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After finishing our third animated short film Tasteful, we knew we wanted to go all in on festival submission. I’ve had some experience with free or cheap festivals when I submitted Lift Up in 2014, but with Tasteful I wanted to try and get into some of the best animation film festivals in the world, including some Oscar Qualifying ones. …
I’ve recently released my 3rd animated short film Tasteful, and I decided to take some time to write about all the steps behind making the film, from start to finish, explaining them as simply as I can, so that even if you’re not from the animation or visual effects industry you’ll get an idea of what it takes to make …
Before you decide to make an animated film, here’s a question to ask yourself: Does it have to be animated? If the answer is no, then you might want to consider making it a live action movie instead. Now, I’m not anti-animation, as you probably know. I’ve simply seen so many animated shorts that would have worked just as well …
Many people consider filmmaking a collaborative sport, and in most cases it certainly is. Making live action movies is virtually impossible to do all by yourself. You can’t act, shoot and direct at the same time. Not well, anyways. Animation filmmaking is different. It is technically possible for one person to make an animated short all by themselves. Students do …
In this post I will cover my process of creating the trailer for our latest animated short film Tasteful. Before you keep reading I suggest watching the trailer (it’s only 39 seconds long). Music first The first thing I did, believe it or not, was ask our composer, Galo, for trailer music. A music track for me to base the trailer …
Many of the questions I get are about how to become an animation director. But unlike most jobs, there’s no clear path to becoming a director. Going to film school does not guarantee a directing job after, and there’s rarely a job opening under “Director” online. Some people get there at 21, and some spend their whole life trying and …
We’re seeing less and less 2D animated films, and many people have asked me if I think it will make a comeback, or any kind of resurgence. The simple answer is, probably not. The reason 2D in the film industry has been in decline is that people have just gotten used to such high quality complex rendering from the films …
