Dash Bash
summary
A first-year director explains concrete workflow from intake call through pitch, staffing, board-to-animatic practice and delivery, using Toon Boom/Harmony for cell workflows and remote artists in Korea, Italy and Canada; a pro bono MeToo short built from a survivor audio that screens at Sundance and prioritizes hands and silence over faces; a political spot citing 318,000 rejected absentee ballots; a Hoosier holiday spot produced on a three-week turnaround; experiments shipped as Instagram minis to prove transition rules and secure paid campaigns.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 8:47Becoming a director
- 15:41First directing project
- 20:35Job workflow from pitch to delivery
- 27:34Pitch loss and experimentation
- 32:30Political campaign for voting rights
- 34:05Hoosier Lottery holiday campaign
- 38:01Mutual of Omaha anniversary campaign
- 42:40Century 21 real estate campaign
- 47:59Closing and Q&A teaser
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