The Oscar-nominated director discusses the production of his most recent short, which has been viewed more than 7 million times on YouTube.
Check out Terry Ibele’s Animation Industry Podcast, featuring a new podcast every week focusing on the stories of today’s animation professionals - how they got to where they are and what they learned along the way. Now home to 239 episodes, the podcasts cover all areas of the industry, including storyboarding, writing, animating, directing, visual development, and game design. Guests have included returning guest Aaron Augenblick; the notorious JJ Villard; Spike & Mike’s Spike Decker; Disney Director John Musker; Sony Lead Animator Humberto Rosa; Frederator’s Fred Seibert; Tumble Leaf’s Scarlet Nelson; and many others from major animation studios all over the world.
Podcast EP 239: Andrew Chesworth Gives A Budget Breakdown Of The Brave Locomotive
This chat features Oscar-nominated director Andrew Chesworth, who is known for his work in 2D and 3D animation. His most recent short, The Brave Locomotive, has received over seven million views on YouTube. In this chat, Chesworth shares how he got into animation, the environment that allowed him to hone his skills, how he managed his short film, and what’s next for him.
Tune into Ibele and Chesworth to hear:
- A complete budget breakdown of The Brave Locomotive
- How Chesworth accomplished his dream of working at Disney
- How Chesworth came to work on the Oscar nominated film One Small Step
Enjoy the video interview – you can find previous interviews here!
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Ibele, himself a stop-motion animator (see AWN’s Fresh Takes piece on his whimsical short, The Silly Duck Wizard, deftly digs into all manner of topics, encouraging interviewees to share insights and opinions on a wide range of topics like pitching shows, marketing your work online, key skills studios look for when they bring on talent in storyboarding, vizdev, character design, and animation.
In 2018, Ibele, who lives in Toronto, decided to quit his career as a marketer and pursue his love for animation. Since then, he’s become well known for his viral animation productions, which include the previously mentioned Silly Duck Wizard, which is how AWN first came to know him and his work.
Learn more about Ibele’s work and podcast by visiting terryibele.com. You can find all The Animation Podcast episodes on his Soundcloud site: https://soundcloud.com/animation-podcast.
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
