computeranimation

Director Sava Zivkovic joins us for this episode to drop some serious hype for his workshop with us on December 18 (https://www.learnsquared.com/sava). We also get an insight into how he became a director and what really motivates his creative process and what collaboration means to him.

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Sein Berufsberater wollte mit ihm um 1000 Deutsche Mark wetten, dass er niemals Informatiker wird und sah in ihm eher einen Tankwart oder Gärtner – diese Wette hätte der Berater verloren. Heute ist Philipp Lensing Professor für Computeranimation und Spieleprogrammierung an der Hochschule Osnabrück. Im Podcast erzählt er uns, wie er sich von der Hauptschule ins Informatikstudium gekämpft hat, wie er nebenbei noch seinen Vater gepflegt hat und von seiner Zeit in der Industrie als Spiele-Entwickler. Außerdem sprechen wir darüber, wann Virtual Reality sinnvoll ist und wo ihre Grenzen sind, über Realitätsverlust beim Spielen und Gamification im Alltag.

Florentine Grelier is a filmmaker from Paris who specializes in animation. Her animated short My Jukebox premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. My Jukebox explores the relationship between Florentine and her father (who sells and repairs Jukeboxes at the famous “Le Puz” Flea Market in Paris) through the metaphor of a juke-box, using multiple forms of media, including paper dolls, paint on glass, and computer animation.   

What you will learn:

• How long it takes to produce just one minute of animated film. 
• What the production process looks like for animated films like My Jukebox.
• How Florentine obtains funding to make animated films. 
• How Florentine was able to premiere her animated short at the Sundance Film Festival.  
• What opportunities Sundance has opened up for her as an artist.  
• What formative childhood experiences influenced her as an artist. 
• How teaching animation gives her the financial freedom to work in an artistic medium that would not otherwise allow her to survive financially. 
• What inspired her to write, produce, and direct My Jukebox.

Resources:

• Novanima Film Production
• Florentine IMDB
• Florentine Director Interview
• Meet The Artist
• Article on Florentine Grelier
• Florentine Vimeo
• Great Women Animators

Freelance animator Odd Todd Rosenberg, creator of one of one of the first-ever viral videos, shares great advice about animation careers and being a freelance animator. He tells Marc Luber of Careers Out There how he broke into producing work for major TV programs and how you too can have an animation career.