Last month, Pixar founder and president Ed Catmull did an interview with Martin Giles of The Economist. The interview gives some great insight into Pixar’s style of management and creative process and is well worth watching.
Author Scott Berkun pinpoints some of the most interesting points on his blog here.
I recently did an interview with Spoiler Alert Radio on all things Brown Bag - from how & when we set up, right up to the work we are doing now.
Its a pretty long interview, and if I had known I would have grabbed a chair as I was standing up so long I started to get out of breath!
There are some other good interviews on the site, including this one with Herve de Crecy, one of the directors of Logorama who pipped us to the post at the Oscars!
There’s also a good interview on there with our good friend Tomm Moore on his work with Cartoon Saloon.
Anyway, there are some cool interviews on their site with all sorts of film makers so I hope you like it!
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty picked up two Pulcinella Awards at the prestigious Cartoons On The Bay festival in Italy at the weekend.
Granny was awarded the Best Animated Short prize, and a special award for Best Animated Character.
Well done Granny!
Last Saturday, the Lord Mayor, Councilor Emer Costello invited Brown Bag Films to the Mansion House for a reception in our honour. This was a moment we were deeply proud of and almost 70 Brown Baggers enjoyed the evening at the Lord Mayor’s historic residence on Dawson Street.
Nicky,Cathal and Doc with Lord Mayor Emer Costello and Joe Costello
Each year Brown Bag Films judges the animation category for the Fresh Film Festival. The festival showcases the work of Irish filmmakers under the age of 18, and arranges a programme of youth film events throughout the year.
This year the festival took place from the 22nd – 25th March, and the Brown Bag Animation Award was awarded to Alfie Hollingsworth & Dylan Bickerton (aged 14), for their film ‘Reflection’.
Alfie Hollingsworth & Dylan Bickerton receive their certificate for Best Animation
We felt that ‘Reflection’ showed great attention to detail in the set and animation. Though short, the film had a clear, simple concept that was nicely realised throughout the 2 minutes. The voiceover and music contributed to a touching short film and we were impressed by Alfie and Dylan’s storytelling skill.
We also awarded a Special Commendation to Niall Cunniffe (aged 16) for his film ‘Dracula’, which was a creative project that showed inventive talent from Niall.
Niall Cunniffe's receives a Special Commendation for his film
Congratulations to Alfie, Dylan and Niall for their achievements – we hope they keep up the good work!
Last week we had a new visitor to Brown Bag, as Granny O’Grimm made herself at home in the studio – all 30 cm of her!
Granny O'Grimm figurine created by Grazyna Chyla-Kaczmarek
