Editing Medialab

{{company infobox
|logo=Medialab logo.jpg
|height=100px
|width=200px
|founded=1990
|defunct=2000
|first_release=''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Planet]]'' (1996)
|president= Jacques Peyrache
|product=TV show
}}

'''Medialab''' was a French animation studio founded in 1990. It animated the first two seasons of ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'', ''[[Donkey Kong Planet]]'', and commercials for the series.

==History==
Medialab was spun off from [http://histoire3d.siggraph.org/index.php?title=Videosystem Videosystem] in 1990 to focus on 3D animation for post-production work and the production of ''Starwatcher'', a 3D animation movie done in cooperation with artist [[wikipedia:Jean Giraud|Moebius]].<ref name="Histoire 3D">{{cite|url=histoire3d.siggraph.org/index.php?title=Medialab|title=Medialab|publisher=[http://paris.siggraph.org/ Paris ACM SIGGRAPH]|language=fr|accessdate=August 17, 2024|archive=web.archive.org/web/20150916032603/http://histoire3d.siggraph.org/index.php?title=Medialab}}</ref> Following the death of founder Alain Guiot in a car accident in 1992, Medialab was acquired by {{wp|Canal+}}, which canceled ''Starwatcher'' and focused the studio on TV animation.<ref name="Histoire 3D"/>

The company acquired the rights to produce a ''Donkey Kong Country'' animated series from [[Nintendo]],<ref name="Retrojunk">{{cite|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/20081227060342/http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/430-donkey-kong-country|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' {{!}} TV show|language=en|date=August 5, 2008|author=Strobel, Erika (canuckgirl1966)|accessdate=August 17, 2024|publisher=RetroJunk}}</ref> but fired the original writers after they produced scripts that were judged terrible and featured content unacceptable for a children's program.<ref name="Retrojunk"/> Medialab contacted [[Nelvana]] for assistance in producing the show,<ref name="Retrojunk"/> and insisted it feature musical numbers and dancing sequences in each episode.<ref name="Retrojunk"/> Parallel to ''[[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'', Medialab also produced ''[[Donkey Kong Planet]]'' for [[France 2]], a post modern programming block for France 2's children programming. The company's work on its two ''Donkey Kong'' shows pioneered the use of magnetic motion capture in TV animation.<ref>{{cite|author=Fischer, Ron|language=en|url=www.motioncapturesociety.com/resources/industry-history|title=The History and Current State of motion capture|publisher=Motion Capture Society|accessdate=August 17, 2024}}</ref>

The company was reacquired by Videosystem in 1999, and filed for bankruptcy in 2000.<ref name="Histoire 3D"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rcNu8rrLXg Promotional tape featuring ''Donkey Kong Country'' footage]


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