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BRAD BIRD on NPR

Dr. Gordon — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:11:30 +0000

A fellow animator found this interview.

Here is the direct link — LINK

Doug Sweetland Spline Cast – Part 1

Dr. Gordon — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:54:33 +0000

Well, I finally got the chance to edit the Doug Sweetland interview. This is part one. Enjoy and let us know what you think. It is available on iTunes as well. Search for Spline Cast.

Doug Sweetland

John Kahrs Spline Cast – Polish

Dr. Gordon — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:07:00 +0000

This may be the first interview I did. Its with animator John Kahrs. John Worked here from 1997 to 2007. He was nominated for 2 annie awards for his work on Monsters and Incredibles. His work on the films was always among the best. It had a great sense of weight, physicality and a high level of polish. I thought it would be good to interview him to help with teaching and just to talk to him about his process. John recently left Pixar and is now working at Disney Feature Animation.

Enjoy. Again, sorry for the lack of sound quality.
It was recorded directly onto an ipod

Download: John Kahrs Spline Cast

More Brad Bird

Dr. Gordon — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:17:00 +0000

Here is a really cool interview a fellow animator found with Brad Bird on “Airtalk”

Download: Brad Bird NPR Interview

Link to Airtalk interview (requires realplayer)

its also available on itunes as a podcast. Keyword: airtalk

-Enjoy

Why We Animate…

Dr. Gordon — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:43:00 +0000

I was listening to a great interview with Woody Allen on NPR radio today. It was about a new film he is coming out with. The interviewer asked him why he does what he does. His answer was “To escape everyday life.” Ultimately he wants to go into another world and leave the regular life behind. I guess for me, animating is similar. I’m trying to create this performance that takes place in a virtual world. When I’m animating, I am trying to get into the characters skin and really feel what they are feeling. Animation is different from live action in that its not improvisational. It takes alot of sweat to recreate a performance that looks natural. What I found interesting about the Woody Allen interview is that he, with all his stardom, still wants to escape every day life. He also said he does not have many friends. Work is his ultimate passion. At 72 he still has the same drive. I ask myself… will I be able to animate with the same passion in another 10 to 20 years, much less 30 or 40? I think it comes down to alot of factors. One, is never feeling like you have arrived. One thing that Woody said was “Don’t listen to them when they tell you are great, and don’t worry what they say if they don’t like your work. Just shut up and work.” I think that egos can get in the way of good work. I think its so important to try different things. If you are an animator, you have to challenge yourself to do different characters and scenes. I think what I find most difficult these days is putting the grease and polish back into the shots. Some of my students that work here now, have polish that blows me away. I love asking them what they are doing to get that. You really always need to be a student in order to keep up. Sometimes, when I’m sitting in my office, I forget to pull in a buddy to get their opinion on a shot. Its so important to do. I guess the point of all this is to stay hungry and understand why we love what we do. Its very easy to get jaded in this industry, but ultimately, animating, and creating character is one of the best jobs out there. Take a listen to the interview. If you take one thing away from it that you can use, it was worth it.

-Andrew

BRAD BIRD SPLINECAST!!!

Dr. Gordon — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:31:00 +0000

NOW ON ITUNES…

On Valentines day we are trying to show the love.

Adam Burke and I did an interview with Brad on January 8th. Its a great interview and we think you will really like it. Please post your comments. Yes I know some of the audio is low, but most of it is great. Expect it on itunes in the next week or so. Special thanks to Brad for taking the time to do this and to Adam Burke for helping organize it.

ENJOY!

Brad Bird Spline Cast

Animation Round Table

Dr. Gordon — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:40:00 +0000

A bunch of us animators, Adam Burke, Angus Maclane, Scott Clark, Stephen Gregory and I thought it would be cool to sit down and just talk animation. The result is this podcast. I’m not sure how it worked out, so let us know. We basically, set up a microphone, put out some snacks and drinks and began with whatever came to mind. I am in the process of updating the itunes feed, so dont expect it to be on itunes for a bit. I hope you enjoy it. Remember, all of this is just for educational purposes and by no means do we think of ourselves of knights or doctors of animation. We are are still learning and always students…

link to audio only

link to chapters version

New Spline Casts coming soon

Dr. Gordon — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:33:00 +0000

Just when you may have thought this Blog was dead or dying… Think again. We have Two new Spline Casts coming up. The first one is an animation Round Table discussion with Myself, Adam Burke, Angus Maclane, Scott Clark and Stephen Gregory. We recorded it just a few days ago, so its fresh off the press. Look for part one in the next few days. I am using a new format. Its called, Record, Edit, Upload. There will be no fancy openings or garageband music. They will be available on itunes and on the site soon.

The other splinecast is a mystery guest. We were unable to get Doug Sweetland, but we were able to get someone you will not be disappointed with. I’ll give you a hint… Who is your dream guest?
Its probably one of them…

We also have student work from last semester to show off and hopefully some insightful posts for the new year.

Stay Tuned and pass the word.

-Andrew

Better Sound

Dr. Gordon — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 23:14:00 +0000

Ok, Clay over at Animation Podcast gave me some tips on how to make the audio sound better. So I replaced the file with a better one. It does not have the intro and ending but the interview is in tact. Now I know how to do better audio. Sorry for the problems.

-Andrew

Ralph Eggleston Interview

Dr. Gordon — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:11:00 +0000

This is a great interview with Ralph Eggleston. I did not split it up into separate pieces for time. I just didnt have the time to do it so its around 45 minutes. The Audio is a bit better than the last interview, but I am still trying to hit the quality that the animation Podcast has.

The file can be had at Itunes (do a search for SplineCast)

or download it here:

Eggman

Enjoy the interview and post any feedback.

-Andrew