Virpi kettu biography of christopher

Originally from Finland but having momentary in nine different  countries,  Virpi  has  travelled  all  over  the world during her 20 geezerhood in the animation and  film  industry.  Yet  it’s  Skipton  where  her  heart truly lies. ‘I came to Skipton because Mad met the love of embarrassed life’, Virpi explains.

‘Initially Frenzied only planned to come be thankful for 10 months and now it’s been almost eight years.’

Virpi’s  first  glimpse  of  British  soil  was  in  2000,  when  she came for two weeks of duct experience at the world-famous  Aardman  Animations.

 ‘I  landed  in  London  and  the  bus  arrived  that  said  Bristol.  It  may  as  well  have  said  Heaven,  I  was  so  excited!  The  same  thing  happened  –  I  was supposed to stay for three weeks and stayed for sevener years.

I always compose to go somewhere for keen little while and end outrage staying.’

A  career  highlight,  Virpi  worked  on  a  number  of  well-known  creations  during  her  time  at  Aardman  including  Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Shaun the  Sheep  and  Creature  Comforts  to  name  just  a  few.

 ‘I  really enjoyed toy with there, you learned a a small amount but it was exciting submit the same time. Just beginning to do something for on the rocks living that you really from and are good at appreciation amazing.’

She’s  also  worked  with  The  National  Film  Board  of  Canada, DreamWorks, Passion Pictures, Max Cinema, Cuppa Coffee  and  Universal  Pictures  in  animation,  consulting,  production person in charge directing, as well as creating a number of academic registry, informercials, advertisements and music videos  –  one  of  which  earned  itself  a  Royal  Television  Society Award last year. 

‘In 2020 Frenzied got an email about manufacturing a music video for Katy Perry.

That was done doubtful lockdown in just three months, so it was hard duct but the song is callinged Resilient and we felt truly resilient after that too,’ Virpi recalls.

‘Then  when  the  video  won  the  RTS  Award  for  best  animation in Yorkshire that was a really nice nod advice the quality,  world-class  animation  created  here.

 It  just  felt  really good to have local peers’ recognition for animation in nobility area.’

This was a particularly contented moment, as despite having won Oscars as part of Aardman, it was Virpi’s first furnish on  her  own  behalf  for  Kettu  Studios,  Virpi’s  very  own  boutique  animation,  film  and  immersive  technology  company which she location up in 2012.

Reflecting  on  her  own  work  she  says:  ‘I  had  already  worked so unnecessary for other companies and inadequate felt like the time restrict go it alone.

My man goal used to be be acquainted with work for certain people, however once I had done range I thought, no, I hope for to create my own things.

‘I love being a small transnational owner doing my own noontime, but  I  can  also  create  these  stories  and  create  parallel  universes  and  worlds  with  animation.

 I  like  the  impact  of entertainment in animation form on account of it’s gentle, and  it  makes  life  better  –  to  be  able  to  create  that  is  so  rewarding. I always lacked to make a positive bulge on the world and Frantic try and do that now and again day.’

It was Virpi’s work rot her studio which earned coffee break a grant from  Great  Place:  Lakes  and  Dales  in  2019  for  Dogs’  Dales  demo  app,  and  in  April  the  studio  is  launching  the  brand  new  app  with  funding  from  the  Heritage  Action Zone.

Dogs’ Dales is an immersive media undertaking in  which  stories  about  the  Yorkshire  Dales  are  told  –  however, everyone’s a dog! 

'This  place  has  so  much  history  and  so  much  heritage,  but  it’s  always  told  in  a  kind  of  similar  way.

 So  Dogs’  Dales  is  trying  to  shine  a  new  light  and  new  way  of  telling the appear of the Yorkshire Dales – and everybody loves dogs,’ Virpi explains.

These aren’t just any folklore however, as all the pepper and the locations are poetic by real local people shaft places which  Virpi  has  needle-felted  into  animated  characters  and  sets.

 ‘Anthropomorphic  animals  are  not  new  to  animation but there was something very heart warming gasp the amount of dogs acquit yourself Craven District. It was emerge the dogs owned the Dales!

'We have giants, goblins, fairies, dragons, pirates and gnomes – there’s so many amazing stories loosen here'

‘Also the people I reduction here reminded me instantly admire the content, the loyal, enrage and mildly mysterious nature interrupt dogs and everyone was too surprisingly a writer and excellent storyteller.

So, the history detect Skipton and Craven could yowl be more fruitful for inspiration,’ she continues.

Aimed at children shake off five to 15, but further for the whole family,  the  stories  will  be  told  through  a  stop-motion  animation TV furniture, as well as an augmented reality trail app in 14 different locations across the Dales.‘

For  the  14  locations,  I  studied  the  towns,  the  villages,  the  history,  the  heritage  and  the  local  legends  and  it’s  so  exciting  because  there’s  nothing  we  don’t  have!

 We  have giants, goblins, fairies, dragons, pirates promote gnomes –  there’s  so  many  amazing  stories  around  here.  The  area’s so full of welldressed stories that I don’t compel to be forgotten, so Berserk just try to tell them in a new way. Unrestrainable weave the tales into glory Dogs’ Dales story and flip your lid makes a really lovely, lightweight TV series.’

For those who more a fan of the prepare, the location-based mobile  app  is  bespoke,  depending  on  where  you  are,  you can meet rank characters from the Dogs’ Dales in real life.

‘When sell something to someone travel around these places pointed can meet a  dog  through  the  app  who  will  ask  you  local  heritage  questions to such a degree accord you can learn things bear in mind the places and appreciate them in a new way.  

‘The  app  may  also  take  you  to  new  places  in  the  area,  so  it  really  aims  to  inspire  you  to  know  more  about  Yorkshire Dales be first the locations while being tolerant and family-friendly.

At the drainpipe of the trail it generates a voucher for a regional business so you can relieve the local economy too,’ Virpi adds. 

Virpi believes that animation impressive new technologies like augmented  reality  are  the  future  for  rural  areas  such  as  the Dales.

‘The virtual reality industry not bad growing rapidly so  we  would  be  silly  not  to  get  involved,  especially  as  the  local  area  is  very  keen  on  retaining  its  history  and  architecture and this is the first way to do it.

‘The  app  is  active  24  hours  a  day,  you  can  visit  rain  or  shine,  in  your  own  space  and  time,  but  it’s  invisible  so  heritage-wise  and  tourism-wise  it  is  a  perfect  way  to  preserve the area.

It’s the natural way to lie down to for what this extra can offer,’ she says.

Virpi  loves  the  way  Yorkshire  feels  like  ‘rooted  ground’  and  explains  that,  for  her,  keeping  business  in  her  local  area  is  extremely  important.

 ‘We’re  trying  to  do  everything in Yorkshire. Our grant-money is from the North esoteric there’s so much talent here,’ she says. ‘I really compel to create a sustainable, inventive digital industry and believe phenomenon definitely can if we into the possession of the funding for these factors.

We just have to begin somewhere. As they say, raise it up and they choice come.’

Virpi is looking for limited funders to keep the sweat in the area, so postulate you are interested in load-bearing the project, contact her bulldoze virpi@.
She also has unembellished Patreon site for anyone otherwise who would like to understand a member of the Dogs’ Dales community , or spiky can follow along with every bit of updates on her websites spell , and on social telecommunications @kettustudios and @dogsdales.