Full Circle Animation takes shape
It was a landmark achievement last year when Full Circle Animation Studio secured a contract to do production work on season three of the HBO animated comedy series, Animals. And now the team is working towards its next major achievement – the development of its own intellectual property for international audiences.
Business Day spoke with Full Circle co-owner and managing director Jason Lindsay about the company’s big plans in an interview at its Orange Grove Road, Trincity offices, a non-nondescript building that contains a world of creativity and talent.
Lindsay, 45, whose affable demeanour and aquiline features would make a cool animated character, sat behind his desk wearing a colourful T-shirt. He said he initially dressed formally, but dressing down made his youthful staff more comfortable. He is not an animator or artist by profession, but has a background in economics and is a development finance expert. He worked at InvesTT looking at diversification opportunities. He partnered with the head of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) animation programme and local animation pioneer Camille Selvon-Abrahams and transformed Full Circle Productions to Fill Circle Animation Studio.
“The plan was to build a case study with Full Circle and see the wider potential...and then there are opportunities for other companies to blossom using that roadmap."
Lindsay wanted to refocus the company from doing a lot of advertisements to focusing on the international market “and on the things I believed we should be doing if we want to grow. And when I joined, that was what we were doing. And since then we struggled, but we grew a lot. Up till now we are doing a lot of international work." .........
