The career animator turned educator reflects on student life at VFS, the school’s investment in its animation studio and how students have changed over the last 10 years.
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 211 episodes, the podcasts cover all areas of the industry, including storyboarding, writing, animating, directing, visual development, and game design. Guests have included 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.
Episode 211: Colin Giles, Head of The School For Animation & VFX at Vancouver Film School
This chat features Colin Giles, the Head of the School for Animation & VFX at Vancouver Film School (VFS). Giles, who has worked as an animator, timer, and animation lead on projects like Sausage Party, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, and Ren and Stimpy “Adult Party Cartoon,” shares his thoughts on where the industry is heading and what the film school is doing to stay current for today’s animation students.
Tune in to Ibele and Giles to hear:
- The ins and outs of student life at VFS
- VFS’ recent investment in its animation studio
- How students have changed over the last 10 years.
Ibele has begun to publish the interviews as videos as well – you can find previous interviews here!
Social Links:
- Check out Giles on Instagram
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 A.W.N. 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.
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
