This episode I chat with high school orchestra member Noah Bruening about his recent experience with a longstanding Disney tradition where high school bands and orchestras are invited to Disneyland to perform. In his case, his orchestra was able to see how professional orchestras record music for animated films and series. We also talk about what drew him to music and the double bass in particular as well as great advice for budding musicians and the existential crisis of what to do after high school.   --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation ..read more

This episode, I talk with Animation Professor Walter Santucci about the process of teaching Animation in a modern world and how things changed during the COVID pandemic. We also talk about some of his successful students and how he feels their success is mostly their own (though he's fine with them making him look good). As always there's great advice and we talk about how easy it is to begin teaching a class, but how it's a little harder to become a full fledged University Professor.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/message Support th ..read more

We now are entering a new phase of the Inside Animation Podcast. For one, we will no longer be putting out new episodes every single week, though to make up for previous weeks, this will be an extra long episode. Also, in this particular episode and potential future episodes, I don't interview someone directly involved in the Animation Industry.  In this episode I talk with former child actor Henry Laster, whom you may have seen on the Nickelodeon show Salute Your Shorts. While he only did voices for one particular animated project, we focus on the "Golden Era" of Nickelodeon and the show ..read more

This week, we talk with Delton Davis, Writer and Musician who is the creator of Dunner the Drummer, a children's book and animated series that takes you into the "world" of drumming. We talk about how writing for animation is like composing for an orchestra, you get to hear an awful drum joke, and talk about the merits of taking your animation directly to the consumer as opposed to pitching to networks. In this longer-than-usual episode we also touch on the inspiration of Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s and 90s as well as, as always, great advice. You can find out more about Dunner the Dr ..read more

This week I talk with Pat Fraley, the voice of Krang in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles among many other voices, who is a Voice Acting Teacher or "Voice Trainer". We talk about how he started teaching, his methods, and Hollywood's stance on aging actors, even in the VO world. Plus we get into great advice and how we met! Want to have Pat as a teacher? Check out his website at www.patfraley.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/support ..read more

This week I talk with my friend Daniel Kahn, who is a Production Coordinator at Nickelodeon, about putting together a show like MiddleMost Post, the round-about way that he got into Animation, and what Disney movie inspired him to Keep Moving Forward.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/support ..read more

This week I talk with Jeff LaFlamme who worked on Garfield, Bobby's World, and the Simpsons among others as a Storyboard artist, an animator, a character/prop designer, and storyboard clean-up among other things. We focus on what a storyboard artist does and where they fit in to the general scheme of Animation creation. Plus great advice thrown in as well.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/support ..read more

This episode, I talk to Carson Kirkpatrick, a Production Assistant working with Warner Brother's Studios on Sandman, coming to Netflix early next year. We talk about our Bacon numbers, what it is that PA's actually do, and why it's best to not be a jerk in Hollywood. Well, if you want to get hired, that is... --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/inside-animation/support ..read more