Episode 33: Animade

Animalators

Ed Barrett and Tom Judd are the founders of Animade, a studio based in London, England. During the episode, we talked about the pros and cons of pitching, their storyboard tool: Boords, and the importance of delegating.

Links:

Website - http://animade.tv/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/animadetv

Boords - https://boords.com/

Highlights:

-Co-founder and Creative director

-Started as a blog

-Organic growth

-Teaching internally and in universities

-Storyboard prototype

-Approachable for the beginner & customizable for pros

-Boords

-Being your own client

-Pitching/treatments

-Pros and cons of pitching

-Always learning how to run a business

-Learning as you go

-Delegating is hard

-Full-time marketing person

-How to be intentional about marketing

-Getting work from personal work

-Getting work from pitches

-Feeding off of the community

-Dream Client: Myself

-Favorite Animated Film: Pixar’s Incredibles

-What does your family think you do: “Coloring in”

-Animalator: mouse