Welcome to Episode 10 (finally) of Flipped with look and lighting artist, John Huikku. John worked on many features including, Armageddon, Return of the King and at Disney, Bolt, Wreck It Ralph, Tangled and Frozen.  He chats about getting into the industry and why you should try lighting as a career. 

Welcome to Episode 9 of Flipped with traditional feature film animator and award-winning author, Celine Kiernan. Celine worked on many features at the Don Bluth studio in Dublin, including Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven and Anastasia and she chats about getting into animation, working in Dublin and Phoenix, starting her own studio and her writing career.

Welcome to episode 8 of Flipped.  This month we chat to Cartoon Saloon, co-founder, creative director and Academy Award nominee Tomm Moore. Tomm talks about his inspiration, his love of comics and the up and downs of making his two features "The Secret of Kells" and "Song of the Sea".  We're also joined for part of the interview by Cartoon Saloon MD and Song of the Sea producer Ross Murray!  Enjoy

Welcome to the sixth episode of Flipped. After a bit of a summer break, we're back and delighted to present to you an interview with Joris van Hulzen - animator and director on projects as diverse as Peppa Pig and The Big Knights to Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride and the Amazing World of Gumball. Enjoy.

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Podcast Contents

00:01 - Intro

01:10 - Education and Early Work

04:54 - Moving to London - Stardust,

06:00 - Meeting Mark Barker and Neville Astley

08:27 - The Big Knights

11:22 - Freelancing in London - Studio AKA, Pesky

13:20 - 3D vs 2D Animation

14:10 - Peppa Pig series 1 -  Beginnings

17:48 - Peppa Pig - Success

20:21 - Hopping around - Uli Meyers, Passion, Studio AKA, The Corpse Bride

22:36 -Peppa Pig Series 2 & Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom

28:04 - The Amazing World of Gumball

30:43 - Directing Peppa

33:25 - The Animation Process

References

The Big Knights - You can buy the Big Knights on Blu Ray/DVD here

Peppa Pig (can be seen on TV channels all over the world including RTE Jr)

The Corpse Bride (watch out for 2D shadow animation!)

Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom (can be seen on Channel Five, Nick Jr and RTE Jr)

The Amazing World of Gumball (Can be seen in Uk and Ireland on Cartoon Network)

You can find out more information on CelAction (2D animation software) here

Flipped was produced by Aidan McAteer & Megan McMahon, edited by Aidan McAteer and featured music from www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com

We wanted to say a special thanks to Joris for taking the time to talk to us.

We hope you enjoy the podcast - let us know what you think at flippedpodcast(at)gmail.com or contact us on our facebook page

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Welcome to the fifth episode of Flipped. We're delighted to present to you an interview with Jason Tammemagi - director, writer, producer and creator of Fluffy Gardens and Planet Cosmo. Plus we announce the winner of our facebook competition.  Hope you enjoy it!

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Podcast Contents

00:01 - Intro

01:09 - Science and animation college

02:45 - Early work - Monster Animation and Norway's first classically animate feature

08:41 - Back to Dublin - bits 'n' pieces

10:55 - Introduction to Flash

12:53 - Becoming a director - commercials and short films

16:59 - Managing the Universe

18:45 - Roobarb and Custard Too

25:50 - Fluffy Gardens

29:55 - Visual Simplicity

35:30 - Becoming a writer

44:05 - Ballybradan

53:31 - Punky

59:27 - Planet Cosmo

1:12:15 - New adventures

1:15:16 - Outro

References

Planet Cosmo - RTE Jr weekdays 9.10 and 13.35

Punky - weekdays at 8.40 on RTE Jr

Ballybradan

Fluffy Gardens - weekdays at 13.50 and 16.55 on RTE Jr

Roobarb and Custard Too - weekdays 11:55 and 15:40 on RTE Jr and On Demand Channel 5 (UK)

Managing the Universe

Not There Yet (short film)

Norway's First Classically Animated Feature - 'Solan, Ludwig og Gurin med reverompa'

Flipped was produced by Aidan McAteer & Megan McMahon, edited by Aidan McAteer and featured music from www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com

We wanted to say a special thanks to Jason for taking the time to talk to us.

We hope you enjoy the podcast - let us know what you think at flippedpodcast(at)gmail.com or contact us on our facebook page

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Welcome to the fourth episode of Flipped. We're delighted to present to you an interview with Niamh Sharkey, author, illustrator, current Laureate na nÓg and creator of the new Disney show Henry Hugglemonster. Enjoy.

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Podcast Contents

00:01 - Intro

01:28 - Early beginnings and stealing library cards

03:58 - Keeping Sketchbooks

05:30 - Australia, Tazmania + the first book

08:05 - Giant Turnip and Niamh's Process

10:00 - Ravenous Beast

11:30 - Animated Series - Henry Hugglemonster

16:30 - Thinking about your audience

17:20 - Spirit of the book

19:00 - Art Direction for Hugglemonsters

23:20 - Laureate na nóg + Pictiúr

25:30 - Radio Doodle + little pages

26:20 - Google doodle

27:40 - Drawing is cool - Oh yeah!

29:20 - Back to Henry

30:40 - Outro and Competition details

References

Niamh's Blog

http://niamhsharkey.blogspot.ie/

Laureate na Nóg

http://childrenslaureate.ie/

Catch Henry Hugglemonster on Disney Junior (UK) at the following times or check out disney.co.uk for more info. Fridays at 14:49, 17:49 A little bit about Pictiúr

http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/blog/pictiur-is-going-to-parliament/

Flipped was produced by Aidan McAteer & Megan McMahon, edited by Aidan McAteer and featured music from www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com

We wanted to say a special thanks to Niamh for taking the time to talk to us.

We hope you enjoy the podcast - let us know what you think at flippedpodcast(at)gmail.com.

Now you can like our Facebook page page, plus listeners in Ireland can win a copy of the wonderful hardback book "The Art of Hotel Transylvania"

www.flippedpodcast.com