OOOLALA

OOOLALA is a French 2D animation production studio based at La Cartoucherie in Bourg-lès-Valence. Established in 2018 as a dedicated production affiliate of independent producer and distributor Dandelooo, it creates animation for television series, specials and feature-length projects.

The studio combines hand-crafted and digital techniques across the production process. Its teams use Toon Boom Harmony for puppet animation and character rigging, TVPaint for hand-drawn frame-by-frame work, and physical or digital approaches to background art, including watercolor, gouache and digital matte painting. OOOLALA provides production support from graphic research and visual development through storyboarding, layout, animation, compositing, picture editing and final delivery.

Animation production

Its capabilities include:

• 2D digital cut-out and puppet animation
• Traditional hand-drawn animation, clean-up and colouring
• Character design, layout, posing and rigging
• Storyboards, animatics and timing
• Background styling, compositing and 2D special effects
• Production services for international co-productions

OOOLALA works across children’s and preschool programming, television and streaming commissions, animated specials and feature projects. Its credited productions include Billy the Cowboy Hamster, The Upside Down River, Max & Bunny, Mum is Pouring Rain, Stinky Dog and Hold on Gaston!

Low-carbon production

Environmental production practice is central to the studio’s work. OOOLALA developed ecooo, an internal carbon-monitoring system that tracks workstation and server energy use during production. The studio also offers eco-production consulting, energy tracking and carbon-footprint reporting for co-productions, alongside its animation services.

Its Bourg-lès-Valence facility brings together animation production and technical infrastructure, including an eco-designed data centre. The studio can host up to 100 artists on site and scale its production pipeline for larger simultaneous deliveries.