"Captain Scarlet" (2005) TV series

Creator:

Gerry Anderson
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Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

12 February 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Captain Scarlet and the other members of a secret organization fights against an unseen alien race known as The Mysterons.

Plot Keywords:

Mars | Reanimation | Terrorism | Alien Invasion | Supernatural Power

Cast

Wayne Forester	...	Captain Scarlet / ... (25 episodes, 2005)
Robbie Stevens	...	Captain Blue / ... (25 episodes, 2005)
Mike Hayley	...	Colonel White / ... (25 episodes, 2005)
Emma Tate	...	Destiny Angel / ... (24 episodes, 2005)
Jules Dejongh	...	Lieutenant Green / ... (22 episodes, 2005)
Nigel Plaskitt	...	Captain Black / ... (18 episodes, 2005)
Julia Braams	...	Captain Ochre / ... (16 episodes, 2005)
Jeremy Hitchen	...	Captain Magenta / ... (13 episodes, 2005)

Series Directed by
David Lane		(10 episodes, 2005)
Mark Woollard		(9 episodes, 2005)
Dominic Lavery		(8 episodes, 2005)

Series Writing credits
Phil Ford		(23 episodes, 2005)
John Brown		(4 episodes, 2005)
Gerry Anderson		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Gerry Anderson	....	executive producer (1 episode, 2005)
Mark Sherwood	....	line producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Crispin Merrell		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Andy Walter		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Mark Harris		(25 episodes, 2005)

Series Art Direction by
Sam Jones		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Theano Kazagli	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Teri Fairhurst	....	storyboard artist (16 episodes, 2005)
Alex Lemonis	....	junior draughtsman (13 episodes, 2005)
Patricia Johnson	....	operator: Junior Maya (unknown episodes)
Carol Kupisz	....	graphic artist (unknown episodes)
Dominic Lavery	....	conceptual art director (unknown episodes)
Rasmus Norgaard	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Tracey Wilson	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Keith Tinman	....	sound editor (24 episodes, 2005)
Mark Heslop	....	sound editor (21 episodes, 2005)
Martin Kwok	....	sound editor (13 episodes, 2005)
Sandy Buchanan	....	foley mixer (11 episodes, 2005)
Andrew Caller	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 2005)
Robert Ireland	....	sound designer (2 episodes, 2005)
Doug Sinclair	....	sound editor (2 episodes, 2005)
Hugo Adams	....	sound designer / sound editor (unknown episodes)
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Brendan Nicholson	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Richard Pryke	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Oliver Tarney	....	sound designer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Saham Ali	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Fabio Bonvicini	....	character technical director (26 episodes, 2005)
Oliver Hollis	....	motion capture actor (26 episodes, 2005)
Stephen Thornhill	....	character modeller (19 episodes, 2005)
Philippe Gaulier	....	texture artist (18 episodes, 2005)
James Malloch	....	digital artist (9 episodes, 2005)
Mark Harrison	....	CG director: Scarlet Team (8 episodes, 2005)
Anthony Rosbottom	....	digital artist (8 episodes, 2005)
Rory Woodford	....	lighting technical director (8 episodes, 2005)
Matt Willis-Jones	....	lead compositor (7 episodes, 2005)
Paula Da Costa	....	visual effects coordinator (6 episodes, 2005)
Paul Ducker	....	senior technical director: lighting (6 episodes, 2005)
Andras Kavalecz	....	technical director (6 episodes, 2005)
Jonathan Opgenhaffen	....	digital artist / lighting / techical director (6 episodes, 2005)
Kim Phelan	....	visual effects coordinator (6 episodes, 2005)
Adam Rowland	....	digital compositor (6 episodes, 2005)
Natalie Stopford	....	visual effects coordinator (6 episodes, 2005)
Adrian Thompson	....	technical director / digital effects artist (6 episodes, 2005)
Gary Coulter	....	technical director: Fuzzygoat Ltd (5 episodes, 2005)
Caroline Garrett	....	technical director: Fuzzygoat Ltd (5 episodes, 2005)
Mads Ringdal	....	animator (5 episodes, 2005)
Catherine Loonis	....	lighting artist (4 episodes, 2005)
Howard Margolius	....	visual effects technical director/modeler (4 episodes, 2005)
Ben Austin	....	lighting technical director (3 episodes, 2005)
Andrew Guest	....	visual effects (3 episodes, 2005)
Faraz Hameed	....	animator (3 episodes, 2005)
Fabio Passaro	....	digital artist (3 episodes, 2005)
Daniel Evans	....	shading technical director (2 episodes, 2005)
John Kay	....	CG animator (2 episodes, 2005)
Steve Lynn	....	technical support (2 episodes, 2005)
Claire Pegorier	....	digital effects artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Saul Reid	....	technical director (2 episodes, 2005)
Femi Adegboye	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Saham Ali	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Terence Alvares	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Myles Asseter	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)
Dermot Bailie	....	motion capture artist/technician (unknown episodes)
Howard Berry	....	visual effects runner (unknown episodes)
Glen Boswell	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
William Brand	....	lead character modeller (unknown episodes)
Drew Cattanach	....	lighting artist / lighting technical director (unknown episodes)
Edward Chaplin	....	head of character department (unknown episodes)
Marco Checa Garcia	....	lead digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Craig A. Clark	....	modeler (unknown episodes)
Tom Conneely	....	motion capture technician (unknown episodes)
Theo Diamantis	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Andrew Fletcher	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Jerome Fournier	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Frederick Fowles	....	senior character rigger (unknown episodes)
Michael Heinz	....	lighting and effects artist (unknown episodes)
Paul Herbert	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Afif Heukeshoven	....	lighting technical director (unknown episodes)
Graham Hudson	....	motion capture manager (unknown episodes)
Michael Hull	....	animator / pre-visualisation artist (unknown episodes)
Rosanna Jon	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Patrick Killik	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Soo Kyung Kim	....	digital effects artist: Scarlet Team (unknown episodes)
Scott Kingston	....	CG supervisor (unknown episodes)
Richard Klein	....	motion capture artist (unknown episodes)
Vincent Knepper	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Gabriel Köerner	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Debbie Langford	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Errol Lanier	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Dan Lantz	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Stafford Lawrence	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Tamzyn Lodder	....	systems administrator (unknown episodes)
Andreas Maaninka	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Stephen Macfarlane	....	digital effects artist: Scarlet Team (unknown episodes)
Maximilian Mallmann	....	motion capture artist (unknown episodes)
Geoffrey Mark	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Miles Mark	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
John McGinley	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Nakia McGlynn	....	lighting technical director (unknown episodes)
Alberto Montañés	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Andrew Morgan	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Richard Morris	....	CG supervisor (unknown episodes)
David Antonin Mucci	....	hair lead (unknown episodes)
Elliot Newman	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Matt Nutley	....	motion capture production manager (unknown episodes)
Stephen Painter	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Simon Payne	....	character rigger / character technical director (unknown episodes)
Adrian Pinder	....	previs technical director: lighting, Scarlet Digital (unknown episodes)
Jenna Powell	....	visual effects coordinator (unknown episodes)
Duncan Price	....	digital effects artist: Scarlet Team (unknown episodes)
Heribert Raab	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Curt Randall	....	CGI director (unknown episodes)
Paul Runyan	....	visual effects (unknown episodes)
Gaël Seydoux	....	CG supervisor: Scarlet Digital Imaging (unknown episodes)
Foad Shah	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Josh Simmonds	....	CG director (unknown episodes)
Chris Simmons	....	digital lighting supervisor (unknown episodes)
Kev Stenning	....	laser scanning (unknown episodes)
David Stoten	....	head of digital layout (unknown episodes)
Lee Stringer	....	CG supervisor (unknown episodes)
Christopher Taylor	....	digital lighter (unknown episodes)
Ron Thornton	....	CGI line producer (unknown episodes)
Sarah Townsend	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Jon Tyler	....	senior motion capture animator (unknown episodes)
Ellen Walder	....	visual effects production manager (unknown episodes)
Waikit Wan	....	lead character rigger (unknown episodes)
Thomas Ward	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Owen Williams	....	virtual camera operator (unknown episodes)
Terry Wu	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Chris Olsen	....	animator (6 episodes, 2005)
John Kay	....	cg animator (2 episodes, 2005)
Mark Williams	....	layout artist (2 episodes, 2005)
Andrew McEvoy	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Howard Swindell	....	character designer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Alex Creasey	....	assembly editor (unknown episodes)
Phil Stone	....	on-line editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Kate Longhurst	....	production runner (5 episodes, 2005)
Jason L. Davis	....	motion capture actor (2 episodes, 2005)
Phyl Allarie	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Damien Cheetham	....	assistant systems engineer (unknown episodes)
Joseph Gatt	....	motion capture performer: "Capt. Scarlet" (unknown episodes)
Jeremy Lang	....	consultant: information technology (unknown episodes)
Taz Lodder	....	systems administrator (unknown episodes)
Kim Phelan	....	episode coordinator (unknown episodes)
Paul Starkey	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Thanks
Melloney Roffe	....	special thanks (1 episode, 2005)

Production Companies

• Indestructible Production Company

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV) (2005-2006) (UK) (TV)
• Children's Independent Television (CiTV) (2006-2007) (UK) (TV)
• Animax (2006) (Japan) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2006) (Japan) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Television International (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Super! Drama TV (2007) (Japan) (TV)

Also Known As:

Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet (UK) (complete title)
The New Captain Scarlet (UK) (trailer title)

Runtime:

21 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Indestructible Production Company

Trivia:

In "Mercury Falling" Captain Black is looking up names of people on a computer, 3 files come up on screen with pictures the people in the pictures are of Ron Thornton the CGI Producer, Harvey Randhawa the CGI Lighting and Josh Simmonds the CGI director for Blue Team.

Movie Connections:

Remake of "Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" (1967)

Might be as good as the original.

More of a "re-animation" of the original, rather than an original take on the original Captain Scarlet, Gerry Anderson is back with more of a whimper than a bang.

First of, its currently shown in a children's Saturday morning show (Ministry of Mayhem), split in two between games and with a preview at the start of the second part. Secondly the transmission times keep changing (anything from 10:30am to 11am) Thirdly, the episodes seem to be heavily edited as scenes jump from one to another without any real reason. Lastly, there is usually a fairly annoying scrolling message during the first showing of the program.

The CGI for the most part is pretty good, with detail on hair, engine thrusts etc. Unfortunately in parts its also pretty poor - lip animation seems to be very limited, with no real changes of mouth shapes, depending on what words are said.

The actual script is pretty good, although it can be a little tacky in parts.

Whether it would be better to wait until later in the year to get the DVD set, and hopefully a better transmission time, will depend on whether you can stand MoM.