Never got uni projects done so just experimented. GI Joe + webcam, well received. On dole for a year - continued with projects - making music videos for his band. Reached out to production houses; runner for Scramble, tried a few different things. There for 3 years learning vfx on the side. Never gave up wanting to create own projects etc. GI Joe corps was seen by a GI Joes festival in America, was asked to make more for it. Got free GI Joe to do it with. Worked with someone he met in London working on sound. Always made stuff in his own time.
Empie Magazine's competition - 'competitions are amazing' - taking briefs and understand what these guys are going or. Winning/achieving makes a huge difference. Evil dead competition video went viral. Decided how to brand himself (gave him a direction) - 'new and fresh'. Then quit his job to work in a cafe in the South of France - work 'freaking me out'. Wrote a feature length film. Realised the idea was ridiculous. More competitions. Google asked about monetising his evil dead animation. 1K views = £1ish, knew he needed to keep consistent and his branding. Made a series of that comp - 60 seconds etc. Length of video + interest for how long is a youtube thing. Get suggested less by Youtube. Sold belongings and moved back in with parents for a while. Slowly getting more cash per day. On the side, being approached by people to make things for them. Music video - first payment from claymation. Made in someone elses' basement in Paris. Viral after viral. Contest for a feature length move - 26 parts - comp for 26th person. 170 entries. Put more effort into this. Avoiding Youtube for the moment - not doing anything for him. Parodies are good for views - grey area though; IP permission is dubious. Pingu video did great but got taken down. Did a knock off cat version instead - made a series - was asked to do a clay remake of their film "all about branding yourself" sell yourself short too many times, you becom nothing. Done stuff now for adult swim.
Comps through Twitter abd nags. 3 - 5 weeks for a 2 min vid. Still sees himself as a film maker rather than animator.
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