{"id":34512,"date":"2018-12-12T08:39:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T08:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=34512"},"modified":"2019-08-09T20:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T20:22:42","slug":"indie-animated-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/indie-animated-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Making Independent Animated Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/543806799-skwigly-independent-animation-04.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34514 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/indanim04-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>In the fourth episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/independent-animation\">Independent Animation<\/a>, our companion podcast series to the Skwigly tie-in book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crcpress.com\/Independent-Animation-Developing-Producing-and-Distributing-Your-Animated\/Mitchell\/p\/book\/9781138855724\"><em>Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films<\/em><\/a> (Taylor &amp; Francis\/CRC Press), we explore the daunting world of taking on feature-length indie animation with several auteurs who&#8217;ve taken the plunge. Building on the book&#8217;s explorations of major case studies including well-established artists such as Bill Plympton, Signe Baumane and Nina Paley, in this podcast we meet several relative newcomers in the animation world to learn more about the challenges they faced when both taking on and releasing such mammoth endeavours without a pre-existing fanbase or substantial crew. These include:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where it Floods\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/191006258?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"213\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricbeard.com\/\">Joel Benjamin<\/a>, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricbeard.com\/whereitfloods\/\"><em>Where It Floods<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LeSeurdmin\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/205492742?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><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicholasdefina\">Nicholas De Fina<\/a>, director of <a href=\"https:\/\/leseurdmin.com\/\"><em>LeSeurdmin<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/vimeo.com\/226493808<\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"http:\/\/danekis.com\/\">Dan Ekis<\/a>, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/danekis.com\/grey-island\/\"><em>Grey Island<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/192923729?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>Also in this episode we speak with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engine-house.co.uk\/team_member\/natasha-price\/\">Natasha Price<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engine-house.co.uk\">Engine House<\/a>, a Cornwall-based studio who are embarking on their own indie feature<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engine-house.co.uk\/back-from-the-dead-red\"><em> Back From The Dead Red<\/em><\/a> thanks to the support of blockchain entertainment studio <a href=\"https:\/\/singulardtv.com\/\">SingularDTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stream below or <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/543806799-skwigly-independent-animation-04.mp3\">direct download<\/a>:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/543806799&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nPresented, edited and produced by Ben Mitchell<br \/>\nMusic by Ben Mitchell<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films <em>is available to buy now from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crcpress.com\/Independent-Animation-Developing-Producing-and-Distributing-Your-Animated\/Mitchell\/p\/book\/9781138855724\">Taylor &amp; Francis\/CRC Press<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the fourth episode of Independent Animation, our companion podcast series to the Skwigly tie-in book Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films (Taylor &amp; Francis\/CRC Press), we explore the daunting world of taking on feature-length indie animation with several auteurs who&#8217;ve taken the plunge. 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As a freelancer he has produced work for WildBrain, CBeebies, Channel 4, Shy Guys, Plymptoons, Animortal, Wonky Films, A Productions, Slurpy Studios and Rumpus to name a few. As an independent director he has produced six multi-award-winning short animated films that have been showcased at over 200 international film and animation festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, BFI London Film Festival, ITFS Stuttgart, Encounters, London International Animation Festival, Pictoplasma, London Short Film Festival and Anima Mundi. Alongside his work in animation production he is an active writer and researcher on the industry through such avenues as the leading UK animation resource Skwigly, for which he is Editor in Chief, and his books 'Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films' (2016, second edition published April 2023) and 'Intimate Animation' (2025, co-written with Dr. Laura-Beth Cowley). As an educator he has lectured and tutored at AUB Bournemouth, University of the West of England, University of Gloucestershire and UAL Central Saint Martins. 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