Madison Thomas:
Questions:
1. Out of all the films you directed for, which one is your favourite?
2. What influenced you to take this career path?
3. It’s been mentioned that you want to gain experience in all areas of filmmaking. What do you have planned for the future to achieve your goal?
2. What influenced you to take this career path?
3. It’s been mentioned that you want to gain experience in all areas of filmmaking. What do you have planned for the future to achieve your goal?
Madison Thomas is a local filmmaker and is a Sisler Alumni. Her first work "Worlds On Fire" was nominated for "Best Youth Talent" in the 2009 Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival. Her first feature film, "This Is Why We Fight", won an award of excellence in the 2013 L.A Indiefest. She has also came on TEDTalks in an episode called "Arts in the Hood".
Although I was gone for half of the workshop, it was a fun experience doing script writing. Our group had come up with the silliest of ideas which got a lot of laughs from everyone. It was even better making the props because they were supposed to purposely look bad. We had made a storyboard but we were never really was able to get into the shooting stage.
Trent Correy:
Questions:
1.Which one of your projects did you find to be the most challenging?
2.What influenced you to go into animation?
3.What do you have planned to further develop your animation skills?
Trent Correy is a Disney animator who has worked on numerous known projects such as Zootopia and Moana. He had applied to Disney for five times before he was finally accepted. He is the an example to show that perseverance is key.
It was a great experience to talk with one of Disney's animators who had worked on big and known titles. We had learned many things from him such as how it was like working for Disney, and how to improve our portfolios. He had talked about how it was for him when he got out of school and into his career. He showed everyone that by applying and being rejected by Disney for five timea, you should not give up because if you really work at it, you can make it. He had given great advice that any future animators should take to heart.
Michael Coleman:
Questions:
1. Which role did you find to be the most challenging?
2. Most of your work is sci-fi/fantasy. Do you usually gravitate towards those genres?
3. What other projects have you been working on? Where can we expect to see you in the future?
Michael Coleman is a Canadian actor, mostly known for playing Happy in Once Upon A Time, and the founder of School Creative. He has played other supportive in big shows such as Supernatural and Smallville.
Michael gave great advice on which schools we should be picking, and how we should pick it. He talked about what kind of questions we should be asking the schools to make sure that we go into one with the proper environment for us. He wanted us to go into what we like rather than finding a job that would be "safe and secure". He talked about how it had always been his dream to go into filmmaking. He had mostly talked about how it was like being going into filmmaking such as being an actor, and a director. He gave amazing advice to film students based on the experiences he had.
Chris Darnbrough:
Questions:
1. What was your favourite project that you've worked in?
2. Why did you want to go into animation?
3. What skillset do you see yourself having five years from now? What would you do to achieve that?
Chris Darnbrough is a freelance animator who has worked for several studios with animating and character design. He has worked in projects like the trailer for Assassin's Creed Revelations, a short for Powerpuff Girls, and Johnny Test.
Chris' workshop with character design, in my opinion, is my favourite workshop so far. He showed us a great deal on the projects he has worked on (Assassin's Creed trailer, Powerpuff Girls, etc.), along with the his pitches for character design. I really like the art style he has with designing the characters because he would change it based on what is asked of him. For example, when he had to design the characters for a kid show, he gave it a more cartoonish edge. Unfortunately, his pitches weren't accepted, still I really liked how the designs would vary but at the same time, it maintained an art style that is his. For the character design workshop, we had to create a shark that is a hitman in flash. It was fun being able to play around with how the character is supposed to look. It was a great experience.
Earl Cabuhat:
