Tis the season...

to be jolly???

I'm off for Christmas now, so thought I'd leave with the one piece of creativeness I've produced which isn't to do with an animation craft show. Today I was editing together an interview for the series with Aardman's Richard Goleszowski. He gave a really interesting insight into the creative process behind putting an episode of Sean the Sheep together. In the show the interview is only three and a half minutes long but I've got 15 minutes worth of chat, which has some really nice content, I must throw it together later on next year as there is some interesting stuff which isn't suitable for a series aimed at 8-12 year olds.

So here's my Christmasie effort for 2008... It's an envelope but could be a xmas card, gift tag or reindeer enthusiast journal cover???

Merry Christmas one and all!

Behind the Scenes, On Set...

As promised a few snaps from my latest project the online series 'Animate and Create' which goes out at the start of the new year. I'm frantically editing away at the moment, the deadline and Christmas are lurky though...




Me on Set...


Serious me in the plasticine jungle, which is the studio...


Me again... This Time trying to find my motivation for the opening scene


My 'Man trapped in box' mime impression


Finally my Homage to the legend Mr. Tony Hart and his trusted sidekick Morph

Feeling Lost

Having a down day? Me too...

I'm lucky enough to be a very energetic passionate person, but as a creative this comes at a price in the shape of a low. The dearest things to me in life are my dreams, desires and future projects, these things keep me going and something to aim for. If I was to describe how my lows feel,it would be losing my self belief in fulfilling my dreams. Now the reasons can vary from others doubting or letting you down to personal matters effecting your work.

When I'm low/down I always use the term 'Lost' to describe the feeling, as i never know how i got here or how I'm going to get out. I'm not sure how I'm going to get myself out of this current low, maybe writing this is one attempt?

This all reminded me of an article I was asked to write by an online creative mag. The theme for the issue was 'Lost', so I wrote about a creative person's eternal state of feeling 'Lost'. A link to it is below:

http://www.creaturemag.com/lostandfound/page5.html


I'm feeling more 'Lost' than usual tonight, but do hope i get back to being a plain old 'Lostie' soon enough. It's days like this, that makes the highs all the more sweeter...

My New Baby...

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I thought it was about time I mentioned the main project I'm working on, which is keeping me from writing my Blog!

I'm currently producing a short animation craft show for the online channel Kent TV. The series will be made up from six episodes, each being eight minutes in length. The episodes will present animation tasks, interviews with animators and run a competition. The show is being pitched at both primary and secondary schools pupils from the county. I've written, produced, and am presenting it which has been lots of fun, but extremely straining, most of all for the crew as I forget lines!

I've been busy the last couple of months writing the shows, producing the interviews and have just finished recording the studio tasks. After presenting I have a new found respect for TV presenters in particular the likes of Tony Harts and Neil Buchanan. These guys are such an inspiration to so many young people, and they're real professionals. For them to be so good on screen, remember lines and processes and to complete all the tasks successfully over and over again is tough job.

I'll write more and throw some photos up over the next week or so.