• 005: Character Animation: Stuart Messinger on Performance, Storytelling, and Believability

  • Dec 18 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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005: Character Animation: Stuart Messinger on Performance, Storytelling, and Believability

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  • In this episode, Sarah Perry chats with animator, animation educator and former VFX production manager Stuart Messinger discussing the animator's journey, highlighting education, performance and character movement. Stuart shares his path from storytelling fascination to industry success, emphasising connections, preparation and key skills for animators. They explore believability, collaboration, physicalisation and the role of props, music and backstory in character portrayal. Stuart offers insights into balancing technicality with authenticity and reflects on his creative projects.


    Stuart's film credits include: ‘Valiant’, Tim Burton’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’, ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’, Roland Emmerich’s ’10,000BC’, ‘The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian’ and Aardman Animations stop motion feature film 'The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists' directed by the brilliant Peter Lord!


    Stuart is currently the course leader for Aardman Academy at Aardman.


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