{"id":36775,"date":"2019-09-20T07:39:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T07:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=36775"},"modified":"2020-08-26T09:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T09:30:21","slug":"podcast-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcast-93\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Lauren Orme, David Hutchinson, Connor Heaney &#038; John Walsh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/683571168-skwigly-skwigly-podcast-93.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36777 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ep93-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><em><strong>(UPDATE 08\/2020: Lauren Orme&#8217;s <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/449604620\"><strong>Creepy Pasta Salad<\/strong><\/a><em><strong> has now been released online and can be watched in full below)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/podcasts\/skwigly-animation-podcast-93\/\">93rd episode<\/a> of the Skwigly podcast we catch up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laurenorme.com\">Lauren Orme<\/a>, Festival Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffanimation.com\/festival\">Cardiff Animation Festival<\/a>, founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiffanimation.com\/\">Cardiff Animation Nights<\/a> and co-founder\/Creative Director at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piclanimation.com\/\">Picl Animation<\/a>. Lauren has also recently finished her short film <a href=\"https:\/\/2019.encounters.film\/films\/5d440e4adc07b40026f2ad16\"><em>Creepy Pasta Salad <\/em><\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windingsnake.com\">Winding Snake Productions<\/a> that screens next week at Bristol&#8217;s Encounters festival, having premiered earlier this year at EIFF.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Creepy Pasta Salad\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/449604620?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>The film, which tells the story of &#8220;a werewolf with an anxiety disorder, a ghost with low self-confidence and a lonely witch&#8221; muddling through their everyday lives was produced by Amy Morris and features the voice talents of Adam Buxton, Richard Harrington, Eve Myles and Ruth Maddoc. Encounters festivalgoers can catch the film in the competition programme <a href=\"https:\/\/2019.encounters.film\/schedule\/animation-3-herstory-5d2601007459e0002c7a4d80\"><strong>Herstory<\/strong><\/a> on Thursday September 26th at noon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Boy &amp; Dragon Fight For A Video Game?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xPMelftzrD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We also speak with David Hutchinson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildbrain.com\/\">Wildbrain<\/a>, to discuss navigating the often-overwhelming world of online animation having recently created the YouTube series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsbBEef-l-vFAh0F3clHsrw\"><em>Boy &amp; Dragon<\/em><\/a> that recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wildbrain-boy-dragon\/\">launched last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we&#8217;re joined by Connor Heaney &amp; John Walsh of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rayharryhausen.com\">The Ray &amp; Diana Harryhausen Foundation<\/a> to discuss the various upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harryhausen100.com\/\">Harryhausen 100<\/a> events in honour of Ray Harryhausen&#8217;s centenary and John&#8217;s book <a href=\"https:\/\/titanbooks.com\/9849-harryhausen-the-lost-movies\/\"><em>Harryhausen: The Lost Movies<\/em><\/a>, as well as showcasing some exclusive audio of the late, great Mr. Harryhausen himself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harryhausen100.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36778 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Harryhausen100-800x490.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a>Stream this episode below or <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/683571168-skwigly-skwigly-podcast-93.mp3\">direct download here<\/a>:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/683571168&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><\/p>\n<p>You can also hear more from the <em>Creepy Pasta Salad<\/em> team in our <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/stream\/690834907-skwigly-skwigly-at-encounters-2019-3.mp3\">2019 Encounters Festival filmmaker Q&amp;As<\/a> with Lauren, technical director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/dani-abram\/\">Dani Abram<\/a> and composer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/tag\/phil-brookes\/\">Phil Brookes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/690834907&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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(UPDATE 08\/2020: Lauren Orme&#8217;s Creepy Pasta Salad has now been released online and can be watched in full below) In the 93rd episode of the Skwigly podcast we catch up with Lauren Orme, Festival Director of the Cardiff Animation Festival, founder of Cardiff Animation Nights and co-founder\/Creative Director at Picl Animation. 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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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