The Voices of Animation
Interview with Eamonn Butler (he’s the one in the tux), Animation Supervisor on the films “Chicken Little” and “Reign of Fire.” Eamonn recalls his animation career from “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” through “Chicken Little.” Part one of two.
Get the MP3 here: Show 10: Eamonn Butler, Part One
(17.5MB, 38:06 minutes)
Or get the enhanced version playable only in Quicktime or iTunes
Get the AAC here: Show 10: Eamonn Butler, Part One
(9.8MB, 38:06 minutes)
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In part three, directors and writers Ron Clements and John Musker describe their writing process as well as developing The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.
Get the MP3 here: Show 9: Ron and John, Part Three
(11.9MB, 25:27 minutes)
Or get the enhanced version playable only in Quicktime or iTunes
Get the AAC here: Show 9: Ron and John, Part Three
(11.6MB, 25:27 minutes)
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In part two, directors and writers Ron Clements and John Musker detail how they made the transition from animating to the story department to directing.
Something interesting in this one: in Part Two, Ron & John talk about the days when Michael Eisner arrived at Disney. It’s a coincidence that today Eisner is giving his going away speech on the studio lot.
Get it here: Show 8: Ron and John, Part Two
(12.1MB, 26:16 minutes)
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The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet
Ever seen one of these movies? In part one of the interview, directors and writers Ron Clements and John Musker talk about getting in to Disney in the seventies, the first year of Cal Arts, and working under Frank Thomas and Cliff Nordberg.
This will be a brief detour from the Nik Ranieri series since today marks the first day that Ron and John no longer work at Disney. After 32 years for Ron and 28 years for John, there’s a big hole in the heart of the feature animation building. I’m posting for two groups: those who have never met Ron and John - enjoy; those who know Ron and John - I thought hearing their voices might make the halls seem a little less empty today.
The drawing portion of the above image (if you can see it) is an example of John Musker’s peerless caricature style.
Get it here: Show 7: Ron and John, Part One
(14.7MB, 32:02 minutes)
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In part three Nik Ranieri shares his experiences working on his first feature film for Disney, Roger Rabbitt.
Get it here: Show 6: Nik Ranieri, Part Three
(19.6MB, 42:46 minutes)
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In part two of the interview Nik Ranieri takes us through his early years in animation and some of the lessons learned before he got to Disney.
Get it here: Show 5: Nik Ranieri, Part Two
(13.1MB, 28:33 minutes)
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The Animation Podcast returns with a Canadian invasion! Here’s part one (of many more) with Nik Ranieri. Nik tells us about going to Sheridan to learn animation and what good animation means to him.
Get it here: Show 4: Nik Ranieri, Part One
(11.1MB, 32:15 minutes)
It’s Deja vu all over again. The last installment of my first (but hopefully not the last) meeting with Andreas Deja is here. Hear his thoughts on his own work, as well as his friendship with animation legend Milt Kahl.
CORRECTION: At the end I say meant to say, “This conlcudes Part Three,” not part Two. Andreas’ German threw me off my game.
Get it here: Show 3: Andreas Deja, Part Three
(16MB, 23:19 minutes)
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The conversation with Andreas Deja continues. In part two Andreas recounts his first years at Disney including working with Tim Burton on The Black Cauldron and Richard Williams on Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Get it here: Show 2: Andreas Deja, Part Two
(11.9MB, 17:16 minutes)
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It’s here, it’s here! Over a month of preparation finally pays off and I’m so happy to present the first show featuring superstar animator Andreas Deja. In part one Andreas takes us through his discovery of animation from a small town in Germany to the Disney Animation building in Burbank.
Check back for part two to hear more about Eric Larson, Tim Burton, and The Black Cauldron.
EDIT FOR CLARITY: Some people took the preceding sentence to be a list of future interviews. I assure you that Eric Larson will not be talking to anyone anytime soon. These are topics that Andreas talks about in Show 2.
Get it here: Show 1: Andreas Deja, Part One
(13.2MB, 19:12 minutes)
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