The Symbolic World

312 - Kendelle Hoyer - Behind the Big Screen

10.20.2023 - By Jonathan PageauPlay

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Kendelle Hoyer is passionate about storytelling and art, which has been a life-long pursuit since childhood when she decided she wanted to work in animation. Since then, Kendelle has developed her craft of bringing fantastical stories to life. She has been privileged to work on feature films at major animation studios since 2008, and is currently working in Los Angeles as storyboard artist.In this podcast episode, we discuss her work as an artist to put together movies for the big screen. We also discuss what makes a story precious, and how to approach creative storytelling.----------------Timestamps:0:00 - Preview0:50 - Intro music1:14 - Introduction2:01 - Being a storyboard artist3:17 - What's the difference between the head-of-story and the director?4:43 - How symbolic thinking helps5:12 - Story reels7:05 - Planning9:45 - A bad story12:39 - Working on a project14:35 - The early Pixar and Disney movies16:31 - Protecting the creative environment20:02 - The next wave of storytelling22:20 - Finding the right character22:57 - Story problem solving25:54 - What did you study?26:36 - Storytellers are important27:44 - Stop complaining and start creating29:39 - How has symbolic thinking influenced your work?33:33 - Putting the story first37:50 - The flow and dialogos44:38 - The early Disney films46:17 - AI49:48 - AI images----------------

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