The Power of Enthusiasm & a Sketchbook 
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Our guest this week is Katie Merrien, her story is fascinating and her personality is contagious. Katie is a graphic recorder, she picks things up so fast, and she loves serving others. We dive into Katie's story and her sketchbooks. We find out how her enthusiasm and amazing personality combined with her sketchnotes led to career opportunities she wouldn't have imagined. 
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The Power of Enthusiasm & a Sketchbook with Katie Merrien

Reel Tales: The podcast where I unravel film facts and history! Produced by myself, Angel Salazar. This is the first episode of the podcast where I explain what claymation is, show the origins of claymation, and talk about claymation in modern times. 

Reel Tales - What is Claymation?

LocalHero säsong 2 avsnitt 148:

Vi samtalar med Tomas Paulsson som har  arbetat som bildlärare samt inom illustration och animation.

Hans Youtube kanal: Tjet72: https://youtube.com/@tjet72?si=R2HnJjedMHbjiscF

Serien "Straight Outta Sala B" :
https://youtube.com/@straightouttasalab?si=G54sfIDvalJD91_y

Vi samtalar om:

Om branschen att leva frilansare som animatör .
Om varför just "Tjet72".
Om Henry Bowers som berättarröst till serien.
Om serien "Straight Outta Sala B".
Om serien om katter "Kattsunda" som Pelle Svanslös som han skulle göra med Aki. 
Om Salabacke, Brantingskola, maskrosbarn, läraryrket, barnens perspektiv, ADHD och dyslexi. 
Att ha de animerade serien i serietidningsformat. 
Att ha många riktiga musiker som hjälper med serien som Masse Salazar, Viktor Ax, Simon Superti, Aki, Albin Myers, lokala musiker och familjen. 
Om inspiration till serien och om bildlärare yrket på skolan och vikten med det sociala med eleverna.
Om alla andra animerade kortfilmer han har gjort som finns på Youtube kanalen "Tjet72".
Om kortfilmen "Trassel" https://youtu.be/PCTbIKGUY4Q?si=_Spqc3ZqNl0yBjHF
Om kortfilmen "Genesis kapitel 1" och "Wings" som var på engelska: https://youtu.be/64LTQO845A0?si=19idV6ki8dP8XfG1
Om arbetet med animation.
Att göra animerade musikvideos med Dogge Doggelito med Carl Norén, Henry Bowers och tre musikvideos med Aki och senast med Jompa.
Om allätare till musik med lyssna mest på hiphop.
Om Greenstreet 15 kortfilm med låt av Rytmdesign och kortfilmen "The Ride". 

Om barnboken "Skägg" med författaren Anette Skåhlberg.
Om serien "Äkta fejk". 
Att plocka inspiration ifrån filmer, serietidningar och musik. 
Om feedback till serien. 










"Men det där kreativa, jag skulle inte tänka mig att växa utan den" - Tomas Paulsson

میازاکی، شاعری که با قلم تصویر، رؤیا و واقعیت رو در هم می‌تنَد. دنیایی که به ما یاد می‌ده حتی در سخت‌ترین لحظه‌ها، زیبایی رو ببینیم.

جادوی انیمیشن‌های میازاکی؛ رؤیایی که در قلبمان زنده می‌شود

Catholic animator Tim Reckart joins to discuss Christmas movies & Father Roger Landry talks his new title, Monsignor!

Conversations with Consequences-Christmas Movies-12/21/24

Tony Bancroft is a seasoned director, animator, and educator with over 30 years of experience in the animation industry, working with Disney, Sony and Warner Bros. 

But now he is an Animation Program director at Lipscomb University with a passion for teaching and a passion for speaking up against generative artificial animation.

SCRF 25: Mulan and Generative AI with Tony Bancroft

The morning after Oscars day & the University of Glamorgan where Tim was Stop Motion Lecturer quickly splashed their home webpage 'Tim Allen wins Oscar for his film Peter & the Wolf'! The phone went wild & the afternoon was spent telling reporters & websites they'd misquoted & "No I'm not THAT Tim Allen".
However BBC Radio Wales still insisted it was worth a live interview...

18:25 25th Feb 2008
'Good Evening Wales'
BBC Radio Wales
Recorded at Broadcasting House, Llandaff, Cardiff

Peter & Wolf interview for BBC Radio Wales 25-02-08

Early afternoon, Tim received a surprise phone call - could he do a live radio interview, only 2 hours later about how Morph had influenced his career!? Tim started researching in the taxi ride to Broadcasting House...

18:20 2nd Jul 2014
'Good Evening Wales'
BBC Radio Wales
Recorded at Broadcasting House, London

Tim Morph Interview for BBC Radio Wales 02-07-14

Morph Interview for BBC Radio Wales 02-07-14

Tim was commissioned to make a series of Xmas stop motion video demos for Berkshire library in partnership with Wise Moves Dance. The videos caught the attention of local BBC radio & Tim had a request for an interview. In fact, the interview was seemingly rescheduled, when Tim suddenly recieved a call "Can you talk on BBC Radio Berkshire? We're hoping to have you on after the song we're playing now...!!"

4th Jan 2021
'Mid-morning on BBC Radio Berkshire' With Sarah Walker
BBC Radio Berkshire
Interview held via phone from London City Island

BBC Radio Berkshire Interview on Xmas Stop Motion Demos for Wise Moves 04-01-21

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 9/11/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: We get real and very unreal!

Billy 5000 is a teenager stuck in gig economy doldrums, delivering food and in need of fast, big money and with a plan for getting it. That doesn't begin to describe BOYS GO TO JUPITER, a quirky, absurdist animated journey that blends bright candy-colored visuals with themes of loneliness, connection and the strangeness of modern life. Writer/ director Julian Glander (ADULT SWIM) tells us all about his surreal, colorful and utterly unpredictable debut feature.

In THE PAPER BAG PLAN, a high functioning alcoholic and father facing terminal illness scrambles to find employment for his disabled son in hopes of helping him gain independence in his life ahead. We first discussed the film back in February of 2025, and it's now it's left the film festival circuit and getting a wider release, so, joining us for a fresh chat is its writer/ director, Anthony Lucero.

Then, "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿﻿THE CONJURING: LAST RITES; ﻿TWINLESS; ﻿SPLITSVILLE; ﻿THE THREESOME; ﻿HAPPYEND; PAPER BAG PLAN; LOST IN SPACE (1998) [4K][Arrow Video] and ﻿THE PRODIGAL SON (1981) [Arrow Video].

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This week's featured classic soundtrack: GHOST (music by Maurice Jarre) [Milan Records]


JULIAN GLANDER + ANTHONY LUCERO + ALL NEW REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 9-11-25

Golden Sparrow Tamil Song PSY Mashup (DJ VDC ,South Indian Edits)

Local Hero är en podd om förebilder och eldsjälar där vi intervjuar personer som brinner för det de gör, inspirerar och gör något gott i världen. Dessa personer har olika yrken, sysselsättningar och professioner. Det kan vara stort som smått men något gott.  Antonio och Nils är två kollegor från en förskola, tycker inte att detta ska tas för givet och vill därmed lyfta dessa människor, sprida ljus och hopp samt inspirera andra.

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