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el macho animation

Feb 24

First Post

Hello,

As this is my first ever post I will tell you a bit about myself.

I’m a director and animator. 

I was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela and after living in Curacao, Florida, Holland and Spain, I finally settled in England. I completed a Foundation course in art and design at Kent Institute of Art and Design, and went on to do a BA in Illustration and Animation in Kingston University. I specialized in animation, but still pursued illustration in my spare time.  After graduating I went straight on to the NFTS to do a Masters in Animation Direction.

During my time at the school I have directed and animated several short films whilst working in a range of techniques, although my preferred medium is traditional hand-drawn animation. When I graduate I would love to make animated commercials and music videos, as well as animated shorts.

 I’m happy to say that I am finally graduating tomorrow! Once I am officialy made a ‘master’, I promise to upload my newest showreel and trailer for my graduation film ‘El Macho’. But for now, you get a sneaky preview still of the film…


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el macho trailer animation NFTS grad film

Mar 15

El Macho trailer is here!

Technical issues sorted- we have a trailer! This is the trailer for my graduation film from the NFTS, ‘El Macho’. It took 6 months of preproduction, 7 months of production and post, and endless midnight microwave dinners with my fellow animation directors at school as we worked through the night. Enjoy!

Synopsis:

Carlos yearns for order and calm amidst the chaos of his loud family of women.
The arrival of Alfonso, an energetic poodle puppy, shatters any dreams he had of peace and quiet. Soon it’s even too much for the women. Something has to be done…

Technique:

Traditional 2D with silkscreen printed backgrounds.

(Source: vimeo.com)


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showreel el macho animation

Mar 17

Finally: my online showreel. Below is a list of the films in this showreel, their techinique and my role within them. The music is by Jon Wygens.


‘El Macho’- Director, animator, story. Traditional 2D with silkscreen backgrounds

‘To Fly’- Director, animator, story. Traditional 2D with oil pastels and colour pencil.

‘Gin’- Director, animator, story. Cardboard puppet under camera.

‘And/or Book Awards Trailer’- Director, animator, story. Stop motion/pixellation.

‘Pinata’- Director, animator, story. Traditional 2D, crayons, collage, rotoscope


el macho grad film trailer animation

May 03
'Ochoa Offers El Macho Trailer'

Woohoo Aaron Simpson has posted ‘El Macho’ trailer (my NFTS graduation film) on lineboil.com! Click on the heading above to see it.

Aaron Simpson the founder of ColdHardFlash.com and Lineboil.com , is an Emmy-nominated Producer of Coconut Fred’s Fruit Salad Island, a Flash-animated series for Kids’WB! In addition, at Warner Bros., he produced over a dozen development shorts and developed Johnny Test for the 2005-2006 season.Prior to Warner Bros., Simpson was Senior Producer of Original Content at Sony, where he helped architect a forward-thinking entertainment portal, Screenblast. Simpson has also held the position of Vice President, Animation at JibJab Media.


El Macho gradfilm animation stills

May 19

El Macho Stills

I’m in the process of sending out my NFTS graduation film ‘El Macho’ to festivals. Fingers corssed I’ll have some good news to post in the future! In the meantime, here are a few stills from the finished animation.


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festival London International Animation Festival El Macho NFTS grad film

Aug 03

‘El Macho’ Premires at LIAF!





‘El Macho’ has been accepted into the London International Animation Festival 2011! It will be screening at the Babrbican on the 1st of September at 6.15pm in Cinema 1 as part of LIAF’s ‘British Showcase’ screening. Congratulations to the crew!

Earlier this year ‘El Macho’ also screened at the 18th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film.

Please click on the images above to find out more about the screenings.

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festival chicago international film festival El Macho grad film NFTS

Sep 26

‘El Macho’ makes its international premire in Chicago International Film Festival





I’m proud to annouce that ‘El Macho’ will be making it’s international premire in the US’s oldest film festival Chicago International Film Festival 2011! If you happen to be in Chicago, it will be screening at Fri Oct 14, 9:00pm and Sun Oct 16, 1:50pm.


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El Macho bradford animation festival festival grad film NFTS

Oct 19

‘El Macho’ to be screened at the 18th Bradford Animation Festival





Hurray! ‘El Macho’ continues its UK tour at the 18th Bradford Animation Festival 2011 1. It will be screened as part of the Student Films Official Selection Screening, alongside some of my NFTS classmates; Richard Phelan ( ‘Damnned’’), Afarin Eghbal (‘Abuelas’), and Francesca Adams ( ‘Bertie Crisp’). Click here for the screening schedule.

I’m also happy to announce that ‘El Macho’ screened today at the Chicago International Film Festival’s ‘Best of the Fest’ Screening.