Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2 (2012) (V)

Director:

William Lau

Writer:

Elise Allen (written by)

Release Date:

6 March 2012 (Canada)

Genre:

Animation | Family

Plot:

Barbie returns in Mermaid Tale 2 as the beautiful surfing mermaid, Merliah Summers. Merliah is going...

Plot Keywords:

Mermaid

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kelly Sheridan	...	Merliah (voice)
Ashleigh Ball	...	Kylie / Reporter (voice)
Kathleen Barr	...	Eris / Snouts / Surfer Kathleen (voice)
Nicole Oliver	...	Calissa (voice)
Nakia Burrise	...	Fallon (voice)
Maryke Hendrikse	...	Hadley / Callie (voice)
Garry Chalk	...	Break (voice)
Tabitha St. Germain	...	Zuma (voice)
Alistair Abell	...	Pufferazzi / Remo / Surfer Alistair (voice)
Jonathan Holmes	...	Rainbow Fish / Server (voice)
Kelly Metzger	...	Allie (voice)
Andrew Francis	...	Stargazer Leader / Stargazer / Cichlid (voice)
Barbara Tyson	...	Ambassador Selena (voice) (as Barb Tyson)
Kira Tozer	...	Ambassador Kattrin (voice)
Bethany Brown	...	Ambassador Renata (voice)
Britt Irvin	...	Ambassador Mirabella (voice)
Peter Mel	...	Announcer (voice)
Jennifer Cameron	...	Georgie Majors (voice)

Directed by
William Lau

Writing credits
Elise Allen		(written by)

Produced by
Rob Hudnut	....	executive producer
Harry Linden	....	producer
David Wiebe	....	supervising producer
Kim Dent Wilder	....	executive producer

Original Music by
BC Smith		(music by)

Film Editing by
Don Briggs		(lead editor)

Production Design by
Walter P. Martishius

Art Direction by
Boris Andreev

Production Management
Melissa Lee Anderson	....	production manager
Nina Brautigam	....	associate production manager
Kylie Ellis	....	executive in charge of production
Anita Ho	....	associate pre-production manager
Ashley Irving-Scott	....	pre-production manager

Art Department
Hayley Brock	....	junior designer
Jake Collinge	....	junior designer
Pamela Prostarr	....	supporting art director
Aaron St. Goddard	....	designer

Sound Department
Brian Campbell	....	dialogue editor
Jay Cheetham	....	background editor
Kelly Cole	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rob Coxford	....	assistant sound editor
Dario DiSanto	....	foley editor
Sam Eeckhout	....	recording engineer
David Green	....	foley recordist
Jason Hancox	....	sound recordist
Chris Hobbs	....	recording engineer
Darryl Issacs	....	assistant sound editor (as Darryl Isaacs)
Kirby Jinnah	....	sound supervisor editor
Laurie Melhus	....	post audio manager
Bill Mellow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Nowak	....	sound designer
Shane Semko	....	foley artist
Wes Swales	....	recording engineer
Ryan Thompson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cam Wagner	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Ljiljana Babic	....	modeling supervisor
Peter Benson	....	motion capture talent
Jenn Bird	....	motion capture talent
Candice Bone	....	technical projects manager
Lauren Bowler	....	motion capture talent
Shaun Bullied	....	lead fx artist
Paul Cech	....	motion capture technical director
Michael Douglas	....	motion graphics designer
Brad Dunbar	....	consulting effects supervisor
Brad Dunbar	....	wave development
Conrad Helten	....	pre-visualization director
Mike Hsu	....	fx artist
Kenny Hui	....	junior effects artist
Nicolas Koubi	....	creature pipeline td
Jai Krish	....	fx artist
Jai Krishnaswamy	....	fx artist
Alex Leung	....	pre-visualization artist
Harry Liu	....	motion capture editor
Tony Lomonaco	....	motion capture manager
Reid Lucier	....	motion capture editor
Laura Maltman	....	senior compositing artist
Brendon Marklinger	....	fx supervisor
Charlie McKenna	....	CG supervisor (as Charlie Mckenna)
Shane Merner	....	lead character modeler
Allan Pantoja	....	senior lighting artist
Tony Pelle	....	director of technology
Joe Pelz	....	technical effects artist
Scott Penner	....	pre-visualization artist
David Poirier	....	fx artist
Erin Polatynski	....	motion capture talent
Graham Qually	....	motion capture editor
Keith Richardson	....	fx artist
Melissa Robertson	....	motion capture talent
Ricardo Rodrigues	....	additional pre-visualization artist
Cliff Rowe	....	fx artist
Adam Sera	....	consulting effects supervisor
Adam Sera	....	wave development
Rohit Sharma	....	lead lighting artist
Yi-Kai Shieh	....	senior lighting artist
Jeremy Sikorski	....	surfacing lead
Cailin Stadnyk	....	motion capture talent
Sean Talarico	....	pre-visualization artist
Christine Thompson	....	junior effects artist
Ernie Wong	....	lead environment modeler
Nathalie Heath	....	motion capture talent: mermaid dancer (uncredited)

Animation Department
Doug Alvert	....	senior animator
Larry Anderson	....	animation supervisor
Kris Andrews	....	creature TDS
Adam Bagatto	....	lead creature effects technical director
Martin Balcerzak	....	modeler
Martin Balcerzak	....	texture artist
Matthew Baldwin	....	modeler
Matthew Baldwin	....	texture artist
Herald Bautista	....	modeler
Herald Bautista	....	texture artist
Nathan Bolton	....	animator
Daniel Broverman	....	senior animator
Michelle Buch	....	compsiting artist
Michelle Buch	....	lighting artist
Eric Burnett	....	animator
Joseph Casimiro	....	animator
Desiree Cassidy	....	animator
Ken Chen	....	senior animator
Carol Cheng	....	modeler
Carol Cheng	....	texture artist
Henry Cho	....	head of facial development
Conrad Chow	....	lighting supervisor
Jess Craven	....	junior shot finaling artist
Ryan Cumming	....	modeler
Ryan Cumming	....	texture artist
Jesse Daniel	....	modeler
Jesse Daniel	....	texture artist
Luke De Winter	....	shot setup & finaling supervisor
Michael Diaz	....	compsiting artist
Michael Diaz	....	lighting artist
Sander Dijk	....	modeler
Sander Dijk	....	texture artist
Winston Fan	....	lead compositor
Brittany Felberg	....	animator
J.P. Felipe	....	creature effects technical director
Federick Fowles	....	creature department head
David Ganshorn	....	compsiting artist
David Ganshorn	....	lighting artist
Jessica Giang	....	shot setup/shot finaling artist
Amy Gohal	....	creature effects technical director
Derek Goodfellow	....	modeler
Derek Goodfellow	....	texture artist
Lee Hannaford	....	modeler
Lee Hannaford	....	texture artist
Michelle Hapke	....	animator
Michael Hu	....	compsiting artist
Michael Hu	....	lighting artist
Chien-Chia Huang	....	animator
Joseph Kang	....	animator
Sid Katz	....	modeler
Sid Katz	....	texture artist
Quintin King	....	senior creature technical director
Eric Kingston	....	animator
Alice Kramer	....	compositing artist
Alice Kramer	....	lighting artist
Christine Krumpholz	....	animator
Cecilia Ku	....	lead creature facial technical director
Boon Yeo Kwen	....	animator (as Kwen Boon-Yeo)
Kin Fung Kwok	....	creature facial TDS
Kevin Kyle	....	animator
David Lee	....	creature TDS
Joel Vander Leek	....	junior shot finaling artist
Eddie Li	....	lead creature technical director
Angelo Lo Presti	....	animator
Wei Kelly Lo	....	modeler
Wei Kelly Lo	....	texture artist
Micahel Lopez	....	animator
Bong Macarayan	....	animator (as Mario Conrado Macarayan III)
Bong Macarayan	....	layout artist
Bong Macarayan	....	shot setup/shot finaling artist (as Mario Conrado Macarayan III)
David MacLeod	....	animator
Wakako Makari	....	creature pipeline TDS
Luke Minaker	....	animation director: outtakes
Luke Minaker	....	animator
Sarah Miyashita	....	compsiting artist
Sarah Miyashita	....	lighting artist
Travis Morris	....	compsiting artist
Travis Morris	....	lighting artist
Colleen Morton	....	lead animator
Alejandro Mozqueda Torres	....	animator
Patrick Nash	....	senior pre-visualization artist
Gino Nichele	....	pre-visualization supervising director
Colin Oleksyn	....	animation director
Chris Paterson	....	shot setup/shot finaling artist
David Pereira	....	shot setup/shot finaling artist
Noel Peters	....	animator
Andrew Poon	....	animator
Jody Prouse	....	animator
Andrew Quan	....	compsiting artist
Andrew Quan	....	lighting artist
Lil Reichmann	....	lead character designer
Ethan Reitz	....	animator
Sukwon Shin	....	creature facial TDS
Eddie Shu	....	animator
Akali Singh	....	junior shot finaling artist
Ryan Singh	....	compsiting artist
Ryan Singh	....	lighting artist
Robert Smith	....	shot setup/shot finaling artist
Travis Smith	....	modeler
Travis Smith	....	texture artist
Kelly Starke	....	animator
Leo Talento	....	modeler
Leo Talento	....	texture artist
Nathan Thomas	....	animator
Shannon Tieu	....	animator
Brandon Tinney	....	senior animator
Josh Toews	....	compsiting artist
Josh Toews	....	lighting artist
Trudy Truong	....	junior creature effects technical director
James W. Turner	....	senior pre-visualization artist
François Van Eeden	....	modeler
François Van Eeden	....	texture artist
Benjamin Wangsawidjaja	....	compsiting artist
Benjamin Wangsawidjaja	....	lighting artist
Curtis Willis	....	animator
Jennifer Yabuki	....	modeler
Jennifer Yabuki	....	texture artist
Lan Yao	....	modeler
Lan Yao	....	texture artist
Lea Young	....	modeler
Lea Young	....	texture artist

Editorial Department
Colin Adams	....	production editor
Sylvain Blais	....	additional editor
Ryan Brassington	....	production editor
Jason Hancox	....	production editor
Cassandra Mackay	....	production editor
Duncan Rochfort	....	production editor

Music Department
Gannin Arnold	....	musician: guitars
Bob DeMaa	....	music mixing engineer
Bryon Rickerson	....	music editor

Other crew
Regner Blok-Andersen	....	assistant technical director
Tara Browne	....	production finance coordinator
Jongpil Choi	....	web developer
Matthew Enright	....	production assistant
Woojo Jeon	....	production assistant
Lily Kara	....	vocal coach
Terry Klassen	....	voice director
Gabrielle Miles	....	production coordinator
Alex Mitrofanov	....	software developer
Sara Moore	....	production coordinator
Cara Payne	....	production coordinator
Cara Payne	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Ruby Lopez	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Rainmaker Entertainment
• Sharpe Sound Studios

Distributors

• Feelgood Entertainment (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Union of B.C. Performers  acknowledgment (as UBCP)
• Voice Box Productions  casting agents (as Voicebox Productions Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Koko Productions  recording studio (as Koko Productions Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Sharpe Sound Studios  post production audio (as Sharpe Sound Studios Inc. North Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Rainmaker Entertainment  video post production (as Rainmaker Entertainment, Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia)

Also Known As:

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo (as Dolby Surround)

Certification:

Ireland:G | South Korea:All

Company:

Rainmaker Entertainment

Just as sweet and entertaining as the first

Despite being 20, I do get pleasure watching the Barbie movies. They are cute and fun, even they are on the corny side sometimes. I enjoyed the first Mermaid Tale movie, and was expecting similar for this sequel. And on the whole I got that. It could've been longer perhaps, the story does take time to get going and I personally could've done without the fish puns(Karate Squid and Raiders of the Lost Corp). However, the story on the whole is sweet with a nice message, getting even better with the chemistry between Merliah and Kylie, and the stunts are neatly done. The characters are nothing new compared to other Barbie movies, but Merliah and Kylie are likable with a but of sass and Eris is an effective enough villainess. The supporting characters are also very cute. The voice work is solid, with Kathaleen Barr doing a great job as Eris, and Kelly Sheridan getting better every time. I liked best of all the soundtrack, which is catchy with some whimsical moments as well, and the bright and colourful animation. Overall, sweet and entertaining, a good, if not great, movie. 7/10 Bethany Cox