Flipped Podcast #9: Celine Kiernan

Welcome to Episode 9 of Flipped with traditional feature film animator and award-winning author, Celine Kiernan. Celine worked on many features at the Don Bluth studio in Dublin, including Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven and Anastasia and she chats about getting into animation, working in Dublin and Phoenix, starting her own studio and her writing career.

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Podcast Contents

00:00 - Intro

01:09 - Interview start - Starting out zoetropes and going to Dun Laoghaire

03:58 - Applying to Sullivan Bluth and getting a hair cut

06:19 - The Dublin studio - learning the craft

13:19 - The Phoenix studio 

16:01 - Animation Process - reference vs rotoscope

20:44 - Back to Ireland - Pigs in the Attic and email

24:30 - Sudden end of 2D animation

30:25 - On writing 

32:23 - How to feel about your work and never looking back

39:18 - Outro

References

To find out more about Celine's artwork and books visit her website http://www.celinekiernan.com/

All Dogs Go To Heaven

Thumbelina

Anastasia

Help! I'm A Fish

Laura's Star
 

Glossary

Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over (usually live action) footage, frame by frame.

Photo stats (in this context) are the individual frames/photos of live action that have been printed out and mounted on animation paper

We wanted to say a special thanks to Celine for taking the time to talk to us.

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Flipped was produced by Aidan McAteer & Megan McMahon, edited by Aidan McAteer and featured music from www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com

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