Writers Get Animated
Episodes
Friday Feb 24, 2017
Friday Feb 24, 2017
Roll out the Writers Get Animated red carpet, Chris and Mackenzie are heading to the Oscars! In their minds! Join them as they give in-depth coverage about this year’s Oscar-nominated animated shorts: Piper, Pear Cider and Cigarettes, Borrowed Time, Blind Vaysha, and Pearl! Listen as Chris goes VR in a cardboard box LIVE! How do styles affect storytelling? Is Piper a female? Did the sheriff actually intend to jump? What does linocut animation have to do with Bertolt Brecht? Links Watch VR’s first Oscar-nominated short film (Pearl) http://bit.ly/2lQfwSf Director Theodore Ushev on Bringing 'Blind Vaysha' to Life in Four Dimensions http://bit.ly/2lQl2US ‘Blind Vaysha’: How Theodore Ushev’s Zeitgeist-Grabbing Short Taps Political Anxiety http://bit.ly/2lBngVF About Pear Cider and Cigarettes http://bit.ly/2lQeOV4 ‘Pear Cider and Cigarettes’: How an Imperfect Life Became an Oscar Contender http://bit.ly/2lBnfRk Oscar-nominated ‘Borrowed Time’ directors Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj dish animated short film contender http://bit.ly/2lQ9voE Oscars 2017 Animated Shorts: Will ‘Piper’ End Pixar’s 15-Year Drought? http://bit.ly/2lBl00q Facebook Live conversation with the directors of Piper http://bit.ly/2lBAWzX Last year’s episode about Oscar-nominated animated shorts! http://apple.co/2lBw65E
Friday Feb 17, 2017
062 - Life, Animated
Friday Feb 17, 2017
Friday Feb 17, 2017
Chris and Mackenzie do something a little different with this episode. They discuss the documentary “Life, Animated.” How did Disney movies open up a line of communication between a boy and his world? How did the filmmakers use animation to tell their story? How many Disney clips can a single, non-Disney movie have? Learn more about this moving and powerful film. Links Life, Animated the documentary http://bit.ly/2kYmuDd Life, Animated - A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism http://bit.ly/2kYiQJG Life, Animated Trailer http://bit.ly/2kYngA5 About the film Persepolis http://bit.ly/2kYkBGQ About the film Waltz with Bashir http://bit.ly/2lZU2yz About the book Fun Home http://bit.ly/2lZNv7b About Fun Home the Musical http://bit.ly/2lRsXl5 State of Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities http://bit.ly/2lZCjak
Friday Feb 10, 2017
061 - We'll Form the Head! Voltron: Legendary Defender
Friday Feb 10, 2017
Friday Feb 10, 2017
What has five lions and no thumbs and fights awesome space battles? That guy! Chris and Mackenzie assemble an episode about Voltron: Legendary Defender! How do you tell a story about a team? How did Netflix change the structure of the storytelling? Who are these characters? How do you make space bigger? Links About Voltron: Legendary Defender http://bit.ly/2kNVqor Voltron: Legendary Defender couldn’t have existed without Netflix http://bit.ly/2kO0MjL About Voltron: Defender of the Universe http://bit.ly/2kO5JJj Voltron: The Third Dimension http://bit.ly/2kNNunu Where is Old Zealand? http://mentalfloss.com/article/56233/where-old-zealand Battlestar Galactica “33” http://bit.ly/2ky70Wi Whose Line Is It Anyway Film Dub http://bit.ly/2ky5gwv
Friday Feb 03, 2017
060 - How Could We Forget Finding Dory?
Friday Feb 03, 2017
Friday Feb 03, 2017
Honestly, how could Chris and Mackenzie forget to talk about Finding Dory? What do you do when a story is left unfinished? Who is the hero of Finding Dory? How did Ellen DeGeneres change the story of Finding Nemo and pave the way for Finding Dory? Is Finding Dory a sequel or a spin-off? When are we getting Finding Mr. Ray? Links Watch Finding Dory on Netflix http://nflx.it/2knhk1E Finding Dory Review http://nyti.ms/2knhy9a Ellen’s Comments on the Travel Ban http://bit.ly/2knsC69 Finding Dory is a Movie About Disability http://bit.ly/2kngYZ5 Director Andrew Stanton Brings Dory Back Again http://bit.ly/2l2w9WO Ellen Announces Finding Dory http://bit.ly/2kyurPY Ocean Odyssey: Andrew Stanton explores the backstory of Pixar’s Dory http://bit.ly/2kykGkI Ellen DeGeneres on Lesbian Fish and Why It Was Finally Time for Finding Dory http://ti.me/2l2xaOw Finding Nemo and Taken http://uproxx.it/2l2vGnx Listen to the Soundtrack to Finding Dory on Apple Music http://bit.ly/2l2JHkZ Once Upon a Time Again (Our episode about Disney direct-to-video sequels) http://bit.ly/wga-032 Sequels and Prequels are Rare in Theatre http://bit.ly/2kyuGdI Lend Me Another Tenor (or Two) http://bit.ly/2l2qJea