Well, the two harrowing days I was dreading in the previous entry have now passed with a pretty high degree of success. I've only had time to look at some of the footage I shot again, but so far I'm not disappointed. I can't wait to get this video together and to show it to y'all. I think it should be pretty entertaining.
The other major event of the weekend so far was that I went to see animator Don Hertzfeldt (of Rejected and Billy's Balloon fame) at a showing of all of his major work so far plus his new short, I'm so proud of you at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. As someone who (ashamedly) had only seen Rejected and the stuff he did for The Animation Show before yesterday, I was surprised by how deeply touching, dark, human, serious, and warm his more recent works are, especially Everything will be OK and I'm so proud of you (which are the first two parts of what will theoretically be a trilogy about a single character).
He's an extremely talented man and must have an amazing work ethic--all of his stuff is hand-drawn and animated frame by frame. All of the visual effects are done in-camera on film. During the Q&A after the screening, he expressed remorse that the animation world seemed to be shifting entirely toward digital technology and abandoning traditional methods when they still have so much potential.
He's surprisingly young (just 32), considering how contemplative his recent work is and he seemed like a genuinely friendly and articulate guy. He's really living the dream, too--he's never had a job other than animating and he's never done commercial work. Apparently he subsists entirely on prize money, festival appearances, and DVD sales. Pretty amazing.
Anyways, in order to unwind from all the directing and rushing around I've been doing the past two days and because the previous layout was starting to grate on me, I've redesigned this site again. Give it a look-see.
The other major event of the weekend so far was that I went to see animator Don Hertzfeldt (of Rejected and Billy's Balloon fame) at a showing of all of his major work so far plus his new short, I'm so proud of you at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. As someone who (ashamedly) had only seen Rejected and the stuff he did for The Animation Show before yesterday, I was surprised by how deeply touching, dark, human, serious, and warm his more recent works are, especially Everything will be OK and I'm so proud of you (which are the first two parts of what will theoretically be a trilogy about a single character).
He's an extremely talented man and must have an amazing work ethic--all of his stuff is hand-drawn and animated frame by frame. All of the visual effects are done in-camera on film. During the Q&A after the screening, he expressed remorse that the animation world seemed to be shifting entirely toward digital technology and abandoning traditional methods when they still have so much potential.
He's surprisingly young (just 32), considering how contemplative his recent work is and he seemed like a genuinely friendly and articulate guy. He's really living the dream, too--he's never had a job other than animating and he's never done commercial work. Apparently he subsists entirely on prize money, festival appearances, and DVD sales. Pretty amazing.
Anyways, in order to unwind from all the directing and rushing around I've been doing the past two days and because the previous layout was starting to grate on me, I've redesigned this site again. Give it a look-see.
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