And I really haven't done a damn thing.
Having animation as this time-based medium made a lot of sense for me, and then stop motion was even more fun because it was so hands-on and physical in a way that I really liked.
For me, one of my favorite parts of stop motion is not even the animating or the writing, but actually building. I always say that my favorite stage is just fabrication. It's just sitting on a workbench, making a little thing out of clay or whatever. That just totally excites me.
I feel like there's a lot of drama in weather. It's something that's done really often in live action, so I figure, why not translate that to animation?
I grew up camping with my family. We took so many trips. We had an RV, actually, when we were growing up. We did a ton of camping trips and went across the country.
I really like incorporating elements, and it's also difficult to do in stop motion, which means sometimes I run into problems.
The lighting changes were definitely the biggest thing and the biggest reason that people don't shoot stop motion outdoors.
This was a dream. A very bad, bad dream, brought on by liver poisoning from too many gin and tonics. Here it was, a deal with the devil. At what price my soul? He watched me expectantly and threateningly all at the same time. If I said no, I knew what would happen. Save the glass, waitress, I’m drinking from the bottle! Happy hour, with my neck on tap. If I said yes, I’d be agreeing to a partnership with pure evil.
If you want to really deeply touch the viewer or the reader, the theater might be the most powerful way to do it.
Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men
The audience loves it when you pay attention to details.