{"id":6140,"date":"2013-01-30T10:56:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T10:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=6140"},"modified":"2016-08-08T12:25:27","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T12:25:27","slug":"interview-cadaver-director-writer-jonah-d-ansell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/interview-cadaver-director-writer-jonah-d-ansell\/","title":{"rendered":"Cadaver Interview: Director &#038; Writer Jonah D. Ansell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cadaver<\/strong> is an award-winning animated short featuring the voices of Christopher Lloyd, Kathy Bates and Tavi Gevinson. Described as <em>&#8220;a cinematic poem &#8230; inspired by the wit of Shel Silverstein and the wisdom of William Shakespeare, it is a twenty-first century love sonnet&#8221;<\/em>, <strong>Cadaver<\/strong> will also be available as a graphic novel in February 2012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/57516335\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing out on the 2013 Academy Award shortlist, <strong>Cadaver<\/strong> has a lot of life left in it yet (no pun intended). Not content with an animated short and graphic novel, there is talk of a feature film and an animated musical. Jonah D. Ansell tells us more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for taking the time to talk to Skwigly. Can you tell us about your background (writer and director), and what came before Cadaver?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was born in Chicago and played baseball all the way through college.\u00a0 But after realising my fastball failed to frequent the strike zone, I decided to pursue something different.\u00a0 I began to write.\u00a0 I founded a satire magazine at Amherst College at age 19, and after graduating, raised money and launched a humor magazine at age 21.\u00a0 After my partners and I sold the company to National Lampoon at age 25, I moved to Los Angeles to earn my MFA at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.\u00a0 In school, I wrote and produced a short film (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstbassthemovie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FIRST BASS<\/a>) based on a true story from my childhood.\u00a0 Growing up, I always loved coming of age stories, such as Stand By Me (1986), Big (1988) and Back to the Future (1985).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Cadaver is quite a dark love-story \u2013 where did you get your inspiration from, and did you come up with the idea?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0897337026\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0897337026&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=skwigly-21\" target=\"_blank\">CADAVER<\/a>\u00a0began as a poem I wrote for my kid sister (a medical student) on the day before she cut open her first anatomy-lab cadaver at Chicago&#8217;s Northwestern University.\u00a0 As soon as I uncovered the emotional core of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cadaver-A-Bittersweet-Love-Story\/dp\/0897337026\" target=\"_blank\">CADAVER<\/a>, I set out to identify the most effective medium to convey it.\u00a0 I knew the story would spark to life as an animated film, but from the very beginning, was intrigued by the idea of turning it into a graphic novel.\u00a0 I wanted to invite readers to linger on the page.\u00a0 To contemplate the words and images that hurtle past (almost too quickly) as the cinematic version unfolds.\u00a0 As a kid growing up on the West Side of Chicago, I routinely retreated to my Chicago Cubs-pennant plastered bedroom to contemplate the elegant images of Chris Van Allsburg and the scratchy scribbles of Quentin Blake.\u00a0 In this light, I truly see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0897337026\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0897337026&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=skwigly-21\" target=\"_blank\">CADAVER<\/a>\u00a0as &#8220;a nursery rhyme for adults&#8221;. \u00a0 It navigates the tragedy of the human experience in a light-hearted, sophomoric way.\u00a0 And yet, it deals with the most adulterous of matters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cadaver-Scalpel-Cut-620x346.jpg\" alt=\"Cadaver Scalpel Cut\" width=\"620\" height=\"346\" \/>\n<p><strong>I saw that the film was entirely hand drawn with Sharpie markers \u2013 what was your reason behind this decision, verses creating the artwork digitally?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Whenever one tells a love story, be it a romantic comedy (When Harry Met Sally, 1989) or a dark and tragic exploration of how love unravels (Blue Valentine, 2010), it&#8217;s critical to add the teeth of honesty.\u00a0 Love stories can too often err on the side of sappy or cheesy.\u00a0 I sought to find a beautiful but gritty way to visually communicate the story.\u00a0 My producer Amanda Dunham Ely and I studied the works of over 400 illustrators, but when we saw the Sharpie-drawn artwork of Seattle-based Carina Simmons, we knew we had found our style.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Your promotional strategy of making the film available for a few weeks, and then only by scanning a QR code from the graphic novel is a very interesting one that I haven\u2019t come across before. Was this a necessity for funding the film, or a commercial decision to cross promote the novel?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The beauty is in the bundle: finding a way to give fans\u00a0<i>each<\/i>\u00a0element of this special love story (in film, book and song formats).\u00a0 We see the film, book and songs as co, augmenting elements &#8212; working together to help us articulate the emotional truth of our story.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1442457023\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=1442457023&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=skwigly-21\" target=\"_blank\">The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore<\/a> actually achieved this before we did &#8212; and I think, increasingly, as technologies continue to evolve, we will see more and more filmmakers telling their stories across multiple platforms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Christopher Lloyd, Kathy Bates and Tavi Gevinson were excellent choices for the voice cast \u2013 I noticed a strong resemblance between your characters and their real-life appearance. Did you design your characters around the actors, or did you cast after the character designs had been complete?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a great question.\u00a0 We actually went through dozens and dozens of drafts of character concept art (and pints and pints of Sharpie ink)!\u00a0 And yet, for whatever reason, we still couldn&#8217;t nail it.\u00a0 We then decided to share video performances of the voice actors with our character artist (Carina Simmons).\u00a0 This was one of the best decisions we made.\u00a0 Carina infused the energy and spirit of those performances into the art.\u00a0 It really paid off because it helped the characters embody the real life mannerisms of the incredibly talented actors.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Cadaver-Road-Trip-620x339.jpg\" alt=\"Cadaver Road Trip\" width=\"620\" height=\"339\" \/>\n<p><strong>What was it like to work with such a cast?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It was categorically humbling to work with the cinematic heroes of my youth.\u00a0 Christopher Lloyd is a prolifically talented actor and he breathed such life into the role.\u00a0 Kathy Bates is wonderful (in her small cameo role) and is a true champion of the film.\u00a0 Tavi is a great friend from back home (in Chicago) and I&#8217;m thrilled with the performance she delivers.\u00a0 As a writer, it&#8217;s always exciting when actors respond to your work.\u00a0 But, it&#8217;s most thrilling to witness how actors elevate the work.\u00a0 Working with a supremely talented cast reminds you of just how collaborative the process of filmmaking truly is.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Christopher Lloyd and Kathy Bates have expressed interest to return for a feature version of the film, plus I read that it may be translated into an animated musical in the vein of Nightmare Before Christmas. Could you spill any secrets\/information on these future plans?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We&#8217;re thrilled about turning Cadaver into a feature film.\u00a0 We are actively shopping the story (via William Morris Endeavor) to Hollywood studios and independent producers.\u00a0 However, even though Cadaver has been widely lauded, the biggest studios have shied away from it because the subject matter is &#8220;too dark.&#8221;\u00a0 It&#8217;s not exactly a &#8216;kids&#8217; movie &#8212; and (as I&#8217;m learning quite quickly) it&#8217;s hard to make an animated movie that&#8217;s not for kids within the studio system.\u00a0 As much as I love Wreck-It-Ralph (2012), Cadaver may be closer (from an audience perspective) to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B001NPD2B0\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B001NPD2B0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=skwigly-21\" target=\"_blank\">Waltz with Bashir (2008)<\/a>.\u00a0 As such, we think it may take an independent producer with a mature sensibility who believes in the project to help get this film made.\u00a0 Know anyone?!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/CADAVER-Jonah-D-Ansell-Starring-Christopher-Lloyd-Tavi-Gevinson-Kathy-Bates-Press-Photo-620x345.jpg\" alt=\"CADAVER Still\" width=\"620\" height=\"345\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/0897337026\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=0897337026&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=skwigly-21\" target=\"_blank\">You can pre-order CADAVER the graphic novel at Amazon (by clicking this link) &#8211; it features three bonus items:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a rendition of Neil Young\u2019s &#8220;Heart of Gold&#8221;, performed by Tavi Gevinson<\/li>\n<li>an acoustic rendition of The Pet Shop Boys&#8217; &#8220;Heart&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>a digital viewing copy of the film, Cadaver<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/55622778\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>You can also<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cadaverthemovie\" target=\"_blank\"> join the Facebook page<\/a>, to stay up to date with future CADAVER developments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cadaver is an award-winning animated short featuring the voices of Christopher Lloyd, Kathy Bates and Tavi Gevinson. 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