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 …
Making the Trailer for Tasteful
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 …
How to Become an Animation Director
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 …
Why We’re Seeing Less 2D Animated Movies and Why They Probably Won’t Make a Comeback
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 …
Why I’m Charging $5 to watch a 2 Minute Film
Dear angry people. Yesterday I have released our new animated short film Tasteful, and unlike my previous two shorts, this one can only be bought on our website and is not available for free on YouTube/Vimeo. Not only that, but …
Tasteful Has Been Released and You Can Watch It Right Now
I’m extremely excited to announce that our latest 3D animated short film Tasteful has finally been released! After over two years of production we are very excited to release this work of love to you guys. Thank you Team Foodz …
How We Rendered Tasteful
In the past few weeks I’ve been finishing the rendering and compositing of Tasteful, if you follow me on Instagram you probably saw frames I posted here and there, but let’s go deeper into exactly how I rendered the film. …
2 Free Lessons from Our Storyboarding Foundations Course
If you are interested in learning how to become a professional storyboard artist, but not sure if our Storyboarding Foundations course is for you, check out these 2 free lessons from the course. What Makes Film Work In this lesson we dissect …
The Despair of Filmmaking
I’d like to share a personal moment with you. A despairing moment in the production of Tasteful that you might find interesting. The film is in its final rendering stages, which means it is near completion, but I wanted to …