Chuck Steel gets loose in Annecy! Finally, Chuck Steel:Night of the Trampires has its world premiere in Annecy – and I was there! For 10 months I was very proudly animating Mike Mort’s insane film Chuck is a character he’s been developing since the year the movie is set – 1986! It will punch you in the face, & kick you in the balls! Chuck Steel Blog – News, Reviews & Screenings!
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Animarkt 2018 Character Animation Workshop in Łódź, Poland! I was at the fantastic Animarkt Festival in Łódź, Poland to give a Character Animation Workshop! 8-10th October 2018 We had applications from 19 different countries! More info all here from the set of Man Wanted by 日本藤素tp://www.iridazhonga.com/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>Irida Zhonga https://vimeo.com/284960205?fl=pl&fe=sh All applications to my Character Animation Workshop can be found right here! Animarkt Character Workshop Applications Man Wanted was pitched at last year’s Animarkt pitching forum to raise funds for stop motion shorts films Here’s the teaser. Animation by Märt Kivi https://vimeo.com/277459797?fl=pl&fe=sh Facebook: @AnimarktPL Instagram: @Animarkt Instagram: @IridaZhonga Twitter: @IridaZhonga
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My Q&A & Workshop at Bromley Family Film Festival I gave a Q&A followed by a children’s Animation Workshop at the B犀利士romley Family Film Festival 2018 on Sunday 2nd September! It was a beautiful sunny day in the stunning location in Beckenham Place Park, London. The Q&A was open to all & the workshop was for ages 9-12 Beckenham Place Park Mansion – a beautiful location for a lovely day out A happy film maker makes for a happy studio 🙂 Extreme Closeup!!! Creating speech bubbles & effects to place over the animation 🙂 Recording voices & sounds for the animation involved lots of giggling! Using software Zu3D to make credits for our young directors Also the festival screened Peter & the Wolf & My Life as A Courgette – both films that I was animating on! My Workshop on the Bromley Family Film Festival Website Animation software Zu3D
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My Interview with Stop Motion Geek Isle of Dogs is out in the UK on Blu-ray, DVD & now to download on SkyStore As a Key Animator on Wes Anderson’s film I gave an interview with Stop Motion Geek to mark the occasion Stop Motion Geek – Tim Allen Interview I also really recommend Stop Motion Geek’s fantastic resource here for collecting stop motion ‘Behind the Scenes’ videos. Brilliant work putting this together! Stop Motion Geek – Behind the Scenes Stop Motion Collection Isle of Dog Movie website
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Children’s Workshops & Isle of Dogs Q&A in Legnica I went to the Legnicka Film Academy in Legnica, Poland on 22nd-25th August 2018! I joined their children’s workshops with workshop organisers Poklatkowo at the 26th annual event Animated Film Workshops. It was a wonderful experience with the children working around the clock on their own film ideas, helping & inspiring each other. Everything culminated as we walked the red carpet to live music & saw their finished work on the big cinema screen! Website: www.poklatkowo.pl/ Facebook: Poklatkowo.pl – Animated Film Workshops/Warsztaty Animacji Filmowej Instagram: @Poklatkowo https://youtu.be/WNXE2XqWX8Y?si=4j9LLuvIONJAC91y I spent a few days doing test animation with the children & they then animated this final version of the Intro to the festival: https://vimeo.com/290893597?fl=pl&fe=sh & here’s a playlist of all the films created during the week Legnica Film Academy – 26th Animated Film Workshops: Playlist 2018 Not only that but on 22nd August 2018, I gave a Q&A hosted by Magda Bryll to accompany their screening of Isle of Dogs at 7pm. Screening link right here: Isle of Dogs Screening & Q&A with Tim Allen Website: Legnicka Akademia Filmowa/Legnicka Film AcademyFacebook: Legnicka Akademia Filmowa/Legnicka Film Academy
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Children’s Workshops at Unity Arts Festival 23rd Sept I gave 2 Animation Workshops on Sunday 23rd September 2018 at the Unity Arts Festival held at Trinity Buoy Wharf & my home of London City Island! We’ll be working with plasticine & based in scenery around the local area There were 2 workshops: 10 to 12pm for 6-10 year olds 2 to 4pm for 11-15 year olds Only 10 places available per workshop Book my Animation Workshop at Unity Arts Festival Location:The Woods StudioHercules HouseUnit 15 Botanic SquareLondonE14 0LH Website: http://unityartsfestival.comTwitter: @UnityArtsFestivinstagram: @Unity.Arts.FestivalFacebook: @UnityArtsFestival#UnityArtsFestival #UnityArtFestival #goodluckhope #londoncityisland #trinitybuoywharf #creative #art #unity
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My Interview with London Film School & the Isle of Dogs Exhibition In March 2018 I paid a visit to The London Film School to give a Masterclass for their Equal Access Network with Film London. I then met up with LFS’s OPEN Coordinator Catherine Pearson for a one on one interview before we took a tour of the Isle of Dogs Exhibition to see some of the puppets I animated! My Interview with The London Film School I gave a stop motion Masterclass at LFS on 8th March 2018 With Catherine Pearson. The IOD Exhibition was 10 mins walk away from LFS – it seemed rude not to go! Store X on the Strand. It had an amazing 50,000 visitors in 2 weeks! Megasaki city was a set that took over 5 months to prepare & shoot. All fitted with individual practical lights! Much of my time on the film was spent animating on the Municipal Dome interior The Sake Bar set – completely lit by practical lighting (fitted within the set) I animated the whole Bath House sequence (with the exception of one close up shot of the secret documents) I spent 3 whole months animating this sequence! The Isle of Dogs Exhibition initially ran for 10 days in March 2018 at Store X on the Strand in London. However it exceeded expectation with over 50,000 visitors so was extended to 2 weeks. It featured a lifesize version of the noodle bar set with a non stop queue from Wes Anderson fans hungry to see the beautiful sets & taste their noodles Megasaki City style! Here’s the promotional video for the fantastic exhibition: https://youtu.be/V3Nj-CFoS-k?si=9T9WG9zCC-6rKo3w The London Film School Website Facebook : @ThelondonFilmSchool Twitter: @lfsorguk
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Stop Motion Montreal 2018 Character Animation Workshop! The 10th Anniversary of the Stop Motion Festival Montreal & I gave their first ever Animation Workshop! 11-13th September 2018 in Montreal, Canada Kicking off the 1st ever animation workshop at Stop Motion Montreal Chom 97 7 DJ legend Terry DiMonte is a legend in Montreal – he’s been DJing for 30 years! Hands up for my friend Mary Murphy who makes these excellent puppets! Oscar is one of the self proclaimed Mexican ‘Stop Motion Nerds!’ Encouraging the workshop attendees to critique & enjoy their own work The Stop Motion Montreal Animation Workshop Class of 2018! Director Erik was very insistent that you couldn’t have a 10th Anniversary Festival without cake! The man who started it all 30 years ago – Festival Director Erik Goulet receiving his honorary Chuck Steel Crew Golden Trophy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpzcNmkeBlc I also had loads of fun doing some promotion for the festival! Here’s my radio interview at Chom 97 7 with Montreal DJ legend Terry DiMonte When I came into his studio I was stunned to see he was watching the trailer for The Magic Piano which I was Animation Supervisor for. He’d been researching me & was blown away by the complexity of this lesser known film. There’s a link to it below: Watch The Magic Piano on Apple TV I held the festival’s first ever animation workshop. running over 3 days in the build up to festival opening. We were visited by Christine Long from local news network CTV News Montreal who joined the class whilst I was demonstrating animation with multiple characters (as in over 50 characters!) The festival hosted a Virtual Reality Garden where I had my first time immersed in the Isle of Dogs Movie Virtual Reality Experience! This was a special treat for me as it was one of my last jobs on the film animating Boss voiced by Bill Murray for the sequence. It was fascinating to see myself & the crew beavering away in the studio in VR! You can see the Isle of Dogs team behind the scenes (I’m during the Boss shots) in 360° on YouTube. It’s best viewed on your mobile via the YouTube app. Click ‘Watch on YouTube’ in the bottom right of the video below & move your mobile…! On desktop, place your mouse over the video, left click & scroll around to explore inside the studio! https://youtu.be/JqXC46b1uUg?si=YsRLY4RJflGL1Doe I was fortunate enough to be given a tour of The National Film Board of Canada based in Montreal. Along with Chuck Steel Animation Supervisor Jody Meredith & expert armature maker Jim Randall, we explored an archive of Canadian stop motion puppets & sets. We were gifted to see their new films being shot The Subject by Patrick Bouchard & La Girouette by Jean-François Lévesque who also directed a lovely NFB stop mo short The Necktie. Finally we toured some of the new technology that the NFB is developing for film making. It was inspiring & fascinating, but to secret to say any more about…. Film Board La Girouette 0n-set Very convincing & detailed Mech-head for The Awakening made by Jim Randall The set for the Awakening had all the lights on different exposure channels so that they could be independently adjusted in post! With the puppet from The Necktie – a really nice well paced short film made at NFB Canada The set of The Subject was 1:1 scale so it was like walking into a haunted surgery! Director Patrick gave us each a miniature version of the anvil used in his film as a present. I was both touched & disturbed 😉 Facebook: @MontrealStopMotionTwitter: @StopMoMontrealInstagram: @StopMotionMontreal #StopMotion #Animation #Montreal #TimAllenanimation #PatrickBouchard #TheSubject #lagirouette #TheAwakening #TheNeckTie #NFBanimation
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Interview with The Wharf newspaper London Docklands newspaper The Wharf interviewed me about my career in animation. We focused on the stop motion feature films filmed locally at 3 Mills Studios & life living here at my home in London City Island. The interview is online at this link & the printed version just below (in fact I was on the newspaper’s front cover!): Tim Allen interview in the Wharf newspaper Tim Allen featured interview ‘Meet the Islanders‘ about life at London City Island
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Man Wanted’ short film by Irida Zhonga I travelled to Athens to animate the final sequence for Irida Zhonga‘s upcoming short stop motion film Man Wanted. The film is a Greek, Estonian, Serbian & Albanian co-production, due to finish next year. The teaser trailer here is animated by Mart Kivi from Nuku Films: https://vimeo.com/277459797?fl=pl&fe=sh Facebook: @ManWantedAnimationInstagram: @ManWanted_ShortFilm www.iridazhonga.comInstagram: @Irida.zzzTwitter: @IridaZhongaVimeo: @iridazhonga & whilst I was animating on Man Wanted we filmed an interview with me on set to promote my Stop Motion Workhop at Animarkt 2018! https://vimeo.com/284960205?fl=pl&fe=sh Greek funders:ERT – Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation Estonian funders:NukufilmEstonian Film Institute & Estonian Cultural Endowment Serbian funders:Gargantua FilmsSerbian Film Centre Albanian funders:Albanian Centre of CinematographyAlbanian Animated Society #TimAllenAnimation #StopMotion #animation #animator #ManWanted #ManWantedAnimation #IridaZhonga
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