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5 Sanity Tips for Animation Directors

August 10, 2017By Michael Cawoodbehind the scenes, Direction, short film, The Wrong Rock No Comments
5 Sanity Tips for Animation Directors

1) Scheduling time This sounds obvious but putting important tasks into your calendar and making your peers (and partner) aware of those commitments is important. I maintain a calendar for the project and it’s visible on my personal devices as well as the teams website. I put in there any meetings I have with team … Read More

Clash of the Workflows

August 8, 2017By Michael Cawoodbehind the scenes, Direction, short film, The Wrong Rock No Comments
Clash of the Workflows

It is fascinating seeing so many different workflows in animation production. There’s so many ways to do the same thing. Some better than others, but when you really get down to it many have very good reasons for being different. I’ve worked in a lot of different studio environments, and created a lot of films … Read More

Inspiration for ‘The Wrong Rock’

August 1, 2017By Michael Cawoodbehind the scenes, Direction, Film, short film, The Wrong Rock No Comments
Inspiration for ‘The Wrong Rock’

Last year I made a website for fun and it triggered a wonderful, and familiar, feeling of having made something from start to finish. I’ve worked in the animation industry for about 20 years and contributed to a lot of big projects but at the end of 2016 I decided it was time to make another … Read More

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