Directing Animation Livecast

Originally streamed on YouTube Live July 15, 2022. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz.

From the Salt Lake Animation expo, to the ChowPow card game, to Tuttle Twins, to original animated series, Digital Gravy is working hard to make waves in the entertainment industry!  

Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at https://scottwiser.com/collaborate 

The animation house assisting Angel Studio with Tuttle Twins, Digital Gravy is a boutique animation house that has Kickstarted their own card game, Chow Pow, developed other potential animated series properties, and successfully spearheaded the first Salt Lake Animation Expo. They are inspiring peers in Utah's quickly growing place in the Animation Industry! 

https://www.instagram.com/digitalgrav... 

https://www.smellthegravy.com/

Originally streamed on YouTube Live May 27, 2022. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at https://scottwiser.com/collaborate 

JP Sans most recently served as Head of Character Animation on DreamWorks Animation’s latest hit film, The Bad Guys. He made his co-directing debut at DreamWorks Animation on the animated short film Bilby, which received numerous industry accolades and awards.  

Other notable projects and credits include Trolls World Tour (supervising animator on the character “Barb”), Rio (animator), Rise of the Guardians (animator), and the Ice Age Franchise.   

Follow JP Sans at: https://www.instagram.com/jpsans/

Is Hollywood dying? How can new filmmakers rise up? Scott Wiser shares his current thoughts about how to get ahead and how animation is the vein of gold worth mining! 

BTS, Scott keeps getting suggested video titles like, "Why 99% Of Movies Today Are Garbage" and "Why Modern Movies Suck - They're Written By Children"...   ...while learning from experts like Ed Hooks, Brian McDonald, Hayao Miyazaki, Jordan Peterson, etc. on how to tell better, more deeply meaningful stories.  

Scott gave (and sang) this speech at the Salt Lake Animation Expo and so many said it touched them deeply. I hope you enjoy it and please let me know your thoughts.  

Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at https://scottwiser.com/collaborate https://www.instagram.com/scottkwiser/

Originally streamed on YouTube Live on May 13, 2022. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at https://scottwiser.com/collaborate 

From his website, https://edhooks.com/

Ed Hooks, author of Acting for Animators, created acting training especially for animators instead of stage or movie actors. He has taught his Masterclass for most major animation studios and video game companies internationally and is a popular speaker/presenter at Animation Conferences and Festival. Before he began work with animators in 1996, Ed was a professional actor and acting teacher for almost 30 years, with credits in all media.  

He has taught for most major animation studios including Sony, Disney Animation, Dreamworks, along with video game companies like Blizzard, Epic, Valve, Framestore, Ubisoft and Microsoft.

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on April 8, 2022. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Croods, How To Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda - Stephen Candell has built so many amazing rigs for them, and now... he has one of the best independent character creation studios out there!   

Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate  

You can follow Stephen at: https://www.instagram.com/scandell/

And don't forget to check out: https://www.studiozubio.com/

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on March 4, 2022. Audio edited Kiara Horowitz.

How did Adam start an animation company that grew 10x the size in one year?   

Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate  

Adam Sidwell has gone from rigging characters as a TD in the FX industry to owning his own publishing company, to starting a booming animation studio in Utah. How does he do it all?  

You can follow Adam at: https://www.instagram.com/adamglendon...

And don't forget to check out: https://www.futurehousestudios.com/ 

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Feb 4, 2022. Audio edited by Kiara.

How has this independent director made 3 deeply meaningful hits?   

Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate  

Tomm Moore co-founded Cartoon Saloon, an animation studio based in Kilkenny, Ireland. He directed The Secret of Kells (2009),  Song of the Sea (2014), and Wolfwalkers (2020), which impacted Scott's son so much he went around evangelizing "the fact" that Wolfwalkers is superior to every other animated film out there.   

You can follow Tomm at https://www.instagram.com/tomm9769/

and Cartoon Saloon at: https://www.instagram.com/cartoonsaloon/ https://www.cartoonsaloon.ie/

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Jan 6, 2022. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Character Designer goes beyond your average tutorial by designing 5 characters side by side.  

 Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate  

Shawn Boyles is a character designer with experience in film, games, tv, and currently designs at Spacestation animation on A for Adley and the Adley's Playspace Appl and upcoming Creative Space App. He has also been co-designing the character for my original feature film, The Unsingable Song!  

We got the idea for this episode as we shared a table at this year's Cartoon Talent Network Expo or CTNX and Shawn did a demo for an aspiring artist. He designed five dinosaurs at the same time and blew my mind, even though we've known each other for years.   

You can follow his work at https://www.instagram.com/spikethesur... 

Originally streamed on YouTube on Dec 3, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Shonduras shares the story of Spacestation Animation  

Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate  

Shonduras first grew his audience on Snapchat doing entertaining photos and drawings then grew the Shonduras Youtube channel followed by the many businesses at Spacestation and the A for Adley family show.   

We met as he was building Spacestation Animation and have worked four jam-packed months together. See our first episode at youtube.com/SpacestationAnimation.

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Nov 12, 2021. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate  

Jasmine, co-founder of the Academy of Animated Art for training CG Lighters, didn't let the closing of Blue-Sky Studios get her down.  She is now the CG Lead currently at Framestore and loves helping new artists break into the animation and VFX industry. We'll be discussing changes in the industry, the ins-and-outs of remote work, etc.  

Academy of Animated Art:  https://academyofanimatedart.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AcademyOfAn... 

Coaching:  https://jazzkatat.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasmine.katat/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjgL...