“Bar codes” animation design
I haven’t blogged in ages, as I’ve been on my honeymoon and also I’m lazy. But I wanted to show you a few character/bg designs I did for a little corporate job recently.
Most of the work in this (approx) 2 1/2 minute animation was in the design. There were only a few heavy animation scenes, [...]
Transmedia Vic Conference Day
What’s transmedia storytelling? It’s what we used to call “multiplatform”, or “cross media”.
Essentially, I think it just means “stories told across more than one platform”. Like a TV show that does little online videos that fill in a bit of backstory. Or those nifty games I’ve talked about before that were staged online and in [...]
SPAA Fringe: What I learned from nice ABC ladies
I attended SPAA Fringe a few weeks back. SPAA Fringe is a conference run by SPAA (Screen Producers Association of Australia) which doesn’t cost too much to attend and features interesting talks by various knowledgeable people in the entertainment industry. There is also the chance for shlubs like myself and my co-writer, Adam, to [...]
Get An Animated Christmas Card From Nakedfella Productions For $500
It’s the end of the year, which can be a slow period for freelance animators like me. So I thought I’d offer to make your company’s animated Christmas card for only $500.
I like making funny cartoons cheaply. Would you like one, made just for you, to send to customers/clients, wishing them a happy holiday season? [...]
National Young Writers Festival 2010
My wife Sarah Howell was one of the directors of NYWF this year. We went up to Newcastle for it (my ninth time, I worked out) Here’s some of my favourite bits from the festival:
the bits where cartoonists such as Chris Downes, Patrick Alexander and Rebecca Clements sat around drawing things.
the panel I ran about [...]
Tweeted on 2010-03-08
New “Bret Braddock Adventures”: episode 14 — your guide to how lousy kids shows are created. http://www.docklandsentertainment.com/?p=82 #
David is applying his great brain to funding strategy for “The Precinct”. Key words: #browbeat #scrimp #piecemeal #repurposing #businessplan #fb #
myki: a message to all Victorians
I registered for a myki pass today, and when I did, the myki people immediately called me up and asked if I would pass this letter on to as many friends as possible. Apparently their computer is broken, or doesn’t have enough RAM to send an e-mail, or something.
So here’s their [...]
A mysterious new comic strip!
I noticed today that a brand new web domain has appeared: http://www.docklandsentertainment.com/. There’s nothing there but a single JPEG. It’s the first episode of what appears to be a new comic strip.
Lord only knows who did it, but it may amuse some people, a particularly pleasing thing in these dire economic times. Check it out! [...]
P.J. Hogan on being told how to write by dipshits
I love this little article from the Australian Writer’s Guild magazine.
It’s by P.J. Hogan, director of Muriel’s Wedding. The stuff about Lift-Off feels familiar.
Summaries of pitches of strategies
Going to get a video of my MEGA pitch up as soon as I get hold of the (undoubtedly embarrassing) clip, but this is a summary of where The Precinct is now (also a summary of my pitch), as written for the MEGA guys:
THE PRECINCT
Australia doesn’t have its own animated series for adults; a [...]
