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Nice Shorts

Fu Yang and Johnny Knittle

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Frequency: 1 episode/59d. Total Eps: 21

A series of interviews with animators of all mediums about the short films they make as they share tips and peeks into their processes.

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🇩🇪 Germany - animationAndManga
03/02/2025
#76
🇩🇪 Germany - animationAndManga
02/02/2025
#56
🇩🇪 Germany - animationAndManga
01/02/2025
#51
🇩🇪 Germany - animationAndManga
31/01/2025
#33
🇩🇪 Germany - animationAndManga
30/01/2025
#55
🇩🇪 Germany - animationAndManga
19/01/2025
#89
🇩🇪 Germany - animationAndManga
18/01/2025
#73
🇩🇪 Germany - animationAndManga
17/01/2025
#47
🇨🇦 Canada - animationAndManga
12/01/2025
#97
🇨🇦 Canada - animationAndManga
11/01/2025
#80

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https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about
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https://johnnyrk.com/
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https://www.dragonframe.com/
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https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff
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https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk
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https://www.instagram.com/terryibele
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020: Lindsay Berkebile (Pt. II) - Adult Swim Stop-Motion Bumper

Season 1 · Episode 20

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 • Duration 41:08

Today we have more with Lindsay Berkebile!!!! Lindsay is an LA and Portland based Stop-Motion Animator and Director working in tv, ads, and films. You may have seen some of her amazing work in Wendell & Wild, I’m a Virgo, Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords, or many other super awesome projects. Today we talk to Lindsay about how she created an incredible stop-motion vomiting mandible bumper for Adult Swim!

Visit the links below to watch her finished Maya and the Three and Centaurworld animations!

Watch the Adult Swim bumper

Skin of my Teeth Adult Swim bumper

Follow Lindsay

Instagram: @10secondday
TikTok: @10secondday
twitter/x: @10secondday
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3126621/
Vimeo: lindsayfatal

Shout Outs

Sam Shumway: @yungshum
Jake Hauswirth: @beercanfan
Aarica North: @urrcanarf
James Morr: @tinyangrydog.animation
Doug Cummings: @3doug
Open the Portal: @opentheportal

Nice Shorts is... Fu Yang

https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about
https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/ @cuckoostuff

Johnny Knittle

https://johnnyrk.com/
https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/ @johnnyrk

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007 - Eddie & Stephanie - Building Worlds and Pitching Shows

Season 1 · Episode 7

Friday, February 18, 2022 • Duration 01:44:09

(This is a video-heavy episode so please find it on YouTube to get the most out of it!)

Find out why they only have to write one resume for the both of them, how LARPing is good for acting in animation, how they went from building worlds in long word docs to refined packets, the importance of representation, Stephanie’s color ideas, Eddie’s thoughts on obtaining joy from completing ideas rather than how many likes they get after, reworking content to fit the target audience, dealing with burn-out, getting their college to let them do a thesis film when that wasn’t part of the curriculum, their pitching process, and watch as they realize in real time how much work they’ve actually created. So come listen to Stephanie and Eddie compliment and complement each other!

Eddie Betancourt

Stephanie Rattanachane

Nice Shorts is...

Fu Yang

Johnny Knittle

https://johnnyrk.com/

006 - Bailey and Natalie - Til Death Brings Us Together

Season 1 · Episode 6

Friday, February 4, 2022 • Duration 02:03:02

Join us as Bailey and Natalie talk about rigs, project management, what working at a studio during their co-op taught them between their 3rd and 4th years as animation students, their experiences at Sheridan College, and then more about rigs… because they are obsessed with rigs… we mean it… obsessed! But in a good way!

Timeline

0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:03 - Greeting
0:03:12 - Sheridan College 3rd Year Animation Group Project: Schedule
0:07:13 - Sheridan College 3rd Year Animation Group Project: Role and Teamwork
0:18:00 - Sheridan College 3rd Year Animation Group Project: 2D Rigging
0:22:52 - Sheridan College 3rd Year Animation Group Project: Style Guide
0:25:43 - Sneak Peek Thesis Shorts: Character & Rigging
0:27:39 - Finding Johnny: the composer behind Till Death Brings Us Together
0:35:17 - Finding Johnny: Leica & Temp Music
0:44:43 - Finding Johnny: The Queen’s Cartoonists
0:48:37 - Summer Internship
0:58:42 - Summer Internship: Rig for Lineless Animation
1:01:57 - #sheridansucks: A Movement for Making Better Animation Working Environment
1:27:00 - Leadership in Group Project
1:42:41 - Answer Question From Previous Guest, Mee
1:43:26 - Answer Question From Previous Guest: Sneak Peek Bailey’s Thesis Concept
1:50:07 - Answer Question From Previous Guest: Sneak Peek Natalie’s Thesis Concept
1:58:42 - Bailey & Natalie’s Question For The Next Guest
1:59:26 - Where to find Bailey & Natalie
2:01:41 - Let’s Have Some Puns

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005 - Mee Huh - Creator of Ruff and Buff

Season 1 · Episode 5

Saturday, January 22, 2022 • Duration 01:07:42

Meet Mee! Mee talks about drawing inspiration from daily life such as her buff dog. She discusses applying to LCAD, being rejected, then flying from Iowa to California to find out why. An experience that pushed her to improve her drawing skills, skills that helped her overcome social anxiety and even allowed her to start using public transportation. Hear about her perfect timing of attending LCAD the one semester they had a stop motion professor from Open the Portal, then turned that opportunity into an internship at Open the Portal. She even learned to animate for her thesis while actually working on her thesis. So come meet Mee and find out why if you’re her roommate you will end up working for her somehow. Spoiler alert: Mee loves killing her puppets but it’s still adorable.

Ruff and Buff Trailer https://vimeo.com/559559214
Ruff and Buff Behind the Scenes https://vimeo.com/557926351
Logo Animation for Open The Portal https://www.instagram.com/p/CKC0OFxDLMx/

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Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mearrrrt/

004 - Zaldy Dingle - Creator of Streetball

Season 1 · Episode 4

Friday, December 24, 2021 • Duration 01:38:40

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Join us as Zaldy talks about his passion for tinkering. He takes us through his journey from computer science major to stop motion animator— including surviving the Dot Com boom working in online advertising. He shares how he sees music and rhythm in all of his animations and their movements. We explore his fascination with dance and dramatic movements while he shows how he does rough mockup using 3d rigs in Maya to help him plan. Zaldy discusses temporarily moving to Burbank while animating at Stoopid Buddy and where not to stay, plus how he dealt with 24 Lego characters on screen at once using Dragonframe markers. We get a glimpse of how he lives vicariously through his puppets, having them do all the dance moves and perform the basketball ankle-breaking fun he can’t do himself. He displays the magnetic personalities of his puppets from Streetball, a short stop-motion animation he is currently working on. Zaldy generously shares his armature, 3D printing, and sculpting techniques, including things he learned along the way, and much more.

Timeline

0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:13 - Greeting
0:01:48 - Backstory: Accidentally Falling Into Stop Motion
0:05:02 - Animate the Yahoo! Logo
0:07:52 - What would this movement “sound” like?
0:11:38 - Hybrid Approach to Stop Motion
0:13:02 - Animating at Stoopid Buddy
0:33:43 - Streetball: Inspiration & Concept
0:44:01 - Research and Experiment
0:50:03 - Production Breakdown
1:14:39 - Garage Workshop
1:26:30 - Love for Fabrication
1:31:31 - Shout Out to Morezmore Studio
1:35:48 - Answer Question From Previous Guest, Nia
1:37:29 - Zaldy’s Question For The Next Guest
1:38:19 - Zaldy’s Preview of the Next Episode

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003 - Nathania Zaini (Nia) - Creator of Pebbles

Season 1 · Episode 3

Sunday, December 5, 2021 • Duration 01:12:15

Join us as Nia talks about giving birth to a kidney stone, embracing creative momentum when it happens, growing up in Jakarta with her brother and making their own entertainment, fabricating to keep her hands busy, using set design and objects to tell stories, being a part of a government-funded crafting community, being inspired by murder documentaries and fashionable grandmas, planning set design around what can fit in an uber, and dealing with work visas for stop motion animation.

0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:05 - Greeting
0:02:44 - Kidney Stone (?!)
0:05:34 - Motivation and Urge of Creating Pebbles
0:07:03 - Record Life Experience
0:09:58 - 4 Minutes Short Made in 2 Weeks
0:14:55 - Creative Process
0:18:46 - Collaborative Writing
0:20:19 - Credit Everyone!
0:22:01 - Reach Out to the Community
0:26:07 - Johnny's Two Cents about Start Over
0:28:36 - Backstory
0:31:55 - Objects Are History
0:33:24 - Easter Eggs in Goodnight, Mr. Sandman
0:39:48 - POPIN Craft in Singapore
0:45:47 - Out for a Walk (Experience about anti-Asian Hate Crimes)
0:53:52 - Name the Puppets
0:56:23 - Working Visa
0:59:37 - US Artist Visa Requirements
1:06:04 - Nia the jack of all trades!
1:08:00 - Answer Question From Previous Guest, Yu Yu
1:10:38 - Nia's Question For The Next Guest
1:11:52 - Vanishing Ending

Links:

Pebbles (Animated Short) - Thank You to Nurses https://youtu.be/YafQDI89dSY
Making-of Pebbles https://youtu.be/xnllMS9IgTY
Out for a Walk
https://youtu.be/mDAN9AmoyCY
Goodnight, Mr. Sandman
https://vimeo.com/333031290
Introversy Logo Intro
https://youtu.be/dPubbiMUv3c

Follow Nia

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nathania_z/

002 - Yu Yu - Creator of The Island of Us

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 • Duration 01:23:20

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

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