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Case study · Children's mindfulness program for grades 1 to 3

Kashivut BeKef

Children's series, 7 films

Client
Kashivut BeKef
Format
16:9
Length
1:25
Language
Hebrew
Read the story
01 / The brief

What they needed.

Dr. Anat Atiya Malki's program teaches young children calm and self-regulation in a forest classroom: six animal pupils and a giraffe teacher, Ji'la. She needed one film per session, in the style of her own watercolor character sheets. The audience includes children with sensory regulation needs, so nothing could be loud or sudden.

02 / What we did

Every craft, one crew.

Narration scriptCharacter designLocation designAnimationVoice castingVoice recording polishMusicHebrew captionsEdit
03 / The film

Press play.

04 / The shots

8 frames. One world.

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05 / How it was made

From the first line to the last frame.

  1. 01Her worldCharacter sheets, program documents and every answer she gave were gathered into one world document.
  2. 02Locations and framesA painted plate for each location, then key frames drawn from her sheets.
  3. 03VoicesVoices were cast by ear role by role, then Anat recorded every voice herself.
  4. 04Review pageA private review page with each cut, its words and an upload slot for her recordings and comments.
  5. 05Polish and deliveryCleaned voice, a soft music bed start to finish, burned-in Hebrew captions, 1080p masters and subtitle files.
  6. 06Fix listHer notes on all seven films were applied, including re-drawn shots and a cut word.
06 / The screenplay

It started on the page.

{'he': 'קופיפי אוהב לזוז', 'en': 'Kofifi loves to move.'}

{'he': 'ולפעמים הכול קורה אצלו מהר. גם הכעס', 'en': 'And sometimes everything happens fast for him. Anger too.'}

{'he': 'האותיות במחברת יוצאות עקומות. שוב. ושוב', 'en': 'The letters in his notebook come out crooked. Again. And again.'}

{'he': 'נושמים פנימה. מרימים כתפיים למעלה', 'en': 'Breathe in. Lift your shoulders up.'}

{'he': 'ומשחררים', 'en': 'And let go.'}

{'he': 'הכעס לא נעלם', 'en': 'The anger did not disappear,'}

{'he': 'אבל קופיפי עצר לפני שפעל', 'en': 'but Kofifi stopped before he acted.'}

07 / The choices

Every shot was a fork.

Who speaks?

Chosen

A narrator carries the story; a character speaks only when she teaches, and is always on screen while speaking

Instead of

Every character talking

WhySettled with the client: the pupils act through gesture, one fixed voice per role, all quiet and slow.

Sound

Chosen

No roar, no sudden or loud sounds anywhere

Instead of

Big sound moments at the climax

WhyThe children include kids with sensory regulation issues. Ari's ending is a power stance only.

Music level

Chosen

A music bed running start to finish, about 3 dB under the voice

Instead of

Music ducked so low it read as none

WhyThe founder lowered and then rebalanced it so the bed is felt but never covers the voice.

08 / The look

The colour of the film.

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TypeHeebo

09 / Delivered

What they received.

7 films: six sessions and a closing film
Film 3 'Kofifi Stops' is 1:25; the others run 1:24 to 1:32, the closer 0:29
1080p masters, 16:9
Hebrew subtitle file for each film, plus a download page and zip
Hebrew

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