Take Off is the
multi-award
winning
innovative
children's TV
series that
takes off on
dramatic
adventures
inside themes.
Each episode
combines drama,
music, art work,
childrens'
humour, science,
story telling
and more.
Targeted at
children aged
six to eleven,
TAKE OFF is the
first drama
series that is
"ideas" driven
rather than
"plot" driven.
The aim of this
"evergreen"
series is to
encourage
children to
think laterally
and help them
retain their
natural
creativity.
In all 26
episodes the
central
characters in
the series are
kids who range
in age from nine
to sixteen years
old. They come
from a mix of
racial and
ethnic
backgrounds.
Each half hour
episode consists
of dramatic
adventures that
explore a
different theme
such as Dreams,
Rhythm, Order &
Chaos, Ideas,
Colour, Images,
Boundaries and
Justice.
The program
starts with a
reality based
situation from
which the
children "take
off" into their
idea adventure.
This opener
serves to
introduce both
the episodic
theme and a
starting place
from which to
let the
children's
imagination run
loose.
From episode 14
onwards the
series also has
a "back story".
The children's
overgrown city
lot from where
their magical
adventures take
place is about
to be built on.
A local
developer has
decided to erect
condominiums on
the site. The
children want to
stop this
development and
over the last
thirteen
episodes they
manage to do
just that with
the help of an
old man who
appears in some
of their
adventures back
in time.
During the
series the
children meet
many famous
people from the
past and the
future. They use
what they learn
from them to
solve a problem
they are having
in their
adventure.
The much praised
visual splendour
of the series is
created through
the magic of
chromavision.
This process
enables the
characters in
live action to
move through and
interact with
graphic sets,
animation,
pre-taped visual
scenes and even
clay animation.
Award winning
Take Off not
only entertains,
it also informs
and inspires its
young audiences
to explore their
own talents and
aspirations.
