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Relationships and Story Guide Character Design
Character design can be a real challenge at times, but it’s also really exciting when you can see the personalities developing in front of you.
I find that we get our best results when the designs reference a specific story point, or a particular relationship dynamic between characters. It forces you to make the designs [...]
Q&A at BAMKids Film Festival
| Feb |
| 27 |
| 1:45 pm |
| Feb |
| 28 |
| 1:45 pm |
Q&A
BAMKids Film Festival – Brooklyn, NY USA
BAM Rose Cinemas
In February 2006, 12-year-old Joshua Littman, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, interviewed his mother Sarah at StoryCorps. Their one-of-a-kind conversation covered everything from cockroaches to Sarah’s feeling about Joshua as a son.
Plays in Shorts Program: Give It Your All. Buy tickets
Q&A at Galapagos Art Space
| Jan |
| 27 |
| 7:00 pm |
Q&A
Podpourri: Podcasts Come To Life – DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
at Galapagos Art Space
Podpourri is a live variety show for the digital age: a night of readings, live comedy, and video from podcast and online personalities. Podpourri will be recorded live and released as a free podcast after the event. LIVE SHOW 8pm featuring: Comedian Kevin Allison [...]
Hey you guuuys!
Season two of The Electric Company begins airing today. Below is the spot we directed and animated for the new season.
Writer Adam Peltzman, voice actor Sean Crespo, and producers Karen Fowler, Claire Curley, and Eliza Hart.
Tim and I are both big fans of Conan O’Brien, and with all the hoopla about him lately, I [...]
Color!
We’re working on color and background design for our latest project. Our goal is to suggest a lot with only a little.
The stage will consist of abstract backgrounds that have a feeling of depth and light like the one above, and others that incorporate elements that are more specific to a particular environment.
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Q&A at Slamdance Film Festival
| Jan |
| 22 |
| 7:00 pm |
| Jan |
| 25 |
| 12:30 pm |
Q&A
Slamdance Film Festival – Park City, UT USA
Jan 22 – Technicolor Gallery
Jan 25 – Treasure Mountain Inn – Screening Room
In February 2006, 12-year-old Joshua Littman, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, interviewed his mother Sarah at StoryCorps. Their one-of-a-kind conversation covered everything from cockroaches to Sarah’s feeling about Joshua as a son.
Plays with Rocksteady: The Roots of [...]
6 Audience Principles
I’m working to map out some core beliefs about entertainment and animation. Starting by thinking about the audience seemed most logical because without them our work has no purpose. The six principles below are just a start. They’re not the only principles, or the best principles. What principles would you add, delete, or change? Would [...]
5 Secrets to Recording a Documentary Interview For Animation
Documentary audio has been used to powerful effect in all types of animation. John Hubley used improvised recordings of his children as the soundtrack to his Academy Award-winning “Moonbird”. Man-on-the-street recordings gave Ralph Bakshi the realism he was looking for in films like Fritz the Cat. Nick Park’s inventive reinterpretations of conversations with everyday people [...]
