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  • Interview with Heidi Madsen Part 3 – finding a place in the industry

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    Q How would you advise people to get into the industry?  A I think, especially in animation, if you don’t like hard work, I would advise you find something else where you can have fun.  But it’s also fun and amazing to see what you can do together, what you can accomplish.  I think that’s…

  • Interview with Heidi Madsen Part 2 – AI

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    Q How do you think AI is influencing the animation roles? A A bit like when I started, there was a shift.  Eventually the animation industry will change.  AI is not quite there, but I think if you work on small things like digital content, such as for YouTube, you’ll have lower cost.  Take Cocomelon…

  • Interview with Heidi Madsen Part 1

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    Heidi Madsen is an animation producer who originally trained as a 2D hand-drawn animator and has since worked across 2D, CGI, and live action. She’s also my neighbour, and this October I interviewed her about her career. Her path into animation resonated with me, especially her experience of loving art but feeling out of place…

  • What does a director do?

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    As part of unit 2, I was given the opportunity to direct an animation, with a team for the first time. It was incredibly daunting as I have never directed anyone but myself, so having a team to direct was something that I had no clue how to do. What ended up happening was a…

  • Protected: Red Bee Creative Internship

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  • Router, or Rooter?

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    Lost in translation Lipsync: My idea came from a memory of when I stayed at my friend’s flat in Sydney. I had asked her where the [WIFI] router was. With my English accent, I pronounce router as ‘rooter’. She found this hilarious and told me that in Australia a rooter is a prostitute. For the…

  • How the Simpsons Championed the Anicom Genre

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    Anicom is the term used for an animated sitcom. Pretty much every genre has been expressed through animation, and in the 1960s, 2D animation was used to make a sitcom called The Flintstones. What makes an Anicom different from children’s animation shown on the TV is that they are made to appeal to the whole…

  • Good Luck, work experience

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    For simulated work experience I was assigned with 6 others to assist Ying Jian, Canaan Ji, and Yuchen Zhang with their animation,  ‘Good Luck’. I was nervous at first, being part of a large group of people can make communication harder. I also worried about looking stupid by asking too many questions, but what if…