The Bzots bust out! Out of the factory and into the big time. Angle Park and Eat Your Lunch team up to shoot an epic effects-driven musical spectacle for kids.

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In 2002, Martin's friend and ex-web development maven Dave Skwarczek decided to rip open the family entertainment world by taking a new approach to programming for kids. In reaction to the simplistic characterization, inane music, and low production value that prevails in all but the best kids programming, he envisioned Bzots. Bzots is a t.v. series about the exploits of three industrial robots that decide they've had it working for the man, and break out of the factory to form an all-robot band.

Dave spent six months creating characters, sketching costume designs, and writing the first two episodes. Composer Matt Meils delivered 14 brilliant songs that get kids stomping their feet, but that parents can love, too. In a warehouse on the West side of Chicago, Angle Park built a temporary two-story high bluescreen stage to shoot for three weeks in April and May of 2003. Martin and Dave co-directed the first two episodes. Post-production took three months. Jeremiah Morehead, Chris O'Dowd, and Justin Rhoades joined Martin and Liz to tackle approximately 500 effects shots.

Three of us.



Skree, Wkewke, and Bdonk are three industrial robots that have a song to sing and a story to tell.



Martin shoots a closeup with Wkewke on a bluescreen stage that Angle Park built in a Chicago warehouse.



Angle Park and Eat Your Lunch created an entire world from scratch. The first two Bzots episodes took three months of compositing, animating, and rendering.