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Flipped Podcast #13: Jason Ryan

Welcome to Episode 13 of Flipped with CG animation director, animator and teacher, Jason Ryan.

Jason is a multi-talented Irish animator whose career has spanned the last 20 years on such films as Fantasia 2000, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Croods and most recently Big Hero Six (to name a few). 

Alongside to his film work Jason also teaches animation online through his own site and iAnimate which I can personally recommend as a great way to learn character animation and productive workflow through traditionally-based methods, mentor-supported training sessions and clearly explained online tutorials. If you would like to know more please check out the links below.

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Podcast Contents

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Interview start - Brush with accountancy

03:30 - Starting out in Dagda

05:45 - Joe Grant memories

06:50 - CG Animation, love at first sight & video game animation

13:15 - Coming to America - Fantasia 2000

19:16 - Disney's Dinosaur

23:29 - 3D Theme Park animation - working with Eric Goldberg

30:38 - Chicken Little - animating acting

34:58 - Leaving Disney

38:50 - Pre-poduction animation

40:10 - Working at Dreamworks

45:21 - Feature pipeline - character teams v sequence teams

48:12 - Baseball trading animators

51:28 - The animation process and workflow

1:12:14 - Outro

References 

An interesting article about the video game Jason worked on can be found here 

The Steadfast Tin Soldier sequence from Fantasia 2000

Dinosaur

The Magic Lamp from Disney Seas Tokyo attraction

Chicken Little

Jason's Dreamworks Reel

Ianimate

iAnimate - Advanced Character Animation Training from iAnimate on Vimeo.

iAnimate - Advanced Character Animation Training from iAnimate on Vimeo.

For more information on iAnimate - visit ianimate.net

Really huge thanks to Jason for taking the time to talk to us and thanks to Gareth Lee at Animation Skillnet for helping facilitate the interview.

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

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

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Flipped Podcast #12: Damien O'Connor

Welcome to Episode 12 of Flipped.  This podcast features Megan's interview with Damien O'Connor - editor, storyboard artist, episodic director at Brown Bag  and film-maker.

Damien has written and directed 5 short films -  'Mutt', 'Ledog', IFTA nominated 'Dick Terrapin', 'After You' and most recently the beautiful short, 'Anya' which was made in association with 'To Russia with Love' to promote not only their cause but also the positive outcomes of their work so far.

Damien has also worked as an editor on Noddy, Olivia the Pig and the Emmy nominated Octonauts. He was Retakes Supervisor on Doc McStuffins for Disney and currently works for the Oscar nominated Brown Bag film studios in Dublin

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Podcast Contents

00:00 - Intro

01:25 - Interview start - College (without a Leaving Cert)

04:10 - First frameworks

05:25 - Journey to the worst place on earth

07:55 - Directing horses

08:45 - Brown Bag Films come knocking

09:35 - Learning with After You

11:40 - Learn editing

15:05 - To Russia With Love

17:07 - Making Anya

18:34 - A trip to Russia

20:12 - A message of hope

22:55 - The orphanage premiere

27:00 - Writing v directing

35:50 - Teaching

38:25 - Response to Anya

40:08 - Outro

References 

Leanr more about to russia with Love here http://www.torussiawithlove.ie/

Text HUG 50300 to send €4 to From Russia With Love

Anya

After You

Le Dog

More of Damien's work can be seen on his vimeo page http://vimeo.com/damienoconnor. Really huge thanks to Damien 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

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

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Flipped Podcast #11: Aidan Hickey

Welcome to Episode 11 of Flipped with Aidan Hickey - animator, writer, director, teacher and painter. 

Aidan began working in animation in the mid-seventies for RTE and his works forms the bedrock of the Irish animation industry.  He had made several award-winning short films, written and produced many hours of children's television and also written several feature length projects. Until recently served as Ireland's representative on the European animation body, Cartoon.

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Podcast Contents

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:47 - Podcast Starts

00:02:00 - Transitioning from Painting to Film

00:02:45 - Hornsey College of art in London

00:05:00 - Meeting with Éamon de Buitléir

00:06:30 - First Series for RTE

00:08:39 - Writing and Story Development

00:08:50 - Process for RTE

00:10:20 - McSpuds,Bosco and Beyond!

00:13:00 - Painting comes in handy when...

00:17:08 - RTE process

00:28:36 - Annecy

00:29:00 - An Inside Job

00:34:00 - CARTOON and Jimmy Murikami

00:37:00 - Standardising

00:39:00 - Seven Deadly Sins and overseas collaboration

00:45:00 - the 90's

00:47:00 - Writing

00:53:00 -  Screen Training Ireland

00:58:00 - Bob Godfrey and John Hallas

01:00:00 - Brown Bag

01:03:00 - The Boy Who Had No Story

01:10:00 - Dermot and Gráinne feature treatment

01:16:00 - Jimmy Murikami

01:23:00 - End of Cartoon involvement

01:25:00 - Painting and Green Acres Gallery

References

Animation Art Show

http://www.animationartshow.com/

Green Acres Gallery

https://www.greenacres.ie

Screen Training Ireland

https://www.screentrainingireland.ie/index.cfm?fuseaction=main

"Däumelinchen" by Lotte Reiniger 

McSpuds 

Bosco animated

An Inside Job, 1987

The Boy Who Had No Story, 2003

Really huge thanks to Aidan 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

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

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Flipped Podcast #10: John Huikku

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. 

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Podcast Contents

00:00 - Intro

01:11 – Interview Start - move to animation from VFX

03:35 - Weta and Return of the King

08:15 - Look and Lighting

09:50 - 80's versus now

10:40 - Transition from different media

11:53 - Disney Tales

19:20 - Frozen

28:25 - Why you should give Look and Lighting a chance

References

Spike and Mike's Festival

Liquid Television

Fanboy and Chum Chum

LOTR: Return of the King - The Black Gates

Frozen - Opening Sequence

We wanted to say a special thanks to John 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

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

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Flipped Podcast #9: Celine Kiernan

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.

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Podcast Contents

00:00 - Intro

01:09 - Interview start - Starting out zoetropes and going to Dun Laoghaire

03:58 - Applying to Sullivan Bluth and getting a hair cut

06:19 - The Dublin studio - learning the craft

13:19 - The Phoenix studio 

16:01 - Animation Process - reference vs rotoscope

20:44 - Back to Ireland - Pigs in the Attic and email

24:30 - Sudden end of 2D animation

30:25 - On writing 

32:23 - How to feel about your work and never looking back

39:18 - Outro

References

To find out more about Celine's artwork and books visit her website http://www.celinekiernan.com/

All Dogs Go To Heaven

Thumbelina

Anastasia

Help! I'm A Fish

Laura's Star
 

Glossary

Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over (usually live action) footage, frame by frame.

Photo stats (in this context) are the individual frames/photos of live action that have been printed out and mounted on animation paper

We wanted to say a special thanks to Celine 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

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

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Flipped Podcast #8: Tomm Moore

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

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Podcast Contents

00:00 - Intro

01:18 - Interview start - Starting out Young Irish Film Makers & Ballyfermot

05:11 - Birth of Cartoon Saloon

07:14 - Early Work - Service work and From Darkness

08:30 - Annecy - The Cannes of animation

11:05 - Short Films and directing

12:28 - Comic art, illustration, influences & inspiration

16:28 - Rebel - the beginnings of Secret of Kells

18:50 - Getting the Finance

20:37 - Directing Kells

22:47 - An international co-production

27:34 - Putting it out there - the good & the bad

34:45 - Fan art & creator art 

37:05 - Financing the difficult second feature

45:35 - The story of Song of the Sea

51:01 - Doing things differently second time round

53:23 - Outro

References

Tomm's Early Films can be viewed here on the Irish Film Board's Media Hub website.

Cartoon Saloon

Limited Edition prints from the film are available here.

 

The gorgeous Song of the Sea.  Read Tomm's production blog here.

We wanted to say a special thanks to Tomm and Ross 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

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

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Flipped Podcast #7: Darragh O' Connell

Welcome to our 7th episode of the Flipped podcast with Director/Producer/Co-Founder at Brown Bag Films - Darragh O' Connell. In this Month's episode we cover everything from Geography class doodles, making short films on a budget to future feature films and Oscar nominations. Megan had loads of fun chatting with him about everything and anything, hope you guys enjoy and again a huge thanks to Doc for taking the time to be on the podcast.

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Timeline

00:01 - Intro

01:14 - Start of Interview - Tan lines

01:53 - Good aul Peig

03:48 - Brown Bags and more

06:40 - striving for original content and Irish creators

09:00 - Give Up yer aul sins

11:40 - Award nominations and what happened next ...

14:19 - LA Office  and stuff

15:55 - What worked for us (Brown Bag) business-wise

18:00 - Icehouse -  Entertainment for grown-ups

18:30 - Newsbag

20:00 - Brown Bag Digital

21:40 - Brown Bag Culture - in a petri dish

26:20 - 23 Degrees 5 minutes

29:30 - Granny O' Grimm at the Oscars

30:11 - Nightglider - First feature for Brown Bag Films?

33:31 - Education + the dream making a living in a creative industry

36:30 - Outro + Animation Art Show

References

23 Degrees 5 Minutes

Granny O' Grimm

Octonauts

For more info on MipCom the TV & Film Market, see here

http://www.mipcom.com/en/home/

Animation art Show will be held 2nd and 3rd November 2013 for more details see below

http://www.animationartshow.com/

Flipped was produced by Aidan McAteer & Megan McMahon, episode 7 was edited by Megan McMahon and featured music from www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com

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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Flipped Podcast #6: Joris van Hulzen

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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Subscribe here in iTunes Download episode (right/ctrl click) Facebook page 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 www.flippedpodcast.com

Flipped Podcast #5: Jason Tammemagi

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!

Subscribe here in iTunes Download episode (right/ctrl click) Facebook page 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 www.flippedpodcast.com

Flipped Podcast #4: Niamh Sharkey

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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Subscribe in iTunes here Download episode (right/ctrl click) Facebook page (!) 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