Episode 60: Sarah Blank
Animalators
Sarah Blank is a freelance animator, compositor, designer and sometimes-writer/director. In the episode, we chatted with her about CG and live action compositing, Travel Oregon and user interfaces in VR.
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Episode 59: Lisha Tan
Animalators
Lisha Tan is a Creative Director at The Mill in Los Angeles, CA. In the episode, we chatted about The Story of O.J., reading YouTube comments and managing creative limitations as a director.
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Episode 58: Wesley Louis
Animalators
Wesley Louis is a Director at The Line Animation out of London, UK. In this episode, we talked about The Line’s team structure, hiring freelancers and Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit.
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Episode 57: Manddy Wyckens
Animalators
Manddy Wyckens is a director and designer at Studio AKA. In episode 57, we talk with her about giving direction, doing things she loves and finding a voice.
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Episode 56: Handel Eugene
Animalators
Handel Eugene is a motion designer and instructor for Mograph Mentor and Otis College. In the episode, we talked about his journey to Full Sail University, failure motivating success, and his obsession with documenting life.
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Episode 55: Joe Russ
Animalators
Joe Russ is a director, illustrator, motion designer and one of the developers of indie game Jenny LeClue.
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Episode 54: Tuna Bora
Animalators
Tuna Bora is an illustrator, production designer, and content creator living in LA. On the episode, we talked about working with Nexus Studios, Hussein Chalayan, and getting out of your head.
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Episode 53: Alex Griendling
Animalators
Alex Griendling is the co-owner of Lunar Saloon with his wife Meg. On the episode, we talked about movie posters, creative freedom, and making what you want.
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Episode 52: Andrew Kramer
Animalators
Andrew Kramer of Video Copilot joined us for episode 52. We talked about rising to expectations, Intercept, Star Trek lens flares, and relying on the talents of a team. Links: Website: Twitter: Element 3D: Action Movie FX: SENTiNEL: Intercept: Notes: -Video Copilot -Deciding what to work on -Pushing yourself -After Effects -Star Trek -Concept vs. tools used -Element 3D -Bad Robot/Super 8 -JJ Abrams -Rising to expectations -Outside perspectives -Star Wars: The Force Awakens -Relying on the talents of a team -Tutorials -The After Effects community -Action Movie FX -Client work -Managing...
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Episode 51: Austin Mann
Animalators
Austin Mann is a travel photographer who is constantly on the move creating content for today’s best brands. He also founded Weld, a co-working space and community for creative pros. On the episode, we talk about fostering creative communities, how to face closed doors in your creative career and how to pitch yourself. Links: Website: Twitter: WELD: Good To Great: Notes: -Weld -Co-working had just begun -We work better together -Creating trust -Collaboration -Asking good questions -Relying on others -Define where we are going -Good To Great -Blind spots -Collective...
info_outlineDaniela Negrín Ochoa and Iria López are the co-founders of Wednesday Studio based in London, UK. We talk about how they work together as a team, why they often exchange roles, and the importance of always having a personal project on hand.
Links:
Website - www.wearewednesday.com
Twitter - www.twitter.com/WeAreWednesday
Instagram - www.instagram.com/wednesday__studio/
Anchorpoint - www.anchorpointanimation.com/
Strange Beast - strangebeast.tv/
NFTS - nfts.co.uk/
Daniel Clarke - http://www.daniel-clarke.com/
The School of Life - https://vimeo.com/188632975
Motionographer article - http://motionographer.com/2017/09/06/better-together-wednesday-studio/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=motionographer&utm_content=Better%20together:%20Wednesday%20Studio
Notes:
- Wednesday Studio
- Fine Art beginnings
- Jumping off point vs. Starting from nothing
- Creating a brief for personal projects
- Music videos
- NFTS
- Collaboration in schooling and being prepared
- Getting people on board with a project
- Being hands on for a project vs. being an Animation Director
- Handing over the role of design
- Working with illustrator Daniel Clarke
- The School of Life
- Working with other designers and illustrators
- The beginning of Wednesday Studio
- Making the jump into freelance animation director at the same time
- Motionographer article
- Directing as a team
- Simultaneously developing a visual language
- Dividing work and coin flipping
- Growing as a studio and exchanging roles
- The future of Wednesday
- Fear
- Representation
- Direct to client or going through a studio
- Not so personal projects
- Paying yourself
- Next exciting steps
- Taking the studio to the next level
- Working with a remote team
- After Effects
- Hand drawn touches
- Incorporating 3D shapes
- Textures in photoshop
- The hunt for personal projects
- Dream Client: A charity, National Geographic
- Favorite Animated Film: Disney Classics like Dumbo and 101 Dalmations
- Animalator: Gorilla