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Oscar Nominee Don Hertzfeldt’s comment on selling animation online, Audience question about going Freelance or Salary Job

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 14:52:48 +0000

With Stephen and Rob taking on this episode alone with only their wits to guide them, stumble they do into a discussion about how and when to charge for your animated content thanks to a Vanity Fair interview of Don Hertzfeldt. We also field a question at the end about whether a listener should go into Freelance, move to a different city for a salary job or both. It’s an all your-stories episode this week so strap in for the shoutouts and name drops!

Annotations:

(13:42) Dreamworks tapped Jason Reitman to write/direct adaptation of “The Adventures of Beekle”

(15:58) Anime Studio 11 streamlines production for various types of animation

(18:13) Oscar Nominee Don Hertzfeldt interview answer on Vanity Fair on selling animation online

(59:54) “Kung Fury”

(1:07:06) Charter Communications acquiring Time Warner Cable in $78.7 billion deal

(1:09:58) Trailer for Blender’s New Open Source Film ‘Cosmos Laundromat’

(1:14:03) Patrick Osborne (“Paperman”) and Aardman Join Google’s Spotlight Series

(1:17:36) WIA (Women in Animation) getting spotlight at Annecy

(1:24:02) King and Country Creates Main Title Sequence For History’s ‘Texas Rising’

(1:27:07) Warner Bros. & DC Entertainment Launch New Global Sites

(1:28:27) Audience Question: “For nostalgic purposes, what animated show would you each like to see have a second run on air or on the web?” ~Ronald Estid Chaparro

(1:29:49) Audience Question: “…I find animation jobs very hard to find locally and I’m constantly feeling torn between starting my own freelance work online or moving to where the work is and trying to get into the industry… Does anyone else struggle with this? Advice on personal skills sets for both? Pros and Cons for relocating? Do some people do both (industry and freelance)?” ~Kristen Loader

“Kung Fury”

“Cosmos Laundromat” pilot trailer

“Texas Rising” main titles by King and Country

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New Muppets TV show, Benjamin Renner’s “The Big Bad Fox” & Spanish horror claymation “Pos Eso”

Stephen Brooks — Thu, 21 May 2015 06:41:06 +0000

Varying style of animation are being discussed here: claymation, digital warm-up pencil-tests, oil painting comic style and puppetry! We also had a lot of great RAPID FIRE topics submitted by you listeners and a Slow Burn question about ONLINE vs FESTIVAL distribution of your short film. Also, coffee + whiskey and suggestive gummy candies.

Annotations:

(8:58) Spanish claymation horror film “Pos Eso” (English title, ‘Possessed’) by Sam.

(20:20) Geoff King’s “30 Days of Animation” short project

(30:24) Benjamin Renner (dir. “Ernest and Celestine”) directing 30min special based on his comic “The Big Bad Fox”

(40:16) The Muppets return to TV with ABC show

(47:23) RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!!

(1:09:41) Slow Burn Question: “I want to get your thoughts on what you think the most effective method of publishing an original short is? What are the implications of going the festival route as opposed to publishing online immediately, if any? Is there a criteria you think you could apply to your own shorts, that might separate them into what’s festival material and what’s Newgrounds/Youtube material?” ~Martin Bell

“Pos Eso” trailer

“30 Days of Animation” by Geoff King

Benjamin Renner’s “The Big Bad Fox” animation test

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First 3D Printed Animated Short, Brad Bird’s “The Spirit” 1980 test animation

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 15:04:46 +0000

Another week FULL of stories and interesting topics… and I get a fantastic migraine during the recording this week, because why not? But that doesn’t stop us from recording an amazing episode for you all! Because we saw teaser trailers, Brad Bird’s would-be take on “The Spirit,” a 3D printed animated short, Toon Boom finally going subscription, and two new series (technically one new and one reboot)! Let me know the pain was worth it and leave a comment in this blog post (=

Annotations:

(19:29) ‘World’s first’ 3D printed animated short CHASE ME

(26:24) THE BRAVE LOCOMOTIVE by Andrew Chesworth partly finished opening sequence

(35:13) Brad Bird’s 1980 pencil trailer for THE SPIRIT

(42:32) MTV resurrects Celebrity Deathmatch for new season

(47:30) New HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON series this summer on Netflix

(56:08) ToonBoom introduces subscription plan for Harmony

(1:04:33) RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!

(1:34:17) … special Rapid Fire link from Mathias Schulenberg – THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO fxguide breakdown

(1:37:32) Shoutouts! Benjamin Shelley, Andrew Kaiko, & our own Pat Ryan!

Making of video for 3D printed animated short “Chase Me” by Gilles Deschaud

“The Brave Locomotive” partly finished opening sequence by Andrew Chesworth

Brad Bird’s 1980 test trailer for “The Spirit”

Teaser for DreamWorks’ “Dragons: Race to the Edge” on Netflix

“When Marnie Was There” trailer from Studio Ghibli (via Rapid Fire segment – Andrew Kaiko @1:05:50)

Unreal Engine Realtime Environment Render test animated short “A Boy and His Kite” (via Rapid Fire segment – Timothy Bergeron @1:16:40)

“Axe Cop” season 2 trailer (from Rapid Fire segment – Samuel R. Albro @1:32:53)

Andrew Kaiko’s edutainment series “TidBits with Norm & Cory” playlist (from Shoutouts segment @1:38:44)

Pat Ryan’s Let’s Play series “My Controller is Broken” playlist (from Shoutouts segment @1:40:19)

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Difference between an Animation Job and a Career, Sylvain Chomet directs a music video

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 17:53:43 +0000

There aren’t many main stories this week because of the high likelyhood of fakery (April Fools was a few days before this recording). But what we DO have was completely submitted by you listeners so thanks for the help! Disney is making another live-action movie off one of their animation properties, Adam West and Burt Ward are Batman and Robin again, there was a music video directed by Sylvain Chomet, and the main conversation is about the difference between a “job” and a “career,” prompted by Will Finn’s blog post. And, of course, RAPID FIRE! Also, this week I simul-upload to Newgrounds Audio Portal for the first time so if you’re a member there give another shoutout!

Annotations:

(9:13) Disney looking to make a live-action Winnie the Pooh movie

(17:21) New Animated Batman film with Adam West and Burt Ward voicing

(27:55) Will Finn posts about wanting a career vs a job in animation

(51:36) “Carmen” by Stromae music video directed by Sylvain Chomet

(1:11:47) RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Carmen” by Stromae music video directed by Sylvain Chomet

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“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” teaser trailer, Idina Menzel says “Frozen 2” is in the works

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:20:52 +0000

STAR WARS! TOY STORY! MEL BROOKS! FROZEN! NEW YOUTUBE SERIES FROM PAT! NEW ANIMATION FROM ROB! RAPID FIRE!!!!!!! Seriously, we have a lot of amazing topics to talk about this week. There’s not any more introduction needed. Enjoy the episode!

Annotations:

(12:34) STAR WARS VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS teaser trailer

(23:55) TOY STORY: THAT TIME FORGOT premieres Tues, Dec 2nd @ 8pm on ABC

(29:15) Pat’s new LET’S PLAY series!

(39:47) Rob’s new short DA SHIMPSOONS!

(48:27) Mel Brooks to play Dracula’s father in HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2

(56:05) The REBOOT reboot has a full title…

(59:47) Idina Menzel says FROZEN sequel is ‘in the works’

(1:04:13) RAPID FIRE!!!!!!!

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” teaser trailer

“Toy Story: That Time Forgot” trailer

Pat’s new LET’S PLAY youtube series

Rob’s new animated short “Da Shimpsoons”

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New Hi-Res PEANUTS images released & point-and-click game ARMIKROG gets a trailer

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:17:12 +0000

I like to call these episodes “classic.” We’ve got news from the animation world and an interview with one of our #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners (Andrew Kaiko)! Lucasfilm surprised us with a new movie coming out in 2 months, new point-and-click game by The Neverhood creators is coming soon, and we talk a whole bunch about the PEANUTS hi-res images (this was one-day before the trailer leak!)… and we have a new segment: RAPID FIRE! Here we take the stories that you suggested which we didn’t have too much to say about and we blast through them with out little derisive or supportive comments.

Annotations:

(12:19) Lucasfilm’s surprise film STRANGE MAGIC to be released January 23rd, 2015

(23:47) Ian McKellen, Danny DeVito, and Sylvester Stallone sign on to voice ANIMAL CRACKERS

(30:38) Conversation with one of our Oct #RubberOnionFanArt competition winners, Andrew Kaiko

(51:22) DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro End Merger Talks

(57:37) Armikrog trailer

(1:14:49) Peanuts Movie Gets 5 New HD Photos

(1:31:25) New segment: RAPID FIRE!!

Andrew Kaiko’s new series “Tidbits: With Norm & Cory”

“Armikrog” trailer

RAPID FIRE stories…

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