Episode 230: How Jim Capobianco Wrote Directed & Funded The Inventor - His Stop Motion Feature

Animation Industry Podcast

Support this podcast on Patreon: www.patreon.com/theAIP This chat features Jim Capobianco, known best for storyboarding on movies like The Lion King, Finding Nemo, and Up, as well as his writing credits on Ratatouille, and The Inventor. This chat focuses mainly on The Inventor, which Capobianco wrote, and directed from a 2D short film into a stop motion feature - over the course of 14 years. He also shares how hard it was to pitch, what it took to get it funded, and the full experience of what it was like producing the feature in such a short amount of time. Tune in to Ibele and Capobianco to hear: *How Capobianco managed to get over ten million in funding *Why Capobianco decided to produce the film in stop motion when he had no experience in it *What sacrifices Capobianco had to make while filming The Inventor ~[SPONSORED MESSAGE]~ This episode is sponsored by HUE. Makers of colorful, Plug & Play cameras for learning, work and play. Originally designed for teachers, HUE cameras can also be used for creative activities such as capturing hand-drawn pencil tests and shooting behind-the-scenes footage, time-lapse videos and stop motion animation. The cameras have flexible, posable necks, manual focus controls and they are compatible with Dragonframe, OBS, Twitch, Zoom and many other camera apps. Visit huehd.com to learn more and follow @HUEcameras on social media for news, fun and giveaways. Get 10% off any Hue product from www.huehd.com with code: 10TERRYAIP ~~ Social Links: *Check out Capobianco’s website: https://www.jimcapobianco.com/bio-capobianco *Check out the film’s website: https://www.theinventorfilm.com/ *Watch the trailer on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k95b1s6XoE&ab_channel=BlueFoxEntertainment *Check out Aerial Contrivance for more resources: https://www.aerialcontrivance.com/