Cooking Up an Animated Short: Finding the Right Ingredients

Making an animated short is difficult. Starting your own animation studio in order to create that short can be an overwhelming endeavor. Jalil Sadool, with 15 years experience working as lead animator on projects like James Cameron’s Avatar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and How To Train Your Dragon 2, left the industry to start Steamroller Studios with two former industry colleagues. Some people say Jalil is the only person they know who has stumbled upon an animation studio only to wake up one morning and find he was running it! In this Lightbox talk, you will learn about how the world of Spice Frontier was created: from its characters, to their relationships, and the story itself (which came about thanks to Jalil’s love of both food and science fiction). You will also learn all about creating an animation studio, building relationships between team members, and cultivating the world-class talent needed to succeed in this industry. You will be able to watch Spice Frontier in full during the talk.