This episode features Dave Thomas, a Director, Creator, and Animator on how he carved out a path in stop motion in Toronto. You’ll also learn: *The kind of ingenuity it takes to get paid for something you love to do *How to get studios to notice you when you’re just starting out *Why studios aren’t investing in stop motion and what it would take for them to do so More about Dave Thomas: Drawing and dreaming since childhood, Dave’s original plans were to go into physics… but then he changed his mind. He also originally had no plans to enter the world of animation and enrolled in Sheridan College’s Media Arts program, majoring in Film Production. However, he started to experiment with plasticine animation in first year and got bitten by the animation bug. He realized that stop-motion is an exciting mix of live-action film principles and elements (real cameras, lights, sets) and the complete control of frame-by-frame animation. Over the years, Dave has directed award-winning series, specials, show opens and commercials created in an array of techniques and mediums. He has worked in stopmo, 2D, pixellation, traditional cutout, and hybrid productions for projects that range from preschool to adult. Always eager for new challenges and creative fun, he's also worked in show development, written scripts, story edited, designed characters and sets, animated a whole bunch of critters and objects (including a real lobster), and made short films of his own. His list of project clients include Disney, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, ABC Family, MTV2, CBC, Teletoon, HBO Family and Fisher-Price. He has given talks at colleges, schools and panels on animation and mentors 4rth year animation students through their final thesis films. Dave has been known to go for hours without food or water while drawing funny pictures and making stuff. Reach out to Dave by email: DThomas187 [ at ] cogeco.ca Watch Dave's short film Rodent Stew on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0120nWSPpx8

This episode features filmmaker and stop motion animator Sylvie Trouvé who shares what you can learn at the newly created See-Learn Online Stop Motion Academy. *What sort of materials you need to start animating right now *A full breakdown of the classes and the type of feedback you’ll get *You’ll also learn how Sylvie built a career in stop motion for herself Sylvie Trouvé is a professional filmmaker and stop motion animator who lives in Montreal, Canada. With more than 20 years of experience in animation, she has worked on a wide range of productions, from education documentaries, feature films such as The Little Prince and commercials for clients like Honda and Lego. In 2009, she was part of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship program where she created the film (Orange), where her passion for photography and animation truly merged. Subsequently, she created the abstract film Reflection in 2012 and in 2018 she finished the animated short Bone Mother, a dark, folkloric tale also produced by the NFB. Her short films have screened at prestigious international film festivals and in public spaces such as galleries and airports. In 2011, she co-founded See Creature Animation with her husband, Dale Hayward and a new venture called See Learn in 2019; an educational platform specializing in stop-motion animation. Check out all the stop motion courses at https://www.see-learn.com/ Follow Sea-Learn on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/see_learn_academy/ Reach out to Sylvie by email: hello [at] see-learn.com

This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features Glow in the Dark Concept Studios Mastermind Katia Grifols who shares how to create a killer pitch bible from scratch. You’ll also learn: *How to write believable flaws into characters *The number one question you’ll need to be prepared for in a pitch meeting *A rundown of all the animation conferences you can pitch at ~[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/ ~ More about Katia Grifols: Born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, Katia always hated raw tomatoes and cucumbers, and devoted her childhood to Agatha Christie, Akira Toriyama, Enid Blyton, and Tintin (among others). She began her career as a comic book artist in Barcelona, jumping around the world to follow her passion for storytelling. After a brief stay in Japan, she landed in California where she finished her formal education in Illustration for Entertainment Arts at the Art Center College of Design. But it was her experience with major studios in LA that opened her eyes to the realities of the entertainment business and, mixed with her undeniable desire to create original content, inspired Katia to level up and create Glow in the Dark. Katia is now the Mastermind of the studio, where she takes a major role in the creation of the properties we develop in-house. She enjoys art direction, colors and research, brainstorming, strong coffee and random Japanese kawaiis... but really, what she loves the most is encountering amazing storytellers and newfound creators! And to this day... she still hates raw tomatoes and cucumbers. Follow Glow in the Dark Concept Studios on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glowinthedarkconceptstudio/ Visit Glow in the Dark Concept Studios’ Website: https://glowinthedarkconceptstudio.com/ Check out Glow in the Dark Concept Studios on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/glowinthedarkconceptstudio Download Pitch Bible Basics (free): https://octotea.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/pitch-bible-basics-by-glow-in-the-dark-concept-studio.pdf

This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features Alan Castaños, a Mexican 2D Freelance Animator, who shares his insights into the animation industry in Mexico. You’ll also learn: *How to land gigs on the freelancing site Upwork *The top 3 things that will make your clients happy *How many projects you need to take on per year to realistically survive in freelance ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at https://www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at https://www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: https://www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: https://www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about Alan Castaños: Alan Castaños is an experienced freelance 2D Animator working out of Mexico. He has animated music videos and other projects for clients in the United States and around the world. He is a graduate of Universidad de las Américas Puebla. *Check out Alan’s Artstation: https://alanthemexican.artstation.com/ *Follow Alan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alanthemexicano/ *Email Alan: thatmexicanuzer -at- yahoo.com *Los Bvndidos, the band Alan animates for: https://www.instagram.com/losbvndidos/ *Pixelatl Conference: https://pixelatl.com/es-MX

This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features animator and game developer Jess Stilwell (who’s also a fellow classmate of mine at Sheridan College!), who shares her journey into indie game development. You’ll also learn *Three free software tools to start making your own indie game *How Jess is developing an audience for her game before it launches *Why you shouldn’t develop your “passion project” as your first game ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about Jess Stilwell: Jess is currently a second-year student in Sheridan College's Bachelor of Animation program. She has also been developing two indie games over the last few years and plans on releasing progress work very soon. You can follow Jess' work on her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rnagolor You can find more information about this podcast here: https://terryibele.com/animation-industry-podcast/

This episode features Joseph Karwal, a fourth-year animation student at CalArts. He shares what he did to get accepted into the program, what it’s like, and the career opportunities it’s created for him. You’ll also learn: *What kind of mentality you need to create an accepted portfolio *The nitty-gritty details of what the program actually teaches you *His top 5 tips for producing student films that get noticed ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about Joseph Karwal: About to graduate from the Character Animation program at CalArts, Joey Karwal went on exchange to study animation at Gobelins L'Ecole De L'Image last year where he helped with the film Blind Eye, and is general is doing pretty okay. *Follow Joey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jo_karts/ *Check out Joey’s portfolio: https://joeykarwal.tumblr.com/

This episode features Disney Director John Musker who’s known for Moana, Treasure Planet, The Princess and the Frog among other films. He shares how he got his start at Disney and worked his way up to become a director. You’ll also learn: *John’s strategy for getting into Disney *A first-hand experience of what working at Disney was like during the 80s and 90s *John’s 9 pieces of advice for those pursuing animation ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about John Musker: John Musker is an accomplished animator, director, producer, and writer. He directed Disney’s Moana, Treasure Planet, and The Great Mouse Detective among other films. In 2019 John is currently retired and traditionally animating his own short film. Learn more about this podcast at https://terryibele.com/animation-industry-podcast/

This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features Stop Motion Animator and Professor, Erik Goulet who shares how he founded the first stop motion film festival in the world. You’ll also learn: *What will make your stop motion film stand out (Erik has seen hundreds!) *A brief overview of what’s been fueling the stop motion industry these last few decades *Erik’s 3-phase master plan to build up the stop motion industry in Montreal ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about Erik Goulet: Erik Goulet has been active in the film industry since 1990. Since then he’s worked for several Montreal production companies before joining Softimage as a 3D product specialist from 1998 to 2008. He currently teaches stop motion animation at Concordia University, the same university from which he also graduated himself, in animation. His passion for stop motion techniques pushed him to create the world's first stop motion film festival in 2009; the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival (now known as Festival Stop Motion Montreal). Erik has also been constructing armatures since 1988 and his diverse expertise, ranging from armature construction to animation, has made him a stop motion staple in Montreal. Get in touch with Erik by visiting http://www.stopmotionmontreal.com/ Learn more about this podcast at: https://terryibele.com/animation-industry-podcast/

This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features Morr Meroz, the Founder of Bloop Animation, an online learning platform for aspiring animation filmmakers. Morr shares what he’s learned from producing three animated short films. You’ll also learn: *Three surprising reasons your short film will flop *The stage you should spend 90% of your time in *The number one way to make sure your film is a success Morr Meroz is an animation filmmaker and the founder of Bloop animation, an animation learning platform and a popular youtube channel which focuses on teaching the process of animation filmmaking. Morr graduated from the School of Visual arts in 2013, where he focused on 3D character animation. Before starting his work on Bloop Animation he worked as a character animator in a number of different New York animation studios like Framestore and Aardman Nathan Love, but is now working full time at Bloop, creating more courses for aspiring animators. And, after 3 animated shorts he’s taking his first step into making an animated feature film. Purchase the Stick Figure Animation Course (Limited Black Friday Sale): http://bloopanimation.com/stickfigure Get Morr’s free ebook on how to make an animated short film: https://www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry Check out Bloop Animation: https://www.bloopanimation.com/ Follow Morr’s (Bloop’s) YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/bloopanimation

This episode of the Animation Industry Podcast features Jonni Phillips, an independent filmmaker, animator, and cartoonist. She shares the nitty-gritty details of how she creates her absurdly wonderful, and absolutely unique mixed-media animation style. You will also learn: *What CalArts’ Experimental Animation Program is like *How she developed Rachel and Her Grandfather Control the Island with Frederator Studios *How she made Wasteland and The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about Jonni Phillips: Jonni Phillips is an independent filmmaker, animator, and cartoonist. She is known for her original pilot with Frederator studios called Rachel and Her Grandfather Control the Island, as well as her feature length anthology series Wasteland, which includes such film pieces as The Earth is Flat, Goodbye Forever Party, and The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia. Jonni is a graduate of the CalArts Experimental Animation Program. Jonni’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonniphillips Jonni’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonniphillips/ Jonni’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/justkiddenanim8ion Jonni’s Website: https://www.jonniphillips.com/ Rachel and Her Grandfather Control the Island Pilot: https://youtu.be/hFufqL0yKbM