Finding Inspiration - Podcasts

Okay another round of inspiration.

I was originally going to start diving into art, digital art and animations, but I started listening to my podcasts again (I'm seriously behind) and I came across this amazing episode of Fatman on Batman, and I knew I had to share.


http://smodcast.com/episodes/fat-man-on-batman-1-paul-dini/



For those of you who might not know, it is a Kevin Smith podcast (one of his many), where he asks various legends of film and television come in and talk about Batman.

How does this have anything to do with animation? A little. He does bring in a few people that have worked on Batman The Animated series - there's your tie-in. But its less about animation and more about BREAKING INTO THE PRODUCTION WORLD.

Paul Dini, Mark Hamill, Jim Lee, Bruce Timm, & Kevin Conroy just to name a few; these are the incredible people who he interviews and its AMAZING to hear their origin stories. We focus so much on superheroes in Hollywood but my favorite stories are the origin stories of real world legends. How did they get their start?

Some came from small towns in the middle of nowhere, some came from prestigious schools and others wandered the world until they found what they love. In the end, every story in incredibly inspiring and worth your time. I urge you to just listen to one podcast and if it doesn't do it for you, no worries- Check in this weekend and I'll have something different for you. But if it is up your alley, you won't regret it.


They were once in our seats. They, too, were once medicore to above average students who made the best of EVERY situation they were in and it took them to new opportunities, where they continued to take advantage of all the knowledge open to them. And nowadays they are the people we wait in line to shake hands with and take a quick photo of.


UPDATE:
If you ARE into film schools and want more SPECIFIC inspirations. Check out another Kevin Smith podcast called Film School Fridays. One of the newer channels he started, he makes his rounds with film schools and talks to students that are on the rise!

Theres plenty of other podcasts out there that are worth listening to! Please share below. I need more haha.