Writers Get Animated
Episodes
Friday Jun 24, 2016
030 - Megabytes And TP Forts
Friday Jun 24, 2016
Friday Jun 24, 2016
Episode 30: Megabytes and TP Forts How does art influence story? Chris and Mackenzie venture into the worlds of ReBoot and Pickle and Peanut to see how artistic/visual choices can influence a show's characters and story! How many puns can a show about life inside of a computer upload before it crashes? How dangerous is Microsoft Paint exactly? Does anyone know what the deal is with "the cloud?" What does a cucumber and olive oil have to do with a pickle? Where is the toilet paper fort? What does a bear in a Disney show have in common with BoJack Horseman?
Links
About the episode “Painted Windows:” http://bit.ly/28QOLTz
Watch a preview of “90’s Adventure Bear:” http://bit.ly/28QORdy
About Microsoft Paint: http://bit.ly/28QOTCb
About the reboot of ReBoot: http://bit.ly/28QOSy8
Sneak Peek of Disney's Pickle and Peanut: http://bit.ly/28RoXHC
About Homestar Runner: http://bit.ly/28QNWyj
About TaleSpin: http://bit.ly/28QNFvx
About the Brecht Alienation (or Distancing) Effect: http://bit.ly/28RoV2v
An Academic Article about the Brecht Alienation Effect! http://bit.ly/28RoUM0
Friday Jun 17, 2016
029 - Saving Superman
Friday Jun 17, 2016
Friday Jun 17, 2016
Who saves Superman when Superman is in trouble? Have no fear, Writers Get Animated is here! Producer Bruce Timm called "Superman's Pal" one of the worst of episodes of Superman: The Animated Series and of the entire DC Animated Universe, so Chris and Mackenzie dig into their storytelling utility belts (we know that's a Batman reference) and rush to the rescue! Through the use of the Writer Emergency Pack (created by screenwriter John August), can they save Superman? What makes Jimmy Olsen America's Favorite Intern? What is Metallo's plan exactly? Are there kisses between humans and cyborgs that aren't awkward? What does Indiana Jones have to do with any of this?
Links
About Writer Emergency Pack: http://bit.ly/28HwW3D
About John August and the Scriptnotes Podcast: http://bit.ly/28HxaYB
About Superman the Animated Series: http://bit.ly/1rs6Rnj
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen (the comic): http://bit.ly/1rs7NYO About Bruce Timm: http://bit.ly/28Hx7vU
Watch “Superman’s Pal” on Amazon Prime: http://amzn.to/1rs7L37
Buy “Superman’s Pal” on iTunes: http://apple.co/1rs7LAe
Learn more about the episode “Superman’s Pal:” http://bit.ly/1rs87a0
Some of the craziness of the Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen comic: http://bit.ly/1rs87XD
Commentary on the episode from Nerdist: http://bit.ly/28Hwv9D
Friday Jun 10, 2016
028 - Genre To Genre, Dust To Dust
Friday Jun 10, 2016
Friday Jun 10, 2016
Plot, plot? Who's got the plot? Genre does! Chris and Mackenzie go where no podcast has gone before: Into genre animation! And if they have gone there before, then we're certainly using the style of this in safe-but-surprising ways to stay in the same vein but be unique! Exclamation points!!! Why do people look down on genre fiction? What's Neil Gaiman got to do with it? What exactly is Jonny Quest studying for? Why did the adventure genre go away (hint: racism)?
Interview with Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro about Genre: http://bit.ly/1U9kZMv
"Brad Bird: Animation is Not a Genre:" http://bit.ly/1U9kLVO
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee: http://amzn.to/1U9llTf
About Limited Animation: http://bit.ly/1U9m8Uc
"Indiana Jones and the Migration to Science Fiction:" http://bit.ly/1UEst7f
About Jonny Quest: http://bit.ly/1YgDUYM
About the episode "The Robot Spy:" http://imdb.to/1UEsCb0
Buy "The Robot Spy" on iTunes: http://apple.co/1UEtnRa
About Duck Dodgers- the TV Show: http://bit.ly/1YgEjue
About the episode "The Queen is Wild:" http://imdb.to/1YgE5TS
Buy "The Queen is Wild" on iTunes: http://apple.co/1YgDTnB
About the original, Chuck Jones Duck Dodgers shorts: http://bit.ly/1YgDv8J
The Duck Dodgers Theme Song: http://bit.ly/1UEsLeA
About "Hair-Raising Hare:" http://bit.ly/1UEtzA9 Buy "Hair-Raising Hare" on iTunes: http://apple.co/1YgEhCC
Learn more about John August (the man, the myth): http://bit.ly/1YgEgyD
Friday Jun 03, 2016
027 - Is The Jungle Book (2016) An Animated Movie?
Friday Jun 03, 2016
Friday Jun 03, 2016
"Chris and Mackenzie take Writers Get Animated LIVE! In terms of our subject matter, not our production style. Is The Jungle Book (open-parentheses-2016-closed-parentheses) an animated movie? Some of the people behind it seem to think so. It is technically animated. What is the line between live action and animation? Is it animated if you can see a live preview during shooting? Why is Disney reviving old animated features as live action movies? Is Shere Khan scary? Does anyone really want to hear Christopher Walken sing? Does realism matter for what type of talking ape we're trying to portray as a New York mobster?
Go behind the scenes of The Jungle Book: https://youtu.be/zTebgHNSe_4
Academy Conversations: The Jungle Book: https://youtu.be/PVvRlrKUq7o"