RubberOnion Animation Podcast

This segment premiered in #RubberOnionPodcast 135 "Virtual Reality and Emerging Technologies"

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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!

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Topics & Timestamps: (5:00) Creator Spotlight: Peter J Casey "Pikapetey" (44:36) Discussion about Virtual Reality (1:08:09) Creator Spotlight (vault): Dave Johnson (1:37:37) Movie Review: "The Jungle Book" (2016) (2:07:15) Slow Burn: "New and Emerging Technology and how animators approach them" (2:28:49) Audience Thoughts!

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://youtu.be/DkLJEA5Sl0Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWVeuVyShnE

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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!

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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 73 Studios for Boltron Ultimate (12:30) RIP Darwyn Cooke (13:50) RIP Alan Young (15:49) Trailer Talk... (15:49) "TMNT: Out of the Shadows" final trailer (comparison with the first) (28:46) Animation News of the Week... (29:54) Paul 'Otaking Johnson fanimation for R-Type (39:31) Nintendo officially moving into the movie making business (56:43) Animators were instructed to not change a bit of the performance capture footage in WARCRAFT (1:16:26) Rapid Fire!!!!

Media Referenced During this Episode:

Thanks to Greg Pugh for this awesome promo GIF for my book!

"Chubby Dumpling" moment at 1:20 of the video below *very very minor "Captain America: Civil War" spoiler in the video before the "chubby dumpling moment*

http://rubberonion.tumblr.com/post/144675728211/hey-everyone-stephen-rubberonion-here-i

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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 address those in the listener submitted Rapid Fire segment!

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Topics & Timestamps: (7:10) "How You Doin" (7:10) Stephen saw "Captain America: Civil War" (21:34) Trailer Talk... (22:42) Clip from DreamWorks' TROLLS movie (37:15) Official Trailer | DREAMWORKS VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER (48:38) Animation News of the Week... (49:17) First look at Jason Sudeikis' live-action/animated comedy SON OF ZORN (1:00:38) Amazon Offers Animators A New Way to Make Money from Online Video (1:11:47) Disney Shuts Down Infinity, Will Lay Off Up To 300 Employees (1:25:32) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://youtu.be/1dF3mDv7s1s

https://youtu.be/DdqoQjaOGeU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPnlQTi8heM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZt9qVHtjCQ

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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 talk about ALL your #RubberOnionBattle submissions for April and cap it all off with your favorite segment... Rapid Fire! Enjoy the show!

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Topics & Timestamps: (5:11) "How You Doin" (8:48) Rob's Mothers Day short (13:46) 'Game of Thrones' first fart joke (19:04) Animation News of the Week... (20:00) Marvel, Sony and Paramount All Skipping Comic-Con (27:07) The Simpsons Couch Gag By Eric Goldberg (40:35) Comcast buys DreamWorks Animation in $3.8 billion deal (53:26) Taylor Armstrong reminds you to submit to Animation Block Party (1:04:52) Battle Talk: April's #RubberOnionBattle (2:01:44) Rapid Fire!!!!!!! Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4xQamnhmLE https://youtu.be/9qcY2ERwmaU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C-EcgwED14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2XYDmhB8J4

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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! I'd love to hear your thoughts (preferably after you listen to the show haha) in the comments section below. Enjoy the show!

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Topics & Timestamps: (12:20) The "Avatar" Problem (32:57) Motion Capture vs Rotoscope (58:03) Possible Step 1: "Does the audience know it's animation?" (1:07:10) Possible Step 2: "Is it filmed in camera?" (1:10:25) Possible Step 3: "Is it replication or refinement?" (1:20:07) So... what's the answer?! Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jROY5GFs_Vk

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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!

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Topics & Timestamps: (3:22) Inspiration (5:38) "Chluaid" (7:58) Disney days (10:00) Factory accident (12:37) Talking Lobo (14:58) Studio vs Freelance (19:07) Bob's Burgers (25:35) Australian animation scene (27:16) Getting out of the office (29:46) Heart surgery (34:24) Dashkin game (41:53) Adam's book "Animate to Harmony" (44:54) Ween music video (51:34) Patreon (54:51) Newgrounds (1:00:34) Bitey (1:04:05) Audience Questions... (1:04:21) Mike Boas (1:09:51) Jesse J Jones (1:11:48) Christopher Murphy (1:16:43) Joe Wayne (1:19:13) Alex Dudley (1:22:16) Ronald Chaparro (1:24:06) Timothy Bergeron (1:31:28) Lamont Wayne (1:32:31) Nathan Viney (1:34:16) Kaishu Mannella

Check out Adam Phillips's films:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efa1uX6fOmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtuVA4NOm0I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efa1uX6fOmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HJVXuZRwVQ

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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!

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Topics & Timestamps:

(4:54) "How You Doin" (5:00) Talking about Tax Day (8:14) "TMNT: Out of the Shadows" trailer (21:15) Animation News of the Week... (22:03) ‘Astro Boy Reboot’ TV Series Debuts New Poster (31:29) Benedict Cumberbatch to voice the Grinch in 2017 Animated Film (39:37) Blue Sky settles in wage-fixing suit (50:53) Audience Question: "How many jobs do you do a year? How much time do you 'budget' in, to work on your own material? How much time for professional development, learning new software, reading the newest animation books, conventions, etc?" ~Timothy Bergeron (1:03:38) Preview of Next Week's show: "Adam Phillips Interview" (1:07:21) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!!

Media Referenced During this Episode:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z1mfY5qOAQ

Meet the #PixarCoco crew: Our fantastic character designer, Daniel Arriaga! @rrr_yaga pic.twitter.com/MTwsGHr3eW

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) April 14, 2016

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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!

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Topics & Timestamps: (3:35) "How You Doin" (12:10) Animation News of the Week... (12:48) THE BFG trailer (22:57) SPEEDY GONZALES movie in the works (35:37) Battle Talk: March's #RubberOnionBattle (1:06:10) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!!

Media Referenced During this Episode:

March 2016's #RubberOnionBattle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGUnt123Z10

I refer to this picture on this week's episode of the #RubberOnionPodcast... remember it. Story to be told... pic.twitter.com/n0CIKF6buK

— Stephen Brooks (@rubberonion) April 12, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxdB8E26-lw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld9GaDKAxhg&feature=youtu.be&a

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYi_hq2p1Ac

Here is a poster with screenshots from all 109 of the Fleischer Studios Popeye the Sailor cartoons (with an honorable inclusion of "Lets Sing With Popeye" as a coda)! Enjoy this giant poster tribute to the work of these cartoon geniuses!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIVk6YebS0

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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!

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Topics & Timestamps: (6:05) "How You Doin?" (6:28) Rob's continuing "Foot Surgery Saga" (12:21) The fix to Stephen's OpenToonz crash issue (16:25) Barefoot Bandits + Cypress Hill (17:55) TMNT Crossover episode "Trans-dimensional Turtles" talkback (16:45) Trailer Talk (21:59) Animation News of the Week... (22:38) Scooby Doo Collab Jam (26:40) Andy Kennedy's "Slow Wave" (29:21) "Nerdland" redband trailer (38:45) "Loving Vincent" new trailer (42:16) "Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV" feature film trailer (46:52) More "Finding Dory" character designs released (47:58) Rapid Fire!!!!!!!!! (57:48) February's #RubberOnionBattle Winner (58:55) April's #RubberOnionBattle Topic (59:38) Shoutout to David Howard's film fest IndieGoGo campaign for his short film "HEARD"

Media Referenced During this Episode:

Slow Wave from andy kennedy on Vimeo.

Fun "re-edit" of the end of Episode 4 'Perfectly Suited' by our buddies at Rubber Onion Animation...

Posted by The Barefoot Bandits on Tuesday, March 29, 2016

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