FMX with Ed Hooks and Dörthe Eickelberg

[Rodney]

This is from 2013 but I haven't seen it linked here in the forum.

 

Part 1 is "Acting for Animators" with Ed Hook:

 

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Part 2 is "Improv for Animators" with Dörthe Eickelberg:

 

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There are lots of nice insights to glean from both interviews.

 

 

Source: AnimatorIslandTV

(Animator Island has a pretty biting commentary/satire on online animation schools. A little fun/funny)

[NancyGormezano]

Just watched the first one with Ed Hooks (I have his book "Acting for animators") . In general, I found it a bit tedious, and stopped listening to the words.

 

However, I found it fascinating to watch the different body language, expressions, gestures contrasting Hooks and his interviewer. Would be fun to do an (short - not 21 minutes) animation of the 2 of them together. Hooks - laid back, low power center, many hand gestures, wonderful facial expressions, tics, smug, confident authority...whilst the interviewer - high power center, tight, nervous, minimal facial expressions, feeling submissive?

 

Maybe it was tedious because I didn't hear anything "new, revolutionary"?

 

Will watch the 2nd.

[Rodney]

I enjoyed this interview more than Ed's book.

There are aspects of Ed's approach that I resist which may be what makes what he says all the more compelling to me (i.e. I want to better understand what he is saying).

I was tempted to post what I considered the highlights of the interview and may still do that if there is interest.

 

Dorthe Eickelberg's piece I was a little less interested in because her course seems more like a series of team building exercises.

That isn't a negative critique of her course... it's just my shorthand way of surveying it.

 

 

Would be fun to do an (short - not 21 minutes) animation of the 2 of them together. Hooks - laid back, low power center, many hand gestures, wonderful facial expressions, tics, smug, confident authority...whilst the interviewer - high power center, tight, nervous, minimal facial expressions, feeling submissive?

 

I like the way you think.

Perhaps that might be a legitimate way to republish some of the excellent resources we have avaliable to us these days.

Kind of like 'The 11 Second Club'... for animation education purposes... on steroids.

[NancyGormezano]

Dorthe Eickelberg's piece I was a little less interested in because her course seems more like a series of team building exercises.

That isn't a negative critique of her course... it's just my shorthand way of surveying it.

 

I enjoyed the first part of her interview, found it to have some new insights for me. I thought I would enjoy watching the excerpts from her improv course, but lost interest.

 

Can be team building, but I also think it is a good way to develop and get in touch with one's own spontaneity or lack of.