This episode features short filmmaker Alexandra Ramires who shares her approach to short film storytelling. She also shares how she received funding to make her Oscar-contending short, “Tie”, the collective of directors behind the animation, and her process to create the film’s unique look. You’ll also learn: *How to make each moment of a film have impact *How sustainable a career in short films is *How long it took to make an 11-minute film ~[SPONSORED MESSAGE]~ This episode is sponsored by TV Paint. Created in 1991 by Hervé Adam, TV Paint was developed to create digital 2D animations as closely as possible to hand-drawn animation and to make it accessible to everyone. Now used by artists, animation schools, and major film studios all over the world, including Cartoon Saloon who used it to create their feature film Wolfwalkers, TV Paint has many powerful tools that can imitate real-life painting and drawing techniques like gouache, watercolor, pencil, and more. So, if you'd like to try TV Paint for yourself, head on over to TVPaint.com to begin your free trial now. https://www.tvpaint.com/v2/content/article/home/ ~~ *Watch the trailer for “Tie”: https://vimeo.com/396980733 *Watch Alexandra’s process to create the animation: https://vimeo.com/433677010 *More info on Alexandra here: https://agencia.curtas.pt/directors/show/769