It has only been two weeks since we landed in Dublin, Ireland to begin our trip to the UK. I dragged my laptop and small video/still camera and a lot of cords, plugs and a hand held mini tripod to see if I could make this a working vacation.
I had contacted 3 people throughout our visit, starting with Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny. I was planning to meet Tomm Moore, however as the trip drew near, he had to cancel the meeting, but I could talk to Fabian Erlinghauser, a director who created "Dorg Van Dango" for Nickelodeon.
After Ireland, we would fly up to Edinbough, Scotland to experience the Fringe as well as meet with Iain Gardner, the creator of a new 2d film called," A Bear named Wojtek. To my surprise, I was able to make two more future episodes featuring some Fringe work which I will share later.
Then we would fly to London to meet Comic book artist Alison Sampson, who has some of her work at the Heroes exhibit at the Cartoon Museum in London. I was hopping to be able to interview her in person and see the museum's archives. It turned out, I was shown a small storage room full of boxes, but they didn't show me what was inside them.
While in London, I found a few more things to make future Animateducated episodes, including this one featuring the BFI's Stop Motion series. A month long celebration on Stop Motion films and filmmakers. I have just finished this posting of a Q&A of the directors of ParaNorman, Chris Butler and Sam Fell. Enjoy...
If you enjoyed this blog and the above episode, please share it with a friend or leave a comment or like on the Animateducated YouTube channel. As I said, I have one more week of traveling England to see if I can find some more interesting people or places to share with you.
