This segment premiered in #RubberOnionPodcast 137 "Two Cheeseburgers and a Slice of Cake" Support Cinzia Angelini’s “Mila” IndieGoGo Campaign Follow @MilaFilm on Twitter Visit the MilaFilm.com website (Follow @RubberOnion )...
SEGMENT SHOW! This week we talk with Indie Filmmaker Cinzia Angelini about her film "Mila," we get a question about our animation influences, and talk all about your awesome submissions to May's #RubberOnionBattle ! Support Cinzia Angelini's "Mila" IndieGoGo Campaign Follow @MilaFilm on Twitter Visit the MilaFilm.com website Preorder my book coming out in July 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (4:06) How You Doin'?...
MOVIE REVIEW! Back in 2014 we did a full review and side-by-side comparison of TMNT (2014) with TMNT (1990) ... now we're taking on the modern sequel "TMNT: Out of the Shadows" (2016). We discuss the sequel in the original TMNT trilogy, "Secret of the Ooze" and compare it with this modern sequel. Does it hold up? What does Stephen think about how the Turtles were treated? What happened to April O'Neil? Did Bebop & Rocksteady fit the tone? Was Krang really necessary? Listen to find out what w...
This segment premiered in #RubberOnionPodcast 135 "Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies" (*Recorded in 2011) Check out Dave Johnson's Twitter Page and Website (Follow @RubberOnion )...
This segment premiered in #RubberOnionPodcast 135 "Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies" Check out Peter "Pikapetey" Casey's Patreon Page and YouTube Channel (Follow @RubberOnion )...
SPECIAL TOPIC SHOW! This is our longest episode yet featuring 2 interviews ("Pikapetey" and Dave Johnson), a movie review of "The Jungle Book" (2016), discussion about Virtual Reality and other emerging technologies, and listener submitted feedback on those topics! It's a jam packed episode and over the next few days you'll see the movie review and both creator spotlight interviews be posted on their own as well. So much content, I'm going to stop typing so you can get to listening... enjoy! Ple...
SEGMENT EPISODE! Nintendo announced that they're finally getting into the film-making business , the animators on the "Warcraft" movie were told not to change anything about the mo-cap performance, and Paul Johnson (otaking) is back with another awesome fanimation! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (7:19) "How You Doin" (8:59) Shoutout to Greg Pugh for making a book promo GIF (below) for Stephen (11:19) Shoutout to Exit...
SEGMENT EPISODE! We got clips, we got news stories, we got skits, we got jokes... plenty to enjoy! There's a new clip for Dreamworks' TROLL movie - does it hold up? How about the full trailer for VOLTRON - is it what we wanted? There's a new TV-series from Lord & Miller called "Son of Zorn," Amazon gets into the user streamed video with Amazon Video Direct, and Disney will lay off up to 300 employees when they close down Disney Infinity production. There were more stories and trailers and we...
SEGMENT EPISODE! This week we also have a 'special' feature being that this episode is mostly UNEDITED; I mean I put in music and stuff but awkward pauses?... totally intact. We talk about studios skipping Comic-Con, Eric Goldberg's awesome couch gag for "The Simpsons" and of course the fact that Comcast just bought Dreamworks Animation for $3.8bil! Taylor Armstrong, festival manager for Animation Block Party in Brooklyn, comes on to remind you all to submit your films to their awesome event, we...
HOT-COCOA SHOW! While Jon Favreau's "The Jungle Book" is wowing audiences it's also kicked up a conversation about the role of Motion Capture in movies and if it should be considered Live-Action or Animation. We've talked about mo-cap on the podcast but this time I decided to do my research on the path that the technology has taken over the years and how it relates to the distinction in what the final product is called and broke it all down the way only we do on the RubberOnion Animation Podcast...
Adam Phillips (@chluaid) talked with us all about creating his amazing Brackenwood series, working at Disney, Bob's Burgers and switching from Flash to Toon Boom and his book ! He opened up about some health issues, education, his views on working from home, experience with popularity on the internet and the ill-fated Kickstarter for the Dashkin game. Check out his Patreon page which is going to help him return to Brackenwood for more films! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Be sure to check...
SEGMENT EPISODE! Benedict Cumberbatch will tap into his inner Boris Karloff to voice 2017's animated Grinch film, Blue Sky is the first to settle in the huge animation studio wage-fixing lawsuit, and the Astro Boy Reboot gets a poster... we also talk about Tax Day and the new TMNT movie trailer. You also get a preview of next week's episode (our interview with Adam Phillips), there's an audience question AND your favorite segment... Rapid Fire! Enjoy the show! Preorder my book coming out in July...
SEGMENT EPISODE! This week we get to talk about the BFG, Roald Dahl's dirty mind, and a possible new Speedy Gonzales movie! But we really have fun going through all of YOUR awesome animation submissions to March's #RubberOnionBattle and talking about them! Preorder my book coming out in July 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (3:35) "How You Doin" (12:10) Animation News of the Week... (12:48) THE BFG trailer (22:57)...
SEGMENT EPISODE! Busy + tired = Stephen is grumpy. But you listeners saved me by providing all the stories and topics you wanted covered and we ran through them all (saving some for later episodes as well because they were just so good)! It's a brisk 1hr episode this time so enjoy! Preorder my book coming out in July 2016 Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics & Timestamps: (6:05) "How You Doin?" (6:28) Rob's continuing "Foot Surgery Saga...
This segment premiered in #RubberOnionPodcast 126 "Voltron-and-on" Check out Alex Dudley's Patreon Page and YouTube Channel (Follow @RubberOnion )...
SEGMENT EPISODE! There's so much to talk about this week: OpenToonz was finally released, Adam Phillips returns to Brackenwood with "Last of the Dashkin 2," we have a Creator Spotlight on Alex Dudley of DToons and we get a cartoon character to give us a shoutout! The news stories this week was mostly trailers so we get to talk about the weird world of Voltron and LEGO saving Batman. Enjoy the show! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes And you can now listen to us out on SoundCloud! Topics &...
We got to talk to 2-time Oscar nominated director Tomm Moore of Cartoon Saloon about comics, animation, tattoos and producing Indie Animated Films! This show has a couple of my favorite stories (Miyazaki smoke-break, TMNT desks, and The Living Shadows) and was all around just a blast of a time recording the show. There's a lot to learn about the mentality and approach needed to get into the Indie animated filmmaking game and he gives some fun behind-the-scenes tidbits along the way. Also, rememb...
SEGMENT EPISODE! This week we talk about the tough distribution situation that "The Little Prince" is in, the upcoming Ghostbusters animated film, and the TMNT crossover episode with its 80s counterparts. There's an audience question, a preview of next weeks interview with Tomm Moore, talking about all the #RubberOnionBattle videos from February and Rapid Fire! This was a really fun episode to put together and I think you're going to love it. I'm already part way done with the editing of the epi...
HOT-COCOA SHOW! Now that we're in our third month of the #RubberOnionBattle (check out January & February's compilation video in the links) I thought that a discussion about improving the speed and efficiency of your animation was appropriate. I get this question a lot and you can check out my detailed list on the companion blog post by clicking here! Preorder my book coming out in July 2016: "Tradigital Flash: 12 Principles of Animation in Adobe Flash" Please Rate & Review us on iTunes ...
This segment premiered in #RubberOnionPodcast 122 "What's the Deal? Doh!" Check out Ross Bollinger's website for his animated "Pencilmation" web-series http://www.Pencilmation.com (Follow @RubberOnion )...
SEGMENT EPISODE! Since the Oscars were last weekend we talked about Animation & the Oscars throughout history, we get an audience question about the 2D vs 3D "rivalry" and apparently Homer Simpson will be LIVE for the first time in an episode in May. This week is a fun combination of a segment episode and a hot cocoa show actually due to the return of a neglected segment... "slow burn!" Enjoy this fun episode and one that has one of my favorite titles ever (you'll find out why when you liste...
This week we have a very special interview with animator Harry Partridge (see below for a small selection of his works). We talk about YouTube comments, using Flash and ToonBoom, how following his own path helped him find success, money and "batboobs." We had so much fun recording this episode and I think there's a lot here for new and experienced Indie animators to learn from... so enjoy the show! Please Rate & Review us on iTunes Be sure to check out Harry's YouTube Channel and follow him ...
I just got to see Anomalisa . I phrase it that way because it does feel a little bit like I have been given some sort of exclusive golden ticket, and not just because the film has a limited theater run at the moment - it was special. This segment was used in episode #120 of the RubberOnion Animation Podcast (click to listen to the entire episode) HOW IT STARTED Anomalisa started as a live-performance "sound play"; like a radio play but on stage. The actors read their lines in real time, a foley ...
SEGMENT EPISODE! After such a long break from these you get 2 in a row, how about that! The theme this week is the broad range of animation and that means quality, quantity, and future projections! We talk about some animation news, answer an Audience Question, of course hit up some Rapid Fire segments, and I (Stephen) review Anomalisa on this episode while the written version and the segment by itself will be up tomorrow! We also have a talkback moment about Deadpool since I saw it last week an...
SEGMENT EPISODE! It has been 2 full months since our last one of these so if you don't remember, these are explicit episodes... thar be swears! And there's kind of a lot to swear about. The Fine Brothers really pissed off the internet last week when they tried to trademark "React" for title use, and Marvel yanked fanimation series "X-Men: Danger Room Protocols." On the fun side, Robert Valley finished animation on his animated short film "Pear Cider and Cigarettes" and is using Kickstarted to fi...
Here it is... the final part in the RubberOnion Freelance School and we're talking about the likely goal in your third year: growing your business. Everyone starts this journey for different reasons, but independence is usually high up on that list. So what happens when you get to that point that you've gotten into the freelance game , you've established your brand , you started making some more money , and now you're up against a production wall - you just don't have enough ours in the day to p...
This week for art 3 of the RubberOnion Freelance School we're talking about the likely goal in your third year: making more money. There are a lot of things that you can do to shake up the status quo and get some more green in the bank but the number one item is to charge more. That, however, is much harder to do than to say so let us break it all down for you and give you tips, stories, analogies and metaphors to help you set your monetary goals and meet them! Sign up for the newsletter or beco...
After last week's surprise interview with Don Bluth , we're back with part 2 of the RubberOnion Freelance School and this time we're talking about what would be the goal in your second year: creating your brand. We talk about using your own personality and voice to shape the tone of your brand, how to market yourself, the importance and limitations of a niche market and a bunch more. Sign up for the newsletter or become a Patron on my Patreon page to get the more detailed ebook in February on st...
This week I bring you a very special interview with DON BLUTH ( Dragon's Lair, Secret of NIMH, American Tale, Land Before Time ). His Indie GoGo campaign to make a sizzle reel for a "Dragon's Lair" movie pitch closes this Friday, January 15 , so if you want some of the perks like autographs, tutorials, animation cells, a masterclass, and more you should check out the page! We talk about his time at Disney and decision to leave, his thoughts on sequels, CGI, the current landscape of animation and...
To kick-off the new year, I'm having a month long "Freelancing School" where each week you get a blog post and a podcast episode based on one of your first four years in building a freelance animation business. This week it's all about what to expect when you finally decide to make that jump. We talk about how to pitch for jobs and where to find them, whether or not to take low paying gigs, how to quote for animation and some of the big changes that happen (like taxes and insurance). If you've b...
