靠，而亚洲与新西兰之间相对适中的时差，也让我们与中国或韩国制作团队的日常沟通成为可能。
第一集于2016年10月戛纳的MiP Junior展会前顺利完成。POW的首席执行官约翰·麦凯（John McKay）前往法国，与Xris Sohn一同参加这个重要的活动，并带去了由POW特别制作的一段视频，介绍动画角色背后的配音演员们。
在接下来的12个月里，POW Studios 录制、剪辑并混音了整整52集的《Nori：过山车男孩》。该系列目前已在韩国（KBS2）、中国（腾讯视频 和 芒果电视台）、美国（亚马逊）播出，并于2018年3月在新西兰的 Lightbox 平台上线。
签署如此规模的联合制作协议，使得各参与公司都能享受到各自国家所提供的财政激励措施。同时，这也意味着节目将以多种语言制作，从而向更广泛的国际观众开放。
《Nori：过山车小子》是POW Studios的旗舰联合制作项目，我们期待与志同道合的合作伙伴共同打造更多高质量的影视作品。