Yu Yu shows us Froggy (her puppet-eating puppet), tells us about the Taiwan stop motion community, her approach to directing other animators and how she treats her films as collaborative efforts, explains her fascination with horror and all things eerie, dives a little into stop motion in VR, and many other wonderful tidbits! Join us as we take a tour through the world of Yu Yu!
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:25 - Greeting
0:01:52 - Inspiration & Concept
0:04:06 - Yu Yu's Background before Stop Motion Career
0:09:35 - Film Lighting
0:13:03 - Collaboration in Sound and Music
0:19:00 - Set & Character Design
0:22:52 - Meet The Puppet
0:26:09 - Needle Felting Technique
0:27:47 - Wire Armature Technique learned from Stoopid Buddy
0:29:51 - Film Promotion
0:34:05 - Taiwanese Culture
0:36:49 - Potential Project Yu Yu Wants To Work On
0:44:38 - Ghost Month In Taiwan
0:50:04 - Director Leadership
0:51:34 - Acting Tip For Animators
0:57:18 - Collaboration with Fabricators and Animators
0:59:37 - VR Short in Stop Motion
1:05:48 - Next Pitch
1:09:12 - Teach And Bring More Artists Into Stop Motion
1:11:33 - Generate Leads For Freelancing
1:16:34 - Client Horror Story