{"id":33742,"date":"2018-09-11T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=33742"},"modified":"2018-09-11T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:21:20","slug":"podcast-ben-steer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcast-ben-steer\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast interview with &#8216;Mamoon&#8217; director Ben Steer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/498116400-skwigly-skwigly-podcast-85.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33730 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ep85-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In episode 85 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/animation-podcasts\/\">Skwigly Animation Podcast<\/a> we welcome Ben Steer, director of the multi-award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blue-zoo.co.uk\/\">Blue Zoo<\/a> short film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blue-zoo.co.uk\/feed\/mamoon\/\"><em>Mamoon<\/em><\/a>, released online this week!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Mamoon<\/em> is the brainchild of Blue Zoo\u2019s Senior Animation Director, Ben Steer, who\u2019s response to the company\u2019s shorts programme won the heart of Blue Zooers who voted his idea into production. Already in its sixth year, the shorts programme is an excellent opportunity for creative diversity and experimentation, without commercial expectations. With previous shorts tending to be more humourous, the brief this time was to create an emotional, human story, with the proviso that the characters be animated in Maya and then projected and filmed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mamoon\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/289059542?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Developed as part of Blue Zoo&#8217;s long-running animated short films programme in which studio employees pitch their own concepts, the film (which makes use of pre-rendered CG character animation projected onto a minimalist polystyrene set accompanied by a gorgeous score from composer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewwilcock.com\/\">Matthew Wilcock<\/a>) is an expertly-crafted visualisation of the emotional toll of the Syrian Civil War in which\u00a0a mother and child find themselves in peril as the moon loses its light and their environment becomes increasingly treacherous to navigate.<\/p>\n<p>Also discussed in this episode: Reviewing new animated offerings from Netflix, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brownbagfilms.com\/labs\/entry\/brown-bags-pick-of-animation-podcasts-you-need-to-listen-to\">Brown Bag endorsement<\/a> appreciation, more love for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/chuck-steel-night-of-the-trampires-review\/\"><em>Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires<\/em><\/a>\u00a0following its UK premiere at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frightfest.co.uk\/2018Films\/chuck-steel-night-of-the-trampires.html\">Fright Fest<\/a> and a look at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/anijam.co.uk\/\">2018 Anijam<\/a> which this year has gone nationwide for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anim18.co.uk\/\">Anim18<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stream below or <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/498116400-skwigly-skwigly-podcast-85.mp3\">direct download<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/498116400&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In episode 85 of the Skwigly Animation Podcast we welcome Ben Steer, director of the multi-award-winning Blue Zoo short film Mamoon, released online this week! 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