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Keep At It
James
Canada
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lol...Now that was a fantastic little story... very much fun
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schmoderator
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jason schleifer
Head of Character Animation
PDI/Dreamworks
USA
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Nelsig
When I heard you were leaving WETA to go to PDI/DREAMWORKS, I thought you would work on some realistic animations for visual effects ..Madlight_1888 would u show us some exclusive images of ur workshop or models,or anything cool,which hasnt been showned?!Pufferfish 1. How did it felt to see LOTR movies first time on big screen? (must have been rewardingSNAP 1. Just want to see what you experience with AnimationMentor.com has been like so far? __________________
jason schleifer Animator - http://jasonschleifer.com/ Co-Founder - http://www.nimblecollective.com |
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Benny Chew
Freelance web/interface designer
BENZAI
Rotterdam,
Netherlands
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Hi Jason, just wanna let u know that I'm quite a fan of yours. :P You have really done superb work with LOTR, and I've learned a lot from your Fast Animation Rigs. It's really cool to have someone like you talk with us! Thank you for your time.
A few questions if you have time... - Can you give us any tips regarding rigging a quadruped, that can also stand on 2 feet. Like a bear. - What do u not like about your work? Greetings Benny Last edited by CoolDuck : 06 June 2005 at 08:41 AM. |
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Veteran
Keitaro Fujiwara
Modeller/Rigger/Animator
KeiMoves
Tiranë,
Albania
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![]() What is the personal computer configuration you are now using to work in your project? In detail if you can?
Edit: I know you change and you move and you use various systems, but which is the one you use more often and for what? __________________
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...squirrel!!!
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Kaitlin Porter
Graphics/3D Designer
Aurora,
USA
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Breking in
Ok for those of us trying to break in to the animation business, what do you think the best advice you would have.. I know demo reel is a big one, but how would be the best way to do it.. IE create this Awesome reel, and send it to god and everyone, or call people, or only submit to places that are hireling.. How did you, and how would you go about getting into the business?
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Lord of the posts
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Peter Starostin
Animator
Mission Viejo,
USA
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Hello Jason. Thanks so much for taking time to answer questions. You're definitely and inspiration and I’m jealous of my friend Franky who's taking an AM class and being assigned to you.
![]() And now for some questions. 1) Could you talk a bit about the facial rigs and controls you had on Madagascar characters? Are they morpher (or Blendshape) based? Is it anything like Jason Osipa's rigs in Stop Staring book? 2) I totally love Penguins and king Julien from Madagascar, can you tell us if you animated any shots with them and if so which once? ![]() 3) If there was anything you wish you had more time to do, and maybe change or adjust on Madagascar, what would it be and why? Thanks allot ![]() Last edited by harmonic01 : 06 June 2005 at 11:28 PM. |
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Originally Posted by jschleifer:
I've also learned how to pour my heart and soul into my work, but not be destroyed when it has to change and someone critiques it. It's so important to be able to separate a critique of your work from a critique of YOU.-jason
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Mr. Miracle
Christopher Hatfield
Student
USA
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Hello Jason, quick question
1) What do you think about the critics review of Madagasgar? Do you agree with them on some points? __________________
_____________________ I have the power of Grey Skull |
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Frequenter
Ben Smith
Student
USA
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Hi Jason,
Hoping to be a director someday (though at 15, I'm a long way off), I was wondering how much you interact with the director during the course of production? I'm especially curious to know if you were directly critiqued by Peter Jackson during LOTR, and if so, was he as nice as he seems on camera, or did he seem stressed? Thanks for answering all of our questions, I'm excited to be able to talk to someone in the business. -Ben Smith |
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schmoderator
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CGConnect Member
jason schleifer
Head of Character Animation
PDI/Dreamworks
USA
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Romero
1) After working on LOTR which is highly regarded as one of the best special effects movies of all time, and now just finishing off an excellent feature animation film, my question is what have you found to be the most challenging aspect of your job in both or either experiences you have been apart of ? __________________
jason schleifer Animator - http://jasonschleifer.com/ Co-Founder - http://www.nimblecollective.com |
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Frame by Frame
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Chris Bacon
Animator
Double Negative VFX
London,
United Kingdom
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Hi Jason.....First is great of you to be answering these questions.....your work has been a inspiration to alot of people.....
just a few quick questions if that ok..... 1) Did you always want to be an animator 2) What was the best piece of advice you were given... 3) What chalenges did you face when you started animating for a studio for the first time.. 4) Im aware you used Maya for animating Gollum...did you use the graph editor alot... thanks so much...Its SOOOO cool that your doing this dude....... ![]() __________________
Animator at Double Negative VFX London.. Last edited by Vivec : 06 June 2005 at 07:30 PM. |
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jason schleifer
Head of Character Animation
PDI/Dreamworks
USA
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Adriano_Zanetti
Wow.. thanks for the kind words! On behalf of everyone who worked on the Lord of the Rings & Madagascar, thank you! Both films are what they are because of way more than what I ever put into them.. the thanks belongs to everyone.. so thank you thank you thank you.Jason|Slab whats next for u? are u staying at Dreamworks?ynvamsi 1) could you explain your rigging process briefly?hhssuu Thanks hhssuu! most of your props gotta go to Randy, Peter, Fran, Phillipa, Andy, Bay Raitt, the creature team, lighting, comp, and all the other animators, tho.. there were 18 of us animating, and another 6 or 7 or so dealing with the Mocap. Gollum wouldn't be anything he was w/out any of those folks! I really like Jason Osipa's technique in his book Stop Staring! Not only is it a neat way to animate.. but he does a great job describing why he does things the way he does them. Good stuff!!whew! more to come! ![]() __________________
jason schleifer Animator - http://jasonschleifer.com/ Co-Founder - http://www.nimblecollective.com Last edited by jschleifer : 06 June 2005 at 12:56 AM. |
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Flux
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Eren Hasip
Creative Director
Hive Mind Media
Toronto,
Canada
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big fan
Hi jason im a big fan (twirling a peice of grass) not only of your art but of such perseverance and dedication to a career which most of us struggle with day to day and I just want to thank you for taking the time always to critique all of our works. I've seen you post on a regular and I realy appreciate all youve done for this community, Its wonderful to see someone with such compasions. Thank you..
-If you didnt have cg and all you had was the lump of plastercine would your heart still pound when you saw the accumaltion of quickly recorded frames play back on an old cam corder? -do you find you study mythology? phsycology? the real drive behind the character and the story or is it just about the emotion? -what is the meaning of life? -How many questions can you answer before you regret agreeing to this? __________________
:persevere: - even straight roads meander - Last edited by eh : 06 June 2005 at 01:06 AM. |
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schmoderator
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jason schleifer
Head of Character Animation
PDI/Dreamworks
USA
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Neeno
i'd just like to say your are one of the greatest animators of all time no Questions asked..cheers! ![]() __________________
jason schleifer Animator - http://jasonschleifer.com/ Co-Founder - http://www.nimblecollective.com |
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Frequenter
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Say you are handed a 120 frame shot with dialog and the whole character in frame that you have to animate. Generally, how many work days would it take you to get a shot like that finalized.
Do you have a frames per hour or day completion rate that you strive for? Brian Nichols |
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