G7 Blog

Happy New Year to all of our wonderful readers. Wow, it’s been a crazy month, moving into our new studio. We’re just finishing the last touches on it now and it’s gorgeous. So, forgive us for the delay on our Blog but we’ve been just a tad bit busy.

Our subject today is about a new project we’re developing. It’s a story about how Santa Claus came to be. Did you ever ask yourself where he came from? I bet you didn’t and just assumed he was always there. Nope, nope, nope…… there is history behind Ol’ Saint Nick.

Here’s our story….

We’re working on a project that originally came from our wonderful Associate Lou Scheimer. It’s called “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum. Yep, that’s right, the same guy that wrote Wizard of Oz. This writer is a jewel. So combine this incredible book with the powerhouse talent of Gang of 7 and you have a film in the making of considerable entertainment and, ahem, history…..sort of. I guarantee this is a show stopper. The Art is fantastic, the Story, the Narration, the Direction, Sound, Music……this is a keeper, a winner of grand proportion!

Lou’s driving passion for this project made it re-emerge with Gang of 7 and it has now come to fruition. We’re full speed ahead on this one and it is truly a fascinating story. Just before Christmas, (that’s appropriate timing don’t you think?) we got our Production Manager Deb, our Producer/Director Tom Tataranowicz, our Musician, Will Anderson, and of course Lou Scheimer to work on the narration part of this project.

Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway), Tom T. directed, Deb took notes and Will did the sound and music while Lou narrated our wonderful , fanciful story of the Santa Claus most of you don’t know. We do, however, promise you’ll know soon enough!

So, stay tuned to what’s happening with this incredible group from Gang of 7 Animation (check our web site) and we’ll keep you posted!

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Lou and Deb at the recording for the Santa Claus project

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Lou and Deb sharing a joke between takes

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Will making beautiful music for G7

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Lou, Will and Deb