Tag Archives: animation

Making a Rock to Roll.

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Recently I looked through the notes from our two test screening feedback sessions and one note struck me as immensely important: 2 audience members didn’t feel connected to the main character right off the bat, so when she launches on … Continue reading →

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39 Months of Gestation: Dark Place.

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

They say that longer gestation in animals is correlated with more intelligence. Elephants gestate 24 months, sperm whales and dolphins up to 19, walruses – 16. So far “Rocks In My Pockets” has gestated 39 months. I don’t know about … Continue reading →

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A Conversation with Bill Plympton on Kickstarter and Oscars.

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

We visited Bill Plympton and his son Lucas on Sunday afternoon and recorded a conversation with Bill – on such interesting subjects as scoring music for film, running Kickstarter campaign and qualifying a film for Oscars. The recording sounds odd, … Continue reading →

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Tricky Women Animation Festival: Films.

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Tricky Women is Tricky because animation in German is Trickfilm. Puns are fun. The festival itself is also fun, based in a good looking, friendly town of Vienna. The festival is organized by a team of great women lead by Waltraud … Continue reading →

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Women Film Festivals: Do We need Them?

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Recently Ottawa International Animation Festival director and programmer Chris Robinson asked in a private Facebook message to 10 female animators what they felt about gender specific festivals. Namely – programs of films made only by women. It was a surprise … Continue reading →

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Hard Data Vs. Soft Data of a Kickstarter campaign.

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

In Digital Age it’s seductive to reduce people to numbers, as it makes hard data easily available. – My video has been viewed 41,374 times on YouTube! – My blog had 52,937 visitors last year! – I have 1,237 friends … Continue reading →

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“Rocks” Kickstarter campaign in pictures

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

We still have 38 hours to go, $6000 to raise. “Rocks In My Pockets” Kickstarter campaign ends on The Valentine’s Day morning, February 14th at 9:21 AM. I wanted to share with you some of the pictures we posted on … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter Week 1: Thoughts

Posted on January 19, 2013 by

It’s actually not thoughts, but a feeling: it is hard. But lets take things in order. On Tuesday, January 15th at 9:22 AM I hit the button “Launch” and “Rocks In My Pockets” Kickstarter campaign went live. A moment of exhilaration – … Continue reading →

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Money Blues.

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

It is 4 AM and I wake up with a feeling that a large fist in the center of my stomach is pulling my whole body inside. My muscles crack with tension like guitar strings too tight. My back and … Continue reading →

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Merry Winter Solstice!

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

The Solstice was 5 days ago. You have probably noticed that at at 4:30 PM there is more light. Even more is on it’s way. I know you are frightened of cold, boring, dark January. Nothing to fear. Light is … Continue reading →

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