Toon Trailblazer JJ Sedelmaier amakondwerera zaka 30

Odziwa za chikhalidwe cha pop amazindikira JJ Sedelmaier wodabwitsa chifukwa champhamvu zake Loweruka TV Funhouse e Awiri gay osadziwika bwino zazifupi za SNL ndi kupanga nyengo yoyamba ya MTV Beavis ndi Butthead. Koma okonda makanema owona amadziwa kuti Bambo Sedelmaier aluso ndi mkazi wake Patrice akukondwerera zaka 30 za studio yawo yochokera ku New York yochokera ku New York mu Julayi. Pamwambo wapaderawu tinali ndi mwayi wocheza ndi wojambula zithunzi, wojambula, wojambula, wolemba komanso wotsogolera/wopanga Annie.

Kodi mungatiuzeko pang'ono momwe munayambira bizinesi?

JJ Sedelmaier: Ndikuganiza kuti nthawi zonse ndimadziwa kuti ndikufuna kukhala mbali ya zojambulajambula, makamaka zamasewera. Kuyambira kusukulu ya pulayimale, ndinkakonda kujambula ndi zinthu zina zaluso. Amayi anga anali wojambula / wojambula zithunzi ndipo abambo anga anali opanga mafilimu (anapanga malonda a "Nyama Ili Kuti?"). Iwo anakumana ku Chicago Institute of Art, choncho ndinalimbikitsidwa ndi kuthandizidwa kwambiri. Nditamaliza koleji, njira yanga inali iwiri: Ngati ndimafuna kulowa nawo makanema ojambula, ndikadasamukira ku West Coast. Ngati makampani opanga mabuku azithunzithunzi anali omwe ndimafuna kufufuza, ndikadasamukira ku New York. Ndinali ku New York kuyendera banja pafupifupi Khrisimasi iliyonse ya moyo wanga, kotero ndinasankha New York ndi nthabwala. Nditatenga chikwama changa kumabizinesi ochepa mtawuniyi, ndidapeza kuti zongopeka zanga zojambulira ngwazi zidaphulika. Patrice analowererapo ndipo anandilimbikitsa (kundikankhira) kuti nditengere ntchito yanga kumalo ndi kwa anthu ambiri. Nditangotero, ndinafunsidwa kangapo ngati ndinali ndi chidwi ndi makanema ojambula pamanja… Ndani? ndinadziwa Kodi ku New York kunali zosangalatsa? Ananyamukapo.

Kodi ntchito yanu yoyamba mumsika wamakanema inali iti?

Ntchito yanga yoyamba ya situdiyo inali pa Perpetual Motion Pictures (February 1981) ndikugwira ntchito ngati wapakati Strawberry Shortcake mu Big Apple City. Kuchokera kumeneko ndinapita ku Perpetual Animation, kenako Buzzco ndiyeno RO The Ink Tank ya Blechman kuyambira May 1984 mpaka 1990. Mkazi wanga Patrice ndi ine tinalowa nawo JJ Sedelmaier Productions pa July 12, 1990.

Kuyang'ana m'mbuyo, kodi zinsinsi za kupambana kwanu ndi ziti?

Chabwino, choyamba, kukhala ndi bwenzi la bizinesi ku Patrice kwapangitsa zaka makumi atatu zapitazi kukhala zopindulitsa kuposa china chilichonse chomwe ndingaganizire. Mulingo wandalama womwe tili nawo kukampani komanso m'makampani ndi wosayerekezeka. Kuphatikiza apo, chikhumbo chathu chofuna kukhalabe chaching'ono komanso chowongolera. Imakupatsirani kuwongolera bwino kwambiri ndikukulolani kuti muyang'ane kwambiri ntchito m'malo moyendetsa ndi kugwetsa anthu. Kuleza mtima kosatha ndi chiyamikiro choyambirira cha kugwira ntchito ndi kugwirizana ndi ena kumathandizadi. Ndili mumkhalidwe woipa pamene kutsindika kumasokonekera ndikukhala ndale, etc. Palibe chabwino kuposa pamene mupeza mnzanu woti musewere naye pa ntchito. Kukhala munjira ndikuchita ngati njira yothandizirana wina ndi mnzake ndizomwe zimafunikira! Ndipo chosankha china chamtengo wapatali chimene tinapanga chinali kukachitira ku White Plains, New York, pafupi ndi kwathu. Zinatipatsa mphamvu zambiri pa momwe ine ndi Patrice tingagwirizanitse moyo wathu waumwini ndi wamalonda.

Kodi ndi zinthu ziti zomwe mumakumbukira bwino pa ntchito yanu?

Zochuluka kwambiri… koma nthawi zonse pamwamba pa mndandanda ndi anthu onse aluso omwe ndatha kugwira nawo ntchito. Kaya ndi antchito, ojambula, mabungwe otsatsa kapena anthu pa intaneti, ndi anthu omwe mungacheze nawo! Ena mwa ojambula zithunzi ndi okonza omwe ndakhala ndi mwayi wosewera nawo ndi awa: Al Hirschfeld, Seymour Chwast, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Patrick McDonnell, Peter de Sève, Bill Plympton, Sue Rose, George Booth, Garry Trudeau, Berkeley Breathed, Lee Lorenz, Sempé, David Levine, Neal Adams, Ed Sorel, MK Brown, Rick Meyerowitz, Lenny Glasser, Lou Myers, Gary Baseman, Guy Billout, Joost Swarte, Barry Blitt… awa ndi mafano anga!

Kodi zina mwa maloto owopsa kwambiri ndi ati?

Osati ambiri, kwenikweni. Kodi Beavis ndipo kufalikira kuchokera kwa anthu anayi kapena asanu kufika pa 60 wakhala ulendo. Tinangozindikira titasaina kuti wadutsa pafupifupi studio iliyonse yomwe ingamuganizire. Ndife okha omwe tinali okonzeka (openga mokwanira) kuti tithane nazo, koma chifukwa chakuti tidatha kuchita izi mwa digito. Ndakhala ndikuyamikira B&BH kutipanga ife kumvetsetsa mwamsanga pamene ife tiri mtundu wa "studio yaying'ono", osati kukhala wamkulu chifukwa cha ukulu. Ndawonapo ma studio ena ambiri akukhala zimphona ndikuiwala ntchito yawo yoyambirira, kenako ndikuphulika.

Kodi panopa mukugwira ntchito yotani?

Kumaliza malo achinayi kwa kampeni yopambana mphoto yomwe tidayamba zaka ziwiri zapitazo ku Regional Hospice ku Connecticut. Imagwiritsa ntchito makanema ojambula (komanso nthabwala) kuthana ndi mutu wovuta wa chisamaliro chachipatala kwa oyembekezera achikulire ndi achichepere.

Kodi mumapulumuka bwanji zokonda ndi zokonda zatsopano zamabizinesi muzamalonda?

Zimathandiza kuti anthu azidziwika chifukwa chopanga nthabwala zachipongwe komanso zopeka. Zinalinso zothandiza kwambiri kuti ndizitha kugwira ntchito mwanjira iliyonse ndi / kapena njira. Kwa zaka zambiri, tagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana za 2D, CG, stop-motion ndi live/animation combos. Ntchito yomwe tidachita ndi Robert Smigel SNL anasiya chizindikiro chapadera kwambiri.

Makanema okonda makanema komanso makanema apa TV anthawi zonse?

Kanema: Disney & # 39; s Pinocchio, Chisangalalo chokhala ndi moyo, Ndakatulo ya kuwala, Wanamgono wachikasu, Chitsulo Chuma, Nkhumba-Man: M'kati mwa Vesili. Makanema apa TV: Miyala & Bullwinkle, Ren ndi Stimpy, South Park, Wolowera Zim e Mwamuna wabanja. Animation Idols: Winsor McCay, EG Lutz, Disney, Tytla, Natwick, Tissa David, Dick Williams, Marv Newland, Bill Plympton, Brad Bird, Rebecca Sugar.

Kodi mungapereke upangiri uliwonse kwa ofuna makanema ojambula omwe akufuna kulowa bizinesi?

• "Usakhale chitsiru." (mukhoza kunditchula ine…) Makampani (ndi kupanga kulikonse kopambana) kumadalira mgwirizano monga gawo lofunikira. Mutha kukhala mphatso ya Mulungu ku dziko la zaluso, koma ngati palibe amene akufuna kugwira ntchito nanu, luso lonselo silitanthauza kanthu. Ndipo makampaniwa ndi achibale, choncho mwamsanga amadziwika kuti ndi ndani amene amasangalala kugwira nawo ntchito komanso omwe ali ndi ululu.
• Lowani ntchito yanu mu zikondwerero ndi mipikisano! Ndizotsatsa malonda komanso maubwenzi apagulu.
• Pezani anthu omwe akuchita zomwe mukuganiza kuti ndi ntchito yabwino ndikuyesa kulumikizana. Komabe, chitani homuweki yanu ndikukonzekera kufotokoza chifukwa chake mumakumba zinthu zanu e Momwe mungathandizire!
• Lowani nawo mutu wa ASIFA mdera lanu ndikukumana ndi anthu amdera lomwe mukufuna kukhala nawo. Si mwayi wanu kukumana nawo, koma mawa kuthekera kutsimikizira voi kunja!
• Pamapeto pake, mutha kutengeka kwambiri ndi makanema ojambula momwe mungafunire, komanso kufalitsa zomwe mumakonda komanso kuwonekera kumadera ena. Mafilimu, zaluso, nyimbo, mbiri ... muyenera kukhala wodziwa bwino zonse zomwe mungathe!

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