Join us on this Animation centric Spotlight with Creative Director and Animator, Chris Georgenes. Chris will go over his extravagant story on how he started his career, deconstruct a scene from Home Movies that he directed and show a variety of select animations throughout his career. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a true animation pro LIVE!
Chris Georgenes is a Creative Director and Animator based in Boston, MA: keyframer.com/
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00:00 Start
01:57 Chris’ introduction and background
05:45 Transition to art college and early career
09:49 Saying “yes” to projects you’re unsure about
14:54 Creating Dreamworks pilot without animation experience
21:07 Working on Home Movies
27:17 Solution for creating a 5th episode
32:40 Chat Q&A has Chris done animated music videos; impact of Flash on Chris’ career
34:08 Chris’ favorite animated shorts
37:02 “Book!” project, making time for personal projects
39:40 Chat Q&A What does Chris think if AI in animation, and what trends does he see in animation
43:08 Chat Q&A What’s Chris’ dream project, walkthrough of “Book!” in Animate
48:07 Teaching animation summer workshop
50:07 Audio editing, composing background music
52:28 What’s next for Chris