The storyboard artist/writer/director discusses how he transformed a 2D short film into a stop-motion feature.
Check out Terry Ibele’s Animation Industry Podcast, featuring a new podcast every week focusing on the stories of today’s animation professionals - how they got to where they are and what they learned along the way. Now home to 230 episodes, the podcasts cover all areas of the industry, including storyboarding, writing, animating, directing, visual development, and game design. Guests have included returning guest Aaron Augenblick; the notorious JJ Villard; Spike & Mike’s Spike Decker; Disney Director John Musker; Sony Lead Animator Humberto Rosa; Frederator’s Fred Seibert; Tumble Leaf’s Scarlet Nelson; and many others from major animation studios all over the world.
Podcast EP 230: How Jim Capobianco Wrote Directed & Funded ‘The Inventor’
This episode features storyboard artist/writer/director Jim Capobianco, best known for storyboarding on movies like The Lion King, Finding Nemo, and Up, and his writing credits on Ratatouille and The Inventor. Capobianco talks about writing and directing The Inventor and how he adapted it from a 2D short into a stop-motion feature. He shares how challenging the project was to pitch, fund, and complete in a short amount of time.
Tune in to Ibele and Capobianco to hear:
- How Capobianco managed to get over $10 million in funding
- Why, with no experience in stop-motion animation, Capobianco decided to use it to produce the feature
- The sacrifices Capobianco made while filming The Inventor
Ibele has begun to publish the interviews as videos as well – you can find previous interviews here!
Social Links:
- Check out Capobianco’s website
- Check out the film’s website
- For more resources, check out Aerial Contrivance
Watch the trailer for The Inventor:
Ibele, himself a stop-motion animator (see AWN’s Fresh Takes piece on his whimsical short, The Silly Duck Wizard), deftly digs into all manner of topics, encouraging interviewees to share insights and opinions on a wide range of topics like pitching shows, marketing your work online, and key skills studios look for when they bring on talent in storyboarding, vizdev, character design, and animation.
In 2018, Ibele, who lives in Toronto, decided to quit his career as a marketer and pursue his love for animation. Since then, he’s become well known for his viral animation productions, which include the previously mentioned Silly Duck Wizard, which is how AWN first came to know him and his work.
Learn more about Ibele’s work and podcast by visiting terryibele.com. You can find all The Animation Podcast episodes on his Soundcloud site: https://soundcloud.com/animation-podcast.
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
