Masters of Motion
by Masters of Motion
Masters of Motion is a podcast, website and social media channel, that provides the world with a insight into the Australian and New Zealand Animation industry. Comprising of a podcast and online gallery featuring outstanding motion design, animation and visual effects work. Our mission is to celebrate Australia's motion artists and to Inspire the next generation of motion designers, animators, visual effects and 3-D artists.
Episodes
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Magali Rigaudias : Animal Logic - 30 years in animation, supervision, observation & performance
Magali Rigaudias : Animation Supervisor at Animal Logic About Magali has worked in the animation industry for nearly 30 years. After spending some time working in Paris early on in her career, she went to Industrial Light & Magic in California and worked as an animator on VFX films such as...
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Jason Galeon WētāFX - PART 1 : 20 years in vfx and How to become a top supervisor Part 1
Jason Galeon is an HPA nominated CG Supervisor at Wētā FX with more than 20 years of experience working on a huge range of major films. Jason began his career at Blue Sky Studios and went on to work at some of the biggest VFX studios, including Framestore London and MPC, working on films like The...
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Jason Galeon WētāFX - PART 2 : 20 years in vfx and How to become a top supervisor
Jason Galeon is an HPA nominated CG Supervisor at Wētā FX with more than 20 years of experience working on a huge range of major films. Jason began his career at Blue Sky Studios and went on to work at some of the biggest VFX studios, including Framestore London and MPC, working on films like The...
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Alastair Stephen : Fin - 25 years in Motion design & VFX & Producing for Marvel & Netflix
Topics Discussed - Advice to mid level to junior producers, VFX artist & Motion designers - Working in advertising versus longform TV or film - Failures in your career - Lessons you have learnt - Working in motion desgin at Engine - Managing multiple projects efficiently - Producing for Motion...
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Scott Geersen : Substance - Lessons learned in VFX, motion design, 3d, directing & Founding a studio
Scott Geersen : Substance Scott is the founder and director of Substance, a strategic moving image studio known for refining complex ideas into essential truths, for brands that want to help re-make the world. With a background as an awarded motion designer, compositor, 3D artist, VFX supervisor,...
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Jon Gorman : Buck - How to be a top art director & Improving ideas, concepts and production methods
Jon Gorman : Creative Director at Buck New York . Originally from Melbourne Australia, Jon has worked first at Buck LA and then at Buck New York for over 15 years and is now a creative director. . https://buck.co/ . Don't forget to join our jobs network : Masters of Motion :...
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Brendan Seals : Luma - Becoming a top supervisor & creating vfx for Spiderman, Thor & Black Panther
Brendan Seals : Luma Pictures . Brendan has a design background and artist experience in FX, Lighting and Compositing. He has carved out a strong look development career in film animation and VFX. After moving to Melbourne from Perth in 2012, he established himself at Luma Pictures before moving…
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Jo Boag : SLR Productions - Creating Emmy award winning animation series & How to be a top director
Topics Discussed - Advice to animators and illustrators - Failures in your career & hard things you had to learn - Transitioning in to a creative director - Experience of working on Sesame Street - Successful Women in the industry - Awards - winning a Emmy, ADG & B&T - SLR Productions & Creating...
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Raoul Marks : Antibody - Creating Emmy winning titles for True Detective, Westworld & The Crown
Raoul Marks is an Emmy-award winning, Bafta-nominated Director and 3d Motion Designer. Along with creative partner Patrick Clair at Antibody, Marks has created some of the most iconic opening title sequences of all time, including True Detective, American Gods, Lovecraft Country, Man in the High...
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Matt Everitt : Mr X - 25 years in Animation, Animating animals, creatures & Onset supervising
Matthew Everitt : MR X Matt has over 25 years experience in the animation industry. Beginning as a 2D animator for TV, before learning 3D Animation to work in games in the mid 90’s. Matt then moved into commercials, creating content for brands such as Nestle, KIA & Vodafone. He also worked on...
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Andrew Montague : Pixel - Lessons learned in motion design, VFX & directing. Plus rates & pricing
Andrew has a strong visual foundation in fine art, technical knowledge and creative passion partnered with a wealth of production and post production experience. A multidisciplined artist, who works at the elite level in both motion design and commercial visual effects, as well as being a...
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Diana Costantini : ABC made - 25 years in broadcast design & improving as a creative director
Diana Costantini is a multi-award winning Creative Director with a diverse history in broadcast design, branding, promotions and marketing. Diana travelled the world working for various media organisations before founding her own design and branding agency, Tactic Creative, based in Sydney...
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Travis Hogg : Airbag - Winning work from ad agencies, Directing VFX TVC's & creating top treatments
Travis is the owner and senior director at the award-winning Airbag productions, which he established with his partner over 16 years ago. He focuses on photo-real VFX which allows him to transform any 'out-there' idea into something visually amazing. Travis has a decorated past, winning many...
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Kelly Lynagh : 12field - Advice for first-time directors & Becoming a leader in design & animation
Topics Discussed - Advice for animators & designers - Best way to progress your career - Early career - Melbourne & Perth - The New Adventures of Ocean Girl & QUADS - Bigkidz : Building an animation studio - Merging animation studios - 12field animation studio work & culture - Pipeline and studio...
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Luke Hetherington : ILM - Becoming a leader in VFX or Animation & Creating ILM Sydney
Topics Discussed - Lukes story & career path - Early career - TVC’s, broadcast design & Farscape TV series - How did Happy Feet change Animal Logic - Becoming a supervisor, challenges, promoting artist’s & advice - Leadership, challenges learnings & tips - Outward facing as a executive producer &...
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Alan Do : Cadre Pictures : Becoming a 3D expert, Mastering your creative craft & Founding a studio
Alan Do is Co-founder and Look Development artist at Cadre Pictures. Since early 2000s, he's worked in the 3d industry for over 15 years. His VFX work includes the automotive, financial, retail and entertainment in the advertising industry. Having worked as a Senior 3d Generalist / Lighter at…
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Octavio De Lellis : Over 25 Years in 3d & VFX & Becoming a Particles and Simulation Expert
Topics Discussed - Growing up in South America - Starting out in visual effects on Farescape - Starting, building, operating and closing a small studio. - Tips for starting up a small studio - Salaries rates and payments - Running small teams & creating 3-D for advertising - Transitioning into...
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Lara Hopkins : Framestore : 27 Years in VFX & animation. Management, negotiations & recruiting.
Topics Discussed - CV, cover letter and Interview - Framestore - Explore the issue of women in the industry - Dr D & George Miller - building a studio of 800 artists - Artist management, Negotiations, recruiting and future jobs - Working overseas - Leadership - Having kids - The Future Lara…
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Annabel Dundas : Running Your Own Studio, Women in the Industry, 20 Years of TILT
Annabel Dundas Annabel has been Founder and Creative Director of TILT for nearly twenty years and the company has a portfolio of impressive projects and highly regarded clients globally. Having worked around the world she has been influenced by many cultures and therefore has a broad…
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Darren Price : Running your own animation studio & 10 years of Mighty Nice
From 2001-2007, Darren Price established the 3D studio for Nexus Productions in London, then went on to win a BAFTA for his first short movie “Potapych – The Bear Who Loved Vodka”. Moving back to Sydney, Darren set up and built Mighty Nice into an internationally recognised creative studio...
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James Hackett : Creative direction, Masterly Versus Balance, Mentoring and Creative Writing
After working in London for five years James established Studio Hackett (formerly Hackett Films) in the early 2000s, and has gone on to build an incredibly diverse portfolio of work. The studio’s work has won multiple awards – there’s even a couple of Arias sitting in the office. James and Studio...
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Peter Viska : A Lifetime in Animation & Creating a Cartoon TV Series
Topics Discussed We discuss the viability of the 2-D cartoon animation industry in Melbourne and what it takes to work in an animation studio, as well as, take a detailed look at Peter’s epic career. Peter explains how to to come up with the concept and then develop, find funding and produce the...
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Grant Freckelton : Understanding art direction & working on the LEGO movies
Grant Freckelton : AnimalLogic Grant has been working in the Visual Effects and Animation industry since 1998, as an Illustrator, Art Director, VFX Supervisor and Production Designer. Most recently, Grant was Production Designer on The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Movie. Prior to this, Grant...
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Gareth O'Brien : Working at Buck New York & leading the Sydney office
Gareth is the Creative Director of Buck’s Sydney studio. After studying design at Massey University he freelanced in Wellington New Zealand for a few years before moving to New York. Here he joined an eager 4 man crew at Buck NY which he saw grow to a team of 40 odd artists. In 2015 he moved with...
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Tim Dyroff : Creating outstanding VFX in advertising for over 25 years
Tim is a multi-award winning Creative Director, Designer, Compositor and Editor. He brings over 20 years experience in the creative industries and is the founder of boutique production house Resolution Design. Tim is a unique Directorial talent able to combine performance; animation and visual...
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James Cowen : Working freelance in motion design & Node Fest
James is Founder and Creative Director of Yes Captain, a design led motion studio based in Melbourne. With 20 years experience across feature films, television, advertising, music videos, shorts, events, documentaries and digital, James takes a no bull shit approach to creating entertaining,...
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Glenn Melenhorst : Understanding VFX supervising & working on Game of Thrones
With a background in design and traditional 2D animation, Glenn has refined his skills over the last 28 years and now oversees many of Iloura’s film projects as the VFX Supervisor. With his vast knowledge of film production and his commitment to creative excellence, Glenn supervises Iloura’s...
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Chris Morris & Alex Gee : Working as a team in motion design
Chris Morris Photoshopping from the age of 12, Chris (Moe) Morris is a self-taught genius with experience in everything from live action and lighting to complex animation, compositing and effects work. At Breeder, Chris directs, animates and films to tell stories and create authentic motion…
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Robert Connelly : Becoming a creative director, ideas & process
Robert is an expert at bringing ideas to life and has an extensive background in design and visual effects. He has 20 years of industry experience across Melbourne, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Sydney working across a range of global brands that include MTV, CNN, Comedy Central…
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Nick Pill : Art direction & animation supervision in visual effects
Nick has been the Art Director at Rising Sun since 2005 after a long career with Disney. He has been instrumental in providing RSP’s art direction on major projects such as the Harry Potter Series, The Sorcerers Apprentice, The Seventh Son, The Wolverine and The Great Gatsby, among many others....
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Emily Harridge : Broadcast design and virtual reality
Emily Harridge : Founder at Visual Playground Founder of Visual Playground, Emily Harridge has over 18 years experience in broadcast design, production and animation. Emily has been building her reputation and that of the Visual Playground since 2002. Professional in every sense of the word…
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Mike Tosetto : Motion design for branding and 3d animation
An awarded motion designer, Mike's work has featured in some of the industry’s most respected design blogs and publications. Mike is an active member of the design community, and a proud member of the NSW council for AGDA (Australian Graphic Design Association). Mike regularly speaks at industry...
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Brett Morris : Motion design and working in America
Brett Morris discusses motion design, 3-D animation, working in America and what it's like being a technical director. He describes the creative and technical process of some of his recent work.
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Masters of Motion is a podcast, website and social media channel, that provides the world with a insight into the Australian and New Zealand Animation industry. Comprising of a podcast and online gallery featuring outstanding motion design, animation and visual effects work. Our mission is to celebrate Australia's motion artists and to Inspire the next generation of motion designers, animators, visual effects and 3-D artists.
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