Animation’s wide-angle palette is the gift to the imagination every visual narrative artist should allow themselves to explore.
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Kate Jessop
Queer Animator Kate Jessop and I discuss animation, visual narrative, and the power of animation’s wide-angle pallet to broaden perspective.
Disney Royalty, Don Hahn
The Producer of Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Emperor’s New Groove, The Huntchback of Notre Dame, and other hits, documentarian, author, and just all-around great guy discusses making and producing films and the ins and outs of working at the highest level in our industry.
Former student and Disney Director Jeff Gipson
My former student Jeff Gipson is now Directing films at Disney. We talk about his trajectory from skate park designer to the creator of the award-winning Cycles and what it is like to work as a Director at Disney.
Frequent collaborator Gunnar Wille
Frequent collaborator and former head of the Animation Director education at the Royal Danish Film school, Gunnar Wille, and I discuss creating visual narratives, worldbuilding, and staying prolific in your craft.
||Sample of my online lectures||
FINE 3841: Creating Visual Narrative
Lecture on Seeing Cinematically.
FINE 3842: Storyboarding for Games and Cinema
A lecture on Beat Board animatics.
Fine 2822: Digital Cinematography
Lecture on the cineActor camera in Unreal Engine 4.27/5