This episode features Alexandre Siqueira, who shares his process to create the Oscar contender animation short film, Purple Boy. In our chat he covers how he built his team, secured financing, and how he wrote the narrative to make the film stand out. You’ll also learn: *Why Purple Boy took eight years to make *The biggest thing Alexandre learned about making a short film successful *How to make your film appealing to a variety of audiences ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by the awesome team at StartAStudio.com Start A Studio, is a new online school focused on the business side of animation. They have both free and paid courses, an online community and downloads to help you succeed in your animation career, and build your own cool, creative and viable animation studio. You can use the unique discount code ‘AIP’ in the checkout to save 20% on their popular Pro Studio Startup course. So, whether you’re looking to up your freelance game or plan and launch your own animation company, check out https://startastudio.com ~ *Check out Alexandre’s website: www.alexandresiqueira.com *Watch Alexandre’s work on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user4730561/videos *Add Alexandre on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alex.b.siqueira *Follow Alexandre on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alex.b.siqueira/