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Pixar’s Soul: Jerry & Terry Character Animation Analysis
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Pixar’s Soul: Jerry & Terry Character Animation Analysis

ByFerdinand Engländer January 7, 2021April 22, 2021

These characters are from another dimension… Pixar’s latest film Soul had some very creative character designs and animation. Let’s learn from a scene with Jerry and Terry about character animation, acting for animators, rhythm and the struggle of tucking away…

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Writing is Re-writing – Storytelling Quick tip
Other | Storytelling

Writing is Re-writing – Storytelling Quick tip

ByFerdinand Engländer September 13, 2020April 22, 2021

Here is a quick storytelling tip about writing for animation (and writing for film in general) about one of the hardest aspects of the writing process: Writing is re-writing. More about storytelling? Check out this live stream! Writing a story…

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Writing animation – live stream
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Writing animation – live stream

ByFerdinand Engländer September 11, 2020September 13, 2020

In this live stream we build the foundation for an animated short film: the script. Do you need a script for making animation? What is a good story structure? Watch me live while I work on my personal project “Big…

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We got hacked :( everything should be back to normal
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We got hacked :( everything should be back to normal

ByFerdinand Engländer August 1, 2020August 3, 2020

Animator Island was hacked. Don’t worry, payment details (e.g. when purchasing premium content) are not stored on our server, and therefore have not been affected and are always secure. Malicious code was injected into some php files and caused random…

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The problem with COPPA – Making the right choice about who is watching
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The problem with COPPA – Making the right choice about who is watching

ByFerdinand Engländer December 13, 2019April 22, 2021

Videos made for children are now treated differently on YouTube because of COPPA – the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. How will Coppa affect channels with animation? Does family-friendly content made for everyone count as made for kids? Turns out…

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Big moments in your story and animation – storytelling tip
Acting | Storytelling

Big moments in your story and animation – storytelling tip

ByFerdinand Engländer August 15, 2019August 15, 2019

Here are 2 ways how you can make your stories and animation performances feel more epic and meaningful. 😮😍 If something feels big to your character, it will also feel big to your audience. We empathize with something being important…

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AnimChallenge “Abracadabra” July 2019
Critiquing | Other

AnimChallenge “Abracadabra” July 2019

ByFerdinand Engländer August 11, 2019April 22, 2021

Analyzing and studying other people’s animations is a fantastic way to learn. In this animation critique video we have a frame by frame look at the submissions for the July 2019 competitions of the AnimChallenge facebook group.

Thumbnail from one of the submissions for the animation challenge

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Story & Comedy – How to make it work / Interview
AnimatorIslandTV | Storytelling

Story & Comedy – How to make it work / Interview

ByFerdinand Engländer June 20, 2019June 20, 2019

Discover how writers, storyboarders but also animators and the actors developed the story and comedy of the recent LEGO movies.

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Why does your character move?
Acting | Other

Why does your character move?

ByFerdinand Engländer May 15, 2019April 22, 2021

This makes or breaks your animation: Know WHY every single motion is happening! Find out what shortcut many beginners take and why that hurts your animation.

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11 Second Club March 2019 – animation critiques and feedback
Critiquing

11 Second Club March 2019 – animation critiques and feedback

ByFerdinand Engländer April 8, 2019April 15, 2019

Let’s learn from the good, the bad and the ugly of the 11 Second Club competition from March 2019. Ferdinand critiques, reviews, rates, annotates and gives feedback to animations submitted to the competition.

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