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048 - SLAE - Mike Morris at BlueOwl
Welcome to another SLAE episode. These episodes were recorded at The Salt Lake Animation Expo in March of 2024. We interviewed Expo Speakers and others who were involv...
047 - SLAE - Chaz Walgamott at Digital Gravy
Welcome to the SLAE episodes. These are podcasts we recorded at The Salt Lake Animation Expo in March of 2024. We interviewed Expo Speakers and others who were involve...
046 - Mark Cernosia - Prøfanity Creative - Creative Communities
Kathryn and Will sit with Mark Cernosia founder of Prøfanity Creative to have a no bullsh*t discussion on client-side communication, project budgets, what issues freel...
045 - Amy Scott at Wild Apple - Websites, Design and Motion
Open Pixel gets creative with Amy Scott, the founder of Wild Apple Design Group to discuss the relationship between websites and design. What motion can do to help cre...
044 - Rachel Murray at She+ Geeks Out - DEI
Kathryn and Will chat with former client Rachel Murray, the Co-CEO at She+ Geeks Out, to talk to us about how they utilize the medium of animation in different ways wi...
Bonus - Updates March 2024
Quick updates from Will and Kathryn in Salt Lake City. They talk a little about what's to come and apologize for not having done enough. More episodes to drop soon.
043 - BYB - Generative A.I. in Creative Sales
Will and Kathryn discuss using Gen AI in creative sales pitching, how it can hurt your production and what questions to ask of us, (creative partners, artists, freelan...
042 - POVs - Pitching For Free
Will and Kathryn discuss the act of pitching for free, through a petition, which they've signed. They talk about what creative pitching is and describe the different w...
041 - Jeremy Brown at CU Denver - What is VFX?
Join us for a insightful conversation with Jeremy Brown, the Senior Instructor and Director of the Digital Animation Program at the University of Colorado Denver, as w...
040 - Bonus - Will and Kathryn at CU Denver
Will and Kathryn spend some time with the seniors from the College of Arts and Media at CU Denver. They chat about what it was like to land their first jobs and give t...
039 - Hack - What are Video Production Source Files
Source Files. What the heck are they and why do they hold all of the superpowers? Will and Kathryn discuss problems surrounding source files of original artwork, why f...
038 - POVs - Financial Transparency
The Open Pixel Team is back with a new episode focused on financial transparency. They hit on multiple facets of finance, be it your personal year-end financial posts,...
037 - POVs - Contractor Expectations
Will and Kathryn welcome the new year with a slightly new format. Opinions on LinkedIn fly in all sorts of directions. Instead of hate commenting on someone's post, we...
036 - End of the Year Wrap
As the year and the season come to a close, Will and Kathryn say goodbye, for now, but not before revisiting some of their favorite advice and insights from this year'...
035 - Panel - How to Give Better Feedback on Sound
Will and Kathryn sit down with our very first panel of experts to talk about all things sound! We’re joined by Stephen Frost, Creative Director and founder at Stereo C...
034 - Production - Sound - What To Listen For
Will and Kathryn review the main sound stages: voiceover, music, and sound effects. They’ll walk through how each of those stages works, how to give better feedback du...
033 - Hack - Running Better Production Meetings
Do you attend a lot of meetings? We don't. Kathryn explains how we run our meetings, keep them short, and keep productions moving in this new hack! Also stick around t...
032 - Hack - Ways To Avoid Too Many Cooks
Will and Kathryn describe four great ways to avoid too many cooks in the creative kitchen, a very common problem among marketing teams working with creative agencies.I...
Bonus - Apology Updates
What are we up to? Where have you been in the last two weeks? Will and Kathryn hint at what's been up, what they're doing, and why you haven't heard from them. Also, W...
031 - 1-on-1 - Joel Pilger at RevThink
The team welcomes Joel Pilger from RevThink to chat about running a creative business, unpacking the roles of the people who make the work happen, and giving advice on...
030 - 1-on-1 - Janice and Anne at The Inform Group
The team chats with Janice (Miller) Greenberg and Anne (Reichert) Guthrie of The Inform Group to break down how they go about creating concise language for very techni...
029 - Hack - How To Post-Mortem
In this hack episode, Will and Kathryn go scriptless, and walk through the post-mortem process to give a few tips on how Open Pixel runs through Post-Mortems on differ...
Bonus - What is Camp MoGraph?
Where did we go!? You may have noticed we haven't been around, and that's because we were on vacation in Colorado for two weeks and attending our first-ever Camp Mogra...
028 - 1-on-1 - Samantha Hamilton at PHIWMA
Open Pixel Studios chats with Samantha Hamilton, Director of Coalition Building & Community Engagement at The Public Health Institute of Western Mass (PHIWMA), to chat...
027 - 1-on-1 - Chris Perry at Nickelodeon
Will and Kathryn reunite with Pixar alumni, writer, director, and life-long mentor Chris Perry to discuss his approach to writing, how we can improve production workfl...
Announcement - BIG NEWS!
Kathryn and Will talk about their plans for 2024! Listen in to learn about what they are up to and how the podcast will be affected.If you have a topic or question you...
026 - Production - Storyboards - Learn to Use Them Effectively
In this episode, Kathryn and Will sail through the Storyboard stage. They discuss what storyboards are, how to give feedback on them, uncover common client-and-creativ...
025 - Hack - Using AI to turn Blogs into Scripts
In this hack episode, Will challenges us to think about ChatGPT a little differently and provides a few tips to use it as a production tool. And more importantly, reit...
024 - Production - Concepts - A Visual Sales Tool
In this episode, Kathryn and Will walk us through the Concept stage. They discuss the concept of a concept, how to better prepare for reviewing them, uncover common cl...
Will and Kathryn - I Loved This Conversation
In this bonus episode, Will and Kathryn are transported to another podcast hosted by Alex Salsberg. I Loved This Conversation is a podcast that explores conversations ...
