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This chat is with Oscar-nominated Australian stop motion animator Lachlan Pendragon. Pendragon is best known for his stop motion film, An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It, which went on to receive international recognition last year and ended up making the shortlist of Oscar nominated films. In their chat, Pendragon shares what the journey to the Oscars was like, as well as what it took to make his film.

Tune in to Ibele and Pendragon to hear:
*How Pendragon funded the film
*What the stop motion industry is like in Australia
*How becoming Oscar-nominated changes your career

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Social Links:
*Check out Pendragon’s website: https://lachlanpendragon.com/
*Check out Pendragon's Nouns Short here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFAKu0Tspew&ab_channel=NounsFest 
*Follow Pendragon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lachlanpendragon/
*Here's a link to apply to the next round of Nouns shorts: https://nounsfest.tv/apply/

Episode 244: Lachlan Pendragon & How His Stop Motion Film Became Oscar-Nominated

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This chat features the co-founders of Exit 73 Studios - Chris Burns, and Bob Fox. Over the years they’ve done many projects for TV, commercials, websites, video games, and more, but currently their in-production game called #Blud, set to release this year. In their chat, Burns and Fox share how they began their indie game dev journey (without any prior gaming experience), found a producer, and their strategic decision to share all their work in process on social media.

Tune in to Ibele, Burns, and Fox to hear:
*How big a team is needed to produce something of #Blud’s caliber
*How difficult it is to enter the gaming industry without any prior experience 
*Why #Blud looks like a TV show rather than a typical game (and what advantage that has)

Social Links:
*Follow Exit 73 Studios on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exit73studios/
*Check out Exit 73 Studios on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/exit73studios
*Wishlist #Blud on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921480/BLUD/

Episode 245: Exit 73 Studios Indie Game Dev Journey With #Blud

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This chat features indie game developers James Carbutt and Will Todd. The English duo are best known for their free-to-play 2019 title The Good Time Garden, but they’ve been hard at work at another game called Thank Goodness You’re Here - set to release this year. In their chat, Carbutt and Todd discuss quitting their jobs to pursue full-time development, pitching their project, getting funding, and what it takes to run a small studio with no experience.

Tune into Ibele, Carbutt, and Todd to hear:
*The turning point that led Carbutt and Todd to quit their jobs to pursue indie game dev
*What to include in an indie game pitch to get picked up
*Two unexpected challenges when developing your own game

Social Links:
*Wishlist on Thank Goodness You’re Here on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2366980/Thank_Goodness_Youre_Here/
*Follow Coal Supper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coalsupper
*Follow Carbutt on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james.carbutt/

Episode 246: How Indie Game Developers Will And James Made Thank Goodness You're Here!

This chat features budding stop motion animator Emmy Robinson, who gained over 100,000 Instagram followers for her bedroom-made stop motion animations in only eight short months. She shares how she played to Instagram’s algorithm to get attention for her work, and then how she capitalized on the niche she discovered.

Tune in to Ibele and Robinson to hear:
*How much money Robinson has made from her Instagram following
*What made Robinson quit school to pursue social media full time
*How her minimal-effort animation style led to big success

Social Links:
*Follow Robinson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emenro.emmy/
*Check out Robinson’s website: https://emenro.com/

Episode 247: How Emmy Robinson Gained 100K Followers By Making Stop Motion Animations In Her Bedroom

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This podcast features Alec, the creator of the bouncy, orange, meme cats featured in Catino World on social media. In the chat, Alec shares how he came up with the concept after being fired from his job during the 2021 pandemic lockdown. Since then, Catino World has grown to nearly 100 million views across all social platforms, enabling Alec to fully support himself as a full-time artist.

Tune in to Ibele and Alec to hear:
*The number one thing Alec sells that gives him a stable income.
*What Alec does to make sure his posts always go viral
*Which social media has been the most profitable for him

Social Links:
*Check out the Catino World website: https://catinoworld.com/
*Follow Catino World on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/catinoworld
*Subscribe to Catino World on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@catinoworld

Episode 248: Catino World & Animating Cat Memes As A Career

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This podcast features Ben Osroosh, a stop motion artist originally from Iran, now living and working in LA. Osroosh has become known in recent years for his mastery and construction of stop motion rigging devices and now, after nearly 2 years of development, he has launched his own Motion Control Kit. His simple device brings many game-changing outcomes as it can be connected to any rig or winder and synced with Dragonframe software to automate different types of stop motion movements. 

Tune in to Ibele and Osroosh to hear:
*Why Osroosh moved from Iran to the US
*The unexpected way Osroosh stumbled into stop motion
*The complete capabilities of his Motion Control Kit

Social Links:
*Follow Osroosh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_osroosh/
*Subscribe to Osroosh on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mocotoolbox
*Check out Osroosh’s website: https://www.benosroosh.com

Episode 249: Ben Osroosh & Custom-Making Motion Control Rigs And Winders For Stop Motion

This chat features Ole Tillmann, a German indie video game Art Director at Slow Bros Studio. He worked on the game Harold Halibut, which has become known for its super unique style. Everything in the game - the characters, backgrounds, assets, etc. - were all meticulously hand-crafted in a stop motion style, then 3D scanned and composited and animated in CG. In their chat, Tillmann shares how he came up with and executed the style, as well as the video game’s ten-year development history.

Tune in to Ibele and Tillmann to hear:
*What Tillmann did that led to Harold Halibut to getting funded
*How Tillmann kept motivation on a ten-year project (with no end in sight)
*How big of a team is needed to develop an indie video game

Social Links:
*Check out Harold Halibut on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/924750/Harold_Halibut/
*Check out Tillman’s website: https://mousemou.se/
*Follow Tillmann on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mousemou.se/

Episode 251: Video Game Art Director Ole Tillmann & Creating The Stop Mo Style For Harold Halibut

This chat features Pedro Medeiros, a Pixel Artist, and indie video game Art Director known for such titles as Celeste, Towerfall, as well as the unreleased Earthblade, and Neverway. In their chat, Medeiros shares how he got into pixel art through video game development in Brazil (when there wasn’t any game industry there yet), as well as his process of developing a game’s art style from scratch.

Tune in to Ibele and Medeiros to hear:
*What to do to become a professional pixel artist
*How much coding knowledge you actually need to become a video game art director
*At what stage a video game starts to look for an art director

Social Links:
*Check out Medeiros’ website: https://saint11.org/
*Follow Medeiros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saint11

Episode 252: Celeste Art Director Pedro Medeiros & How To Become A Professional Pixel Artist

Skwigly.com presents Animation One-To-Ones featuring Steve Henderson in conversation with Adam Elliot, director of Memoir of a Snail

The now Oscar nominated feature film tells the story of Grace Pudel a book-loving, snail-collecting misfit that falls into a series of misfortunes after being separated from her twin brother Gilbert. Despite her hardships, inspiration and hope arise when Grace begins a friendship with an eccentric elderly woman named Pinky.

Anyone familiar with the work of writer, director Adam Elliot from his Oscar winning film Harvey Krumpet or his first feature film Mary and Max, will know that the director has an innate ability to make the unloved subjects of his worlds very much adored by audiences and Memoir of a Snail is no stranger to that formula. Built on a budget that most features wouldn’t even begin pre-production with, the film is not only a work of art, but also a labour of love, evident through the writing, construction and all round execution of this sincere work of genius. 

This interview was recorded the day after it’s world premiere at Annecy festival where it got a well earned standing ovation, but we’ve squirrelled away our chat until now with the hope that after listening you’ll all go out and support this film in UK cinemas.

Read the full review on Skwigly.com https://www.skwigly.co.uk/annecy-2024-memoir-of-a-snail-review/

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Guest: Adam Elliot
Presented, edited and produced by: Steve Henderson
Music and graphics: Ben Mitchell

Animation One-To-Ones #35 Adam Elliot (Memoir of a Snail)


In 2005, Disney was in the midst of its direct-to-VHS era, a time when nearly every animated franchise received a sequel—some even spawning trilogies with two follow-ups. Among this wave of releases, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch stands out as a shining gem, according to The Film Buff. However, this doesn’t mean he’s finished exploring this era of oft-maligned films or the Lilo & Stitch franchise itself. 


Those who brought us Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch
Crew
Directors:
Michael LaBash
Tony Leondis
Screenwriters:
Tony Leondis
Michael LaBash
Eddie Guzelian
Alexa Junge
Michael Lucker (uncredited)
Producer: Christopher Chase
Animation Department:
Storyboard Artist: Toby Shelton
Musician: Andrew Malloy
Characters Author: Chris Sanders

LILO & STITCH 2: STITCH HAS A GLITCH (2005)

Join Ben Mitchell, Steve Henderson, Laura-Beth Cowley and guests for Skwigly's animation podcasts, where interviews with world famous industry legends and skilled craftspeople go alongside cheery conversations about the world of animation. You can select from our sub-categories: Skwigly Film Club, Intimate Animation, Independent Animation and the main Skwigly Animation Podcast.

The internet has killed film criticism, resurrecting it is Peter A Deluca known throughout the cosmos as AKPAD. Here he wages war against poor hot takes, lazy insight, and trashing a movie just for clicks. This is the last bastion of honest cinema thought.

Welcome to AIP, the Animation Industry Podcast!

Here you'll find interviews from today's top leadaers in the animation industry on topics like:

*the best way to pitch a show
*how to successfully market your work online
*what kind of skills will get your dream job
*and more!

Who's running this podcast?

My name is Terry, and I'm a stop motion animator. I'm soaking up as much knowledge about the animation industry as I can, and sharing what I learn along the way.

For more information about this podcast, visit https://terryibele.com/animation-industry-podcast/

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