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Welcome back to our multi-part Hutchmoot Q&A session! In this week’s episode, Chris reveals which fictional characters are real and which are fake, he and Joël talk about the value of honesty in community collaboration, and Nicholas explains to us the tree of insults. Watch previous episodes here: One | Two | Three | Four […]

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“Could we do animation differently?” In part 5 of this series, Chris and Joël talk about meeting financial and technological challenges in the making of the short film—challenges such as how to keep an animated character alive! This is a super nerdy episode, so if you’re into animation you’ll be geeking out as you hear […]

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Here are twelve more minutes of behind-the-scenes intel about how the animated short film was created. In this episode, Chris and Nicholas talk about the animators’ style inspirations; using echolocation and catnip to bring teams together; the production triad of good/fast/cheap; and The Great Nostril War of 2015. Catch previous episodes at: Part one Part […]

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We’re back this week with the next segment of our Shining Isle Q&A session at Hutchmoot. In this clip, you’ll hear again from Nicholas, who talks about how the short film’s visual style both intentionally leaves vaguery and space for your imagination, and aims to help the viewer experience the story visually as well as […]

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Last week we shared the first eleven minutes of the Shining Isle Q&A session Chris et al hosted at Hutchmoot, and today I’m here with the next eleven! In this one, Chris and Andrew talk about getting started working together, about making the Wingfeather Saga even cooler through collaboration, “seeing” Glipwood and the Igibys, and […]

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What is the most wonderful thing that happened in your world last year? Can you think of just one? I don’t know if I can—lots of good things happened. Sometimes it feels like a year is so long, or (three weeks into January!) so long ago, that it takes a little effort to remember. But […]

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Hey everybody! Andrew and I both took some time off over the last couple of weeks, and now I’m starting to think about this year and last year and how much I love where we’re at. (I’m so glad to be your librarian.) Next week, Maker willing, I’ll post a retrospective of highlights from last […]

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We just got word that A Crow for the Carriage was one of IAMAG’s favorite short films of 2018! It’s an honor to be featured alongside other great short films such as TAIKO’s One Small Step. Madame Sidler’s review: Thermostat 6 contains a couple of minor subtitled swears, and Sonder and Look at Me deal with difficult subjects […]

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Dear readers, I am glad that this is not The End. I’ve picked a very short snippet for our last excerpt of the book club. It burned in my heart. Janner lay awake for a long time. He thought about the Fane of Fire, just on the other side of the ancient door, where the […]

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If you’d like to attend Andrew’s annual Christmas tour Behold the Lamb of God but live across the Dark Sea of Darkness, never fear—there’s a livestream happening TONIGHT! You’re welcome to cram as many people into your living room as can fit. For tickets, visit Andrew’s music site, or go directly to the purchase page here. This […]

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