Inside Animation

This week I chat with Rebecca Swenson, aka Becka Bunss, an animator, 2D Rigger, and Jill-of-all-trades freelancer. We talk about 2D vs 3D rigging, how different artists have different styles and influences among other things. Plus if you've been listening to the podcast from the beginning, you'll find out that I lie in the first minute of this episode. Did you spot the lie? 

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This week we delve into the realm of Cosplay. How long it takes to make a costume, how much it costs, and the incredible cosplay community. Also we talk about how Cosplay is the ultimate end of the animation process by creating characters so beloved that fans want to dress up as those characters. Also we return to the "How we met" segment where we find out how Julia and I knew each other before the podcast. 

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This week I talk with Animation Producer Tom T. about what a producer in animation does and how that's different from live action. We also get into how he rose from an animator to become a producer on the Iron Man, Hulk, and Biker Mice from Mars cartoons. Plus great advice both for aspiring producers and voice actors! 

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This week I talk with Pat Fraley, the voice of Krang in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles among many other voices, who is a Voice Acting Teacher or "Voice Trainer". We talk about how he started teaching, his methods, and Hollywood's stance on aging actors, even in the VO world. Plus we get into great advice and how we met! Want to have Pat as a teacher? Check out his website at www.patfraley.com

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This week I talk with my friend Daniel Kahn, who is a Production Coordinator at Nickelodeon, about putting together a show like MiddleMost Post, the round-about way that he got into Animation, and what Disney movie inspired him to Keep Moving Forward. 

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This week I talk with Jeff LaFlamme who worked on Garfield, Bobby's World, and the Simpsons among others as a Storyboard artist, an animator, a character/prop designer, and storyboard clean-up among other things. We focus on what a storyboard artist does and where they fit in to the general scheme of Animation creation. Plus great advice thrown in as well. 

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This week I talk with Sound Editor David Bartlett, who has worked on countless award winning films like Speed and Total Recall, but on the Animation side worked on Rugrats the Movie and Aladdin 2. We talk about the difference between Sound Designers and Sound Editors (and why you need to know the difference) as well as the intricacies of different sounds in films and how they are divvied out. Plus great advice about never giving up that he was given by none other than Steven Spielberg. 

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This episode, I talk to Carson Kirkpatrick, a Production Assistant working with Warner Brother's Studios on Sandman, coming to Netflix early next year. We talk about our Bacon numbers, what it is that PA's actually do, and why it's best to not be a jerk in Hollywood. Well, if you want to get hired, that is...

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This episode, I chat with aspiring Animation Writer (Dare I say, "future Pixar employee"?) Cova Brouwer about how the COVID Pandemic landed her an internship with Montecito Pictures, the differences (if any) between Animated Films and Series, and how I'm frustrated that Pixar movies ALWAYS make my cry. 

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After a (very brief) hiatus, we're back with our first Mocap Actor! Andi Norris and I talk about different kinds of Mocap, why video games definitely count as Animated Entertainment, and how she got into Motion Capture and creature performing as a profession. Plus as always wonderful advice and a plug for our unofficial sponsor, Mind's Eye Tribe! 

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