EPISODE · Nov 17, 2021 · 1H 23M
002 - Yu Yu - Creator of The Island of Us
from Nice Shorts · host Fu Yang and Johnny Knittle
Yu Yu shows us Froggy (her puppet-eating puppet), tells us about the Taiwan stop motion community, her approach to directing other animators and how she treats her films as collaborative efforts, explains her fascination with horror and all things eerie, dives a little into stop motion in VR, and many other wonderful tidbits! Join us as we take a tour through the world of Yu Yu! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:25 - Greeting 0:01:52 - Inspiration & Concept 0:04:06 - Yu Yu's Background before Stop Motion Career 0:09:35 - Film Lighting 0:13:03 - Collaboration in Sound and Music 0:19:00 - Set & Character Design 0:22:52 - Meet The Puppet 0:26:09 - Needle Felting Technique 0:27:47 - Wire Armature Technique learned from Stoopid Buddy 0:29:51 - Film Promotion 0:34:05 - Taiwanese Culture 0:36:49 - Potential Project Yu Yu Wants To Work On 0:44:38 - Ghost Month In Taiwan 0:50:04 - Director Leadership 0:51:34 - Acting Tip For Animators 0:57:18 - Collaboration with Fabricators and Animators 0:59:37 - VR Short in Stop Motion 1:05:48 - Next Pitch 1:09:12 - Teach And Bring More Artists Into Stop Motion 1:11:33 - Generate Leads For Freelancing 1:16:34 - Client Horror Story 1:19:12 - Answer Question From Previous Guest, Dux 1:20:52 - Yu Yu's Question For The Next Guest 1:22:37 - Icelandic Folklore Ending Shadow Steps Stop Motion Studio Show Reel: https://vimeo.com/638550369 Press about "Sick Rose" VR Short https://youtu.be/KCHAAo91nd4?t=13 https://youtu.be/u76gTNfEj_M?t=47 Follow Yu Yu Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yuyustopmo/ Contact: [email protected] Credit Animators Yi- Chin https://www.instagram.com/petridish.s... Pei-yu https://www.instagram.com/ooyuzz/ Composer Mei Yi-Ting Chang https://meiytccomposer.mystrikingly.com/ Shout Out Stoopid Buddy Stoodios https://www.leagueofbuddies.com/ Turn Rhino Original Design Studio https://www.facebook.com/turnrhino/ Justin Rasch https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcC0... Lights Out https://youtu.be/FUQhNGEu2KA * ADR https://www.masterclass.com/articles/... * Extended Technique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extende... * Monstrum https://www.pbs.org/show/monstrum/ Fu Yang: https://fuyang.wixsite.com/fuyang/about https://www.instagram.com/cuckoostuff/ Johnny Knittle: www.johnnyrk.com https://www.instagram.com/johnnyrk/
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