Episodes
Thursday Aug 29, 2013
AVATAR MoCap, Unions, Masters & Shamans – Ed Hooks pt2!
Thursday Aug 29, 2013
Thursday Aug 29, 2013
If you didn’t know Ed Hooks before, you will LOVE him after hearing this interview! In part 2, we cover a lot of ground and there are great insights to the animation industry with Ed’s perspective. Some tidbits: Digital and Live Action are coming together… Be Entrepreneurial. Best advice – think globally… Actors have a license to stare – and see people for what they really are! Are those in the MOCAP suits Actors or not? How should they be paid? It’s all up for grabs right now. Digital has changed the landscape of payments. Digital and live action are coming together. Animators are having the exact same ideas as actors. Be Entrepreneurial. Think globally. The movie Chico & Rita was produced by a Barcelona Spain company but was actually created by companies in 11 different countries coordinated via Spain. The production model is changing. It’s as big as when sound entered films! You can work with anyone, anywhere. Ed works all over the world and shares his China experience as a ‘Master’ and how he had to invent again, to break thru the culture walls. Then - WHY is that Iron Giant (from the movie) piggy bank in Ed’s closet and why is it his favorite thing in there? Guilty pleasures, best childhood friends and Shamans. Ed Hooks is a 30 year acting professional and has pioneered acting training specifically for animators. His books Acting for Animators and Acting in Animation: A Look at 12 Films have become standard texts at animation schools all over the world. Learn more at www.EdHooks.com and sign up for Ed’s newsletters. VO artist LoveThatRebecca aka Rebecca Haugh is your host on Love That VoiceOver bringing you a fresh perspective about personalities and projects within the art and artistry behind the microphone.... Follow us @LovethatVO @RebeccaHaughVO and the same names on FB Pages
Friday Aug 23, 2013
WOODY ALLEN, ANTZ & ED HOOKS - MATCHING PIXELS TO THE HEART!
Friday Aug 23, 2013
Friday Aug 23, 2013
WOODY ALLEN, ANTZ & ED HOOKS - MATCHING PIXELS TO THE HEART! MEET ED HOOKS, INVENTOR OF ACTING FOR ANIMATORS! My acting teacher from San Francisco Ed Hooks got dragged in by another acting student to do acting teaching to animators back in 1996 for a “small” animated movie called ANTZ starring Woody Allen … ANTZ was only the SECOND computer animated full-length movie made in the US! (Toy Story being the first. So he tried to teach introverted animators about acting via script work and performance, which totally bombed. Luckily Ed modified his efforts, learned about animation work in order to teach animators, especially when working in computer animation and the 24 frames per second “moment” ; and then he wrote a book about it. Back in 1996 NO ONE wanted to publish his new book ‘Acting for Animators’ because they didn’t think there was an audience. He was just ahead of his time. It didn’t get published until 2001. Ed also has great insights to the VO production and casting handled for animation projects. Some tidbits are: VO Sessions for animation projects… Contacting animation companies – who are not accustomed to actors! Ed Hooks is a theatre professional for 30 years, and has pioneered acting training specifically for animators. His books Acting for Animators and Acting in Animation: A Look at 12 Films have become standard texts at animation schools all over the world. VO artist LoveThatRebecca aka Rebecca Haugh is your host on Love That VoiceOver bringing you a fresh perspective about personalities and projects within the art and artistry behind the microphone.... Follow us @LovethatVO @RebeccaHaughVO and same names on FB Pages