The Smile Story: My First Encounter With Hidden Toxicity in the Work Place

Hello everyone!

I am Virginie, and I am a happy producer. I have been passionate about live-action and animation production for the past 15 years.

I only know one way to smile: BIG!

Needless to say, I choose joy. But my career was not always full of day-to-day happiness. I had to face a lot of to...

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Who Are The Happy Producers?

Hi! It's so lovely to meet you.

My name is Virginie -it's pronounced Veer-jee-nee. My partner is LP, and together we are The Happy Producers.


Welcome to our blog!

We are two happy-minded film and television animation producers that live in Quebec, Canada. We put our twenty yea

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Time Management is a Myth

Consciously start spending your time, and invest your efforts in meaningful projects.


Learning how to spend time – and avoid wasting it


This was my first job as a storyboard artist. I loved this series, it was fun and the director had high standards but let us take initiative. It was very creative...

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A Conversation With Agora Community

 

Virginie had the pleasure of taking part in Agora Community’s weekly live stream: A Conversation With.

We love the show’s straightforward approach, and Virginie was happy to engage in this no filter conversation about animation film & TV production.

If you were unable to attend live, the repl...

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GRATITUDE : The Animation Industry's most underutilized superpower

I was sitting in a production meeting, and all around the zoom room were long faces.


We could have been talking about some life-threatening topic or the illness of a loved one, and the mood would have been the same. Yet, I just shared with the team how well the review of the latest work with our te...

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