Pegbar and Grill The Line

We recently had the pleasure of chatting with Will Anderson & Ainslie Henderson. To legends of the short film world and Scottish animation royalty. We discuss making short films, how to get funding and what it's like to have a UK top 5 single. Show notes below.

This episode of Pegbar & Grill was made possible by BFI NETWORK through National Lottery funding.
BFI NETWORK discovers, develops and funds new and emerging filmmakers and animators, across the UK. The BFI NETWORK short film fund opens twice a year, for more information see network.bfi.org.uk

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SHOW NOTES

Will Anderson
https://wanderson.xyz

Anslie Henderson
https://www.ainsliehenderson.com/

Anslie Henderson - Keep me a Secret ( went to number 5 in the U.K charts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpynQtb5cNg

A Cat called Dom
https://wanderson.xyz/portfolio/acatcalleddom

Time Trial by Finlay Pretsell
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4095988/

Making of long bird - by Will Anderson
https://vimeo.com/24052185

Screen Scotland
https://www.screen.scot/

Have Heart
https://vimeo.com/261025185

Moho (animation studio)
https://moho.lostmarble.com/

Blender (Open source animation software)
https://www.blender.org/

Stems - By Anslie Henderson
https://vimeo.com/264137664

Monkey Love Experiments - By Anslie Henderson & Will Anderson
https://vimeo.com/83577852

Lady and the tramp - Bloodhound scene
https://youtu.be/nO85pHUHuac?t=102

Sky-rocket (cockney rhyming slang for pocket)

Off the Air - Liquid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skD7r0yWOG4

Adult Swim smalls - XMAS IS CANCELLED By Anslie Henderson & Will Anderson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVgYOsJFITQ

SCROOGIN ON A GREG - By Anslie Henderson & Will Anderson
https://vimeo.com/51094136

Iso Design
http://isodesign.co.uk

Dr Breakfast
https://vimeo.com/26942241

Dr Breakfast Making of
https://vimeo.com/37625933

Toon Boom Harmony
https://www.toonboom.com/products/harmony

Blender grease pencil
https://www.blender.org/features/grease-pencil/

Ainslie Hendersonproject for Mackinnon and Saunders
https://www.mackinnonandsaunders.com/portfolio/archie

Tim and Sam’s first directing collaboration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbNL9ZyB49c

Puppet animation Scotland.
https://puppetanimation.org/

We were extremely lucky to chat with the incredible talent that is Alberto Mielgo. Alberto talks about his career in the London animation scene, his experience on Spider-verse and NFT's. Show notes below.

This episode of Pegbar & Grill was made possible by BFI NETWORK through National Lottery funding.
BFI NETWORK discovers, develops and funds new and emerging filmmakers and animators, across the UK. The BFI NETWORK short film fund opens twice a year, for more information see network.bfi.org.uk

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This episode of Pegbar & Grill was made possible by BFI NETWORK through National Lottery funding.
BFI NETWORK discovers, develops and funds new and emerging filmmakers and animators, across the UK. The BFI NETWORK short film fund opens twice a year, for more information see network.bfi.org.uk

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Alberto’s Studio
http://pinkman.tv/directory.html

Sinbad
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0165982/?ref_=m_nmfmd_anm_4

Felix cat food commercial (might not be one Alberto worked on)
https://adsspot.me/media/tv-commercials/felix-petfood-rascals-reward-foil-a06c2175172e


Spider verse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii3n7hYQOl4

Alberto’s Spider verse animatic
https://vimeo.com/311716775

The Witness - LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhXDb69wl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaD3oQRzxhw

Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood (Directed by Pete Candeland)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V_xRb0x9aw

Beatles Rockband Intro (directed by Pete Candeland)
https://vimeo.com/6613463

Cartoon network development
http://www.albertomielgo.com/cartoon-network/az3t2p5y5wrle3ask34rpza402vkye


The Windshield Wiper / TRAILER
https://vimeo.com/568179562

Kristian Antonelli (Animations best kept secret)
https://akristianservice.tumblr.com/


Watch Dogs: Legion - Tipping Point Cinematic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_V-YQW3Gos

Alberto’s NFT collection
http://www.albertomielgo.com/nft


Sony PlayStation - Mental Wealth by Chris Cunningham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDdNn0x7Y0Y

***PLEASE NOTE THIS PODCAST WAS RECORDED IN LATE 2016. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR OUR RIDICULOUS LATENESS IN RELEASING IT.***

Animation and Live-action Director, Fx Goby talks to us about the festival circuit and shares his tips on directing live action vs. animation. Fx is signed to Nexus Studios where he recently made his first ever 2D animated film, To Build a Fire. He reveals the lessons he’s learnt along the way and why he broke up with his creative partner, Matthieu Landour.

Fx Goby
https://www.fxgoby.com/about

Nexus Studios
https://nexusstudios.com/

The Elaborate End of Robert Ebb
https://vimeo.com/63227537

To Build a Fire
https://vimeo.com/246869455

JJ Abrams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._J._Abrams

Steven Spielberg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg

CNC
http://www.cnc.fr/web/en

Aardman
https://www.aardman.com/

Martin Scorsese
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217/

Alex Grigg
http://www.alexgrigg.com/

TVPaint
https://www.tvpaint.com/

Tristan Menard
http://www.tristanmenard.com/

Colin Bigelow
http://www.colbigelow.com/

Composite films
http://www.compositefilms.fr/

Mathieu Alvado
https://soundcloud.com/mathieu-alvado

Fonic sound
http://fonic.co.uk/

EIFF
https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/

Claude Autant-Lara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Autant-Lara

Joyride
https://www.thelineanimation.com/amaroandwaldensjoyride/

Rizzle Kicks - Tell Her
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhSBocg1RsM

PASSION
http://www.passion-pictures.com/

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BXFTYS (Box of Toys) Audio is a creative music and sound design studio based in London. The studio was founded in 2011 and consists of Chris Didlick, Ben Laver, and Magnus Arwenhed.They have alway worked closely with us on several, some of which are listed below. We discuss copyright in music, performance rights and regulations around sound design and the current climate of commercial sound design.

BXFTYS Website
http://www.boxoftoysaudio.com/

BXFTYS Audio
http://www.boxoftoysaudio.com/
https://soundcloud.com/bxftys

Netil House Studios
http://eatworkart.com/netil-house/studio-spaces/

Radium Audio
https://radium-audio.com/

Everything I Can See From Here
https://www.thelineanimation.com/work/everything-i-can-see-from-here

Wall Flowers (2013)
https://www.thelineanimation.com/work/wallflowers/

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabit (2015) https://www.thelineanimation.com/work/super-turbo-atomic-ninja-rabbit/

The Wilhelm Scream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio

***PLEASE NOTE THIS PODCAST WAS RECORDED IN LATE 2016. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR OUR RIDICULOUS LATENESS IN RELEASING IT.***

Oli Hyatt and Tom Box are 2 of the co-founders of Blue Zoo, an animation production company based in London.


They spoke to us about their studio, as well as Animation UK, an advocacy organisation for the animation industry, which successfully lobbied the UK government in 2012, leading to the introduction of the Animation Tax Relief. Oli and Tom provide fascinating insights into running a studio with more than 120 employees. They discuss the challenges of growing the company since its founding in 2000, and how they've struck a balance between profitability and creative fulfilment. Blue Zoo produce ads, idents, apps and VR, but they are best known for their children's TV series, which include Alphablocks, Digby Dragon, Numberblocks, Q Pootle 5 and Tree Fu Tom. In 2014 Oli was awarded an MBE for services to Children’s TV and Animation and in 2017 Blue Zoo was awarded the Children's BAFTA for Independent Production Company of the year.

Tom Box’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrtombox

Oli Hyatt’s profile on Screen Alliance http://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/profile/Oli-Hyatt

Blue Zoo website: https://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/

Digby Dragon https://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/animation/digby-dragon/

Olive The Ostrich https://www.blue-zoo.co.uk/animation/olive-the-ostrich/

Animation UK: website http://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/about/animation-uk

Note: In November 2016, UK Screen Association announced that it was joining forces with Animation UK to create the Screen Alliance UK http://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/index.php?/news/article/5064

***PLEASE NOTE THIS PODCAST WAS RECORDED IN 2017. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR OUR RIDICULOUS LATENESS IN RELEASING IT.***

Jon Topf is a games designer, developer, animator, and a former member of The Line. Most recently he was lead developer for Monument Valley 2.

Jon talked to us about how he first got into coding as a teenager and how he started his career as a mechanical engineer, before eventually getting into animation. He has worked as a VFX artists, and directed commercials at Studio AKA, before joining UsTwo Games.

During his time at UsTwo, he created an IOS game in his spare time called Trick Shot. After this, he was appointed the director and lead developer of the sequel to the hugely successful phone game, Monument Valley.

Jon Topf
http://jonathantopf.com/

Monument Valley Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC1jHHF_Wjo

Tim Cook
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Cook

MC Escher
http://www.mcescher.com/

Trick Shot
http://trickshotgame.io/

UsTwo Games
https://www.ustwo.com/

Gear VR
http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/gear-vr

Maya
https://www.autodesk.co.uk/products/maya/overview

Open source rendering software
https://www.creativebloq.com/3d/top-free-rendering-software-cg-artists-91412918

Python
https://www.python.org/

Side FX Houdini
https://www.sidefx.com/

Arrival
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(film)

Trick Shot
http://trickshotgame.io/

Script Notes Podcast
https://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes

http://scriptnotes.net/304-location-is-where-its-at