"Transformers Prime" Darkness Rising: Part 1 (2010)

Director:

David Hartman

Writer:

Duane Capizzi (written by)

TV Series:

"Transformers Prime" (2010)

Original Air Date:

26 November 2010 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After years of peace, Decepticon activity starts growing near Earth's Energon deposits, which leads to the disappearance of Autobot Cliffjumper...

Plot Keywords:

Mourning | Secret Base | Teenager | Explosion | Exchange Student

Cast

Peter Cullen	...	Optimus Prime (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Megatron (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Starscream / Jerky Teen (voice)
Jeffrey Combs	...	Ratchet (voice)
Sumalee Montano	...	Arcee (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Bulkhead / Vehicon Pilot (voice)
Tania Gunadi	...	Miko Nakadai (voice)
Josh Keaton	...	Jack Darby / Vehicon #1 (voice)
Alexandra Krosney	...	Sierra (voice)
Andy Pessoa	...	Rafael 'Raf' Esquivel (voice)
Dwayne Johnson	...	Cliffjumper (voice)

Directed by
David Hartman		(supervising director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Duane Capizzi		written by

Produced by
Duane Capizzi	....	supervising producer
Stephen Davis	....	executive producer
Jeff Kline	....	executive producer
Jeff Kline	....	producer
Alex Kurtzman	....	executive producer
Roberto Orci	....	executive producer
Steven Puri	....	producer
Mandy Safavi	....	producer
Therese Trujillo	....	animation producer

Original Music by
Brian Tyler

Film Editing by
Michael William Miles

Casting by
Lorena Gallego

Art Direction by
David Hartman

Production Management
Mathias Dougherty	....	production manager
Sonya Park	....	production manager

Art Department
Jojo Aguilar	....	prop design and color
Stephanie Arnett	....	storyboard revisionist
Augusto Barranco	....	character designer
Augusto Barranco	....	prop designer
Marcelo Bonifacio	....	background designer
Jevon Bue	....	background designer
Dave Bullock	....	storyboard artist
Julian Chaney	....	storyboard revisionist
Scott Fassett	....	background painter
Walter Gatus	....	character designer
Steve Gordon	....	storyboard artist
Larry Leker	....	storyboard artist
José López	....	art director: characters and props
Sam Montes	....	storyboard artist
Sebastian Montes	....	storyboard artist
Daniel Park	....	prop design and color
Jason Park	....	background designer
Byron Penaranda	....	storyboard artist
Vince Toyama	....	background supervisor
Christie Tseng	....	prop design and color
Christophe Vacher	....	supervising color designer
Kirk Van Wormer	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Elliot Anders	....	dialogue editor
David W. Barr	....	dialogue recording engineer
Michael Beiriger	....	re-recording mixer
Mary Erstad	....	foley mixer
J. Lampinen	....	digital audio transferer
Ray Leonard	....	re-recording mixer
Eric Lewis	....	engineer
Eric Lewis	....	sound mixer
Craig Ng	....	foley artist
Robert Poole II	....	sound designer
Robert Daniel Pratt	....	digital audio transferer
Terry Reiff	....	editor

Special Effects by
Syuichi Kohno	....	transformation supervisor: Polygon Pictures

Visual Effects by
Ruth Asensio	....	previsualization artist
Rajdip Chakraborty	....	lighting & compositing artist
Shizuka Fukuda	....	lighting/compositing
Marc Keen	....	compositing and lighting artist
Sergio Lorenzo	....	cg modeler
Andreas Maaninka	....	lead digital modeler: Polygon Pictures
Sandrine Moniez	....	compositing and lighting artist
Yoshinori Nakashima	....	lead digital modeler: Polygon Pictures
Nicolas Rigaud	....	compositing and lighting artist
Manuel Rojas	....	look development lead: Polygon Pictures
Takashi Seki	....	models supervisor: Polygon Pictures
Salvo Severino	....	look development artist: Polygon Pictures
Taichi Sudo	....	fx lead: Polygon Pictures
Takeyuki Suzuki	....	fx lead: Polygon Pictures
Hitomi Tajima	....	rigging lead: Polygon Pictures
Takeshi Tshukishima	....	rigging lead: Polygon Pictures
Masayuki Uemoto	....	CG supervisor: Polygon Pictures
Vypac Voeur	....	cg modeler

Animation Department
Yusuke Akita	....	second animation supervisor: Polygon Pictures
Yutaka Akita	....	producer: Polygon Pictures
Marcelo Bonifacio	....	background designer
Jevon Bue	....	background designer
Meghan Burleson	....	animatics
Mio Del Rosario	....	background designer
Scott Fassett	....	background painter
Walter Gatus	....	character designer
Hiroyuki Hayashi	....	supervising CG director: Polygon Pictures
Vinton Heuck	....	storyboard artist
Leo Hourvitz	....	technological supervisor: Polygon Pictures
Yuuki Kamada	....	lighting & compositing lead: Polygon Pictures
Sumiko Katsuki	....	layout artist
Jang Gil Kim	....	timing supervisor
Masanari Kubo	....	production supervisor: Polygon Pictures
Yuuki Mizoguchi	....	lighting & compositing lead: Polygon Pictures
Yoshinori Nakashima	....	set lead: Polygon Pictures
Yasuhisa Niizato	....	lighting & compositing lead: Polygon Pictures
Minoru Okamoto	....	animation supervisor: Polygon Pictures
Daniel Park	....	colorist
Daniel Park	....	prop designer
Jason Park	....	background designer
Shinji Santoh	....	consulting producer: Polygon Pictures
Meiko Sato	....	line producer: Polygon Pictures
Shuzo Shiota	....	executive producer: Polygon Pictures
Kazuhiro Suzki	....	production manager: Polygon Pictures
Vince Toyama	....	background supervisor
Todd Waterman	....	storyboard artist

Casting Department
Lorena Gallego	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Austin Block	....	post-production supervisor
Meghan Burleson	....	animatic editing
Bradford Keatts	....	supervising on-line editor
James Lafferty	....	assistant editor
Michael William Miles	....	assistant editor
Adam Nixon	....	assistant animatics
Gregory Peskay	....	telecine colorist
Tatsuya Sakuma	....	lead editor: Polygon Pictures
Robbi Smith	....	dialogue editor
Bess Thompson	....	post-production assistant
Kimberly Lacroix	....	assistant on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Peter Fuchs	....	scoring mixer
Pakk Hui	....	orchestrator
Robert Lydecker	....	music editor (as Bob Lydecker)
Matthew Margeson	....	additional music arranger
Brian Tyler	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Mary Beth Bambridge	....	production management
Tanja Barnes	....	office coordinator
Susan Blu	....	voice director
Kathy Cavanaugh	....	production assistant
Brenda Cullen	....	production legal
Kevin Healy	....	production legal
Sophia Hussain	....	production executive
Michael Jaffa	....	production legal
Nathan W. Johnson	....	production assistant
Bradford Keatts	....	technical operations
Brian Lenard	....	development & creative supervision
Kathryn Page	....	production management
Jeff Prezenkowski	....	production executive
Jacob Rivera	....	production assistant
Meredith Rodgers	....	production coordinator
Mairghread Scott	....	writers assistant
Mairghread Scott	....	writers' assistant
Deborah Uluer	....	production legal
Shalonda Ware	....	production accountant
Jason Zhang	....	production accountant
Donna Ebbs	....	creative supervisor (uncredited)

Gina Torres

...

(voice)

Editorial Department
Matt Barrios	....	animatic editing (2010)

Distributors

• Shout! Factory (2011) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Advantage Sound Services  post-production facility
• Hammer Creative  main title sequence
• Slightly Off Track  track reader
• Studiopolis  recording facility

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Singapore:PG

Quotes:

Arcee:Relax. I just want to talk to you.
Jack Darby:Don't you mean you and your new friend?
Arcee:Kid, there's a lot you don't understand.
[Arcee's holographic driver disappears]
Jack Darby:Look, I get it, I get it. The first rule of Robot Fight Club is that you don't talk about Robot Fight Club.

Movie Connections:

References Fight Club (1999)