“That to me is one of the funnest things about animation; is experimentation. And that’s…that’s the spirit of animation.”
Ken Duncan has served as a supervising animator on four Disney films. His characters include Thomas (Pocahontas), Meg (Hercules), Jane (Tarzan), Captain Amelia and Scroop (Treasure Planet). Ken was also a sequence supervisor on Dreamworks’ Sharktale. He currently is running his own studio, Duncan Studio, based in Pasadena, California. This is part one of the interview.
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Get the MP3 here: Show 26: Ken Duncan, Part One
(26.3MB, 56:58 minutes)
SHOWNOTES
- 00:00 The Intro Voice
- 00:05 Theme Song by DJ Sweettooth (Joe Moshier)
- 00:50 Sponsored by –
- 01:06 Introduction – Duncan Studio
- 02:24 Animating for 24 years
- 03:20 Sheridan College
- 04:10 Learning about animation, developing skills
- 07:30 Goals in animation
- 09:08 Intruiged by early CG animation
- 11:05 First work after Sheridan
- 12:58 Canadians + animation
- 13:41 Working in Paris on Asterisk
- 15:18 Oscar Grillo – blog
- 19:03 Working in Madrid on BFG
- 21:02 American vs. European art
- 24:23 Interest in more involved performances
- 26:04 Working at Bluth in Ireland
- 28:25 Learning the ropes along the way
- 33:08 Acting
- 37:28 Supervising CG characters
- 40:15 Styles and influences of different animators
- 47:09 Animating female characters
- 50:19 Expanding performaces in CG
- 51:28 Conclusion
- 51:38 Feedback info/Voicemails – Email Clay – Link to Voicemail
- 56:33 Sponsored by –
- 56:44 Closing
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