UToon Trailblazer JJ Sedelmaier ugubha iminyaka engama-30

Ochwepheshe bezamasiko wePop babona uJJ Sedelmaier omangalisayo ngomthelela wakhe NgoMgqibelo TV Funhouse e I-duo edidayo yesitabane izikhindi ze I-SNL nokukhiqiza isizini yokuqala yeMTV UBeavis noButthead. Kepha abalandeli be-animation beqiniso bayazi ukuthi uMnumzane Sedelmaier onethalente nomkakhe uPatrice bagubha iminyaka engama-30 betholile isitudiyo sabo sokugqwayiza / imidwebo esiseNew York ngoJulayi. Kulesi senzakalo esikhethekile sibe nethuba lokuxoxa nomdwebi wemidwebo owina umklomelo ka-Annie, umklami, umbhali nomqondisi / umkhiqizi.

Ungasitshela okuncane mayelana nokuthi uliqale kanjani ibhizinisi?

UJJ Sedelmaier: Ngicabanga ukuthi bengihlale ngazi ukuthi ngifuna ukuba yingxenye yezobuciko, ikakhulukazi amahlaya. Kusukela ngisemabangeni aphansi, ngangicwiliswe ekudwebeni nakwezinye izinto zobuciko. Umama wayengumdwebi / umdwebi futhi ubaba wami wayengumqondisi (wenza isikhangiso esithi "Iphi inyama?"). Bahlangana eChicago Institute of Art. Ngakho-ke ngathola isikhuthazo esikhulu nokusekelwa. Ngemuva kokuphothula ekolishi, isu lami lalikabili: uma ngifuna ukungena kwezopopayi, ngangizothuthela eWest Coast. Ukube imboni yamahlaya yilokho ebengifuna ukukuhlola, bengizothuthela eNew York. Ngangivakashele umndeni eNew York cishe njalo ngoKhisimusi wempilo yami, ngakho-ke ngakhetha iNew York namakhomikhi. Ngemuva kokuyisa isikhwama sami semali ezinkampanini ezimbalwa zedolobha, ngithole ukuthi ibhamuza lami lamaphupho lokudweba amaqhawe amakhulu liqhume. UPatrice ungene futhi wangikhuthaza (wangiphoqa) ukuthi ngihambise umsebenzi wami ezindaweni eziningi nakubantu. Ngokushesha lapho ngenza lokho, ngabuzwa kaningana ukuthi ngangikuthanda ukugqwayiza… Ngubani? lo sapevo Ingabe kwakukhona ukugqwayiza eNew York? Kususwe lapho.

Wawuyini umsebenzi wakho wokuqala embonini yezithombe?

Umsebenzi wami wokuqala we studio wawusePerpetual Motion Pictures (Febhruwari 1981) esebenza njengomlamuli phakathi I-Strawberry Shortcake eDolobheni Elikhulu Lama-apula. Ukusuka lapho ngaya kwimifanekiso engapheli, ngaya eBuzzco ngase eBlechman's RO The Ink Tank kusuka ngoMeyi 1984 kuya ku-1990. Mina nomkami uPatrice sangena kuJJ Sedelmaier Productions ngoJulayi 12, 1990.

Uma ubheka emuva, yini imfihlo yempumelelo yakho?

Okokuqala, ukuba nozakwethu webhizinisi ePatrice kwenze ukuthi amashumi amathathu eminyaka adlule abe wusizo kakhulu kunanoma yini enye engingayicabanga. Izinga lotshalo-mali esinalo enkampanini nasemkhakheni alinakulinganiswa. Futhi, isifiso sethu esijulile sokuhlala sincane futhi silawuleke. Kukunika ukulawula okungcono kakhulu futhi kukuvumela ukuthi ugxile emsebenzini esikhundleni sokushayela nokugijimisa abantu. Ukubekezela okungapheli nokwazisa okuyisisekelo kokusebenza nokusebenzisana nabanye kuyasiza impela. Ngisesimweni esibi lapho ukugcizelela kuphambuka bese kuba ezepolitiki, njll. Akukho lutho olungcono njengokuthola umlingani ozodlala naye kuphrojekthi. Ukuzivumelanisa nokusebenza njengohlelo lokuxhasana yikho lokhu okumayelana nalokhu! Futhi esinye isinqumo esithandekayo esisithathile ukukwenza eWhite Plains, eNew York, eduze nasekhaya. Kusinikeze ukulawula okuningi ukuthi mina noPatrice singalinganisa kanjani izimpilo zethu zomuntu siqu nezamabhizinisi.

Yiziphi ezinye zezinkumbulo ezinhle kakhulu zomsebenzi wakho?

Baningi kakhulu… kepha ngaso sonke isikhathi phezulu ohlwini kukhona bonke abantu abanekhono engikwazile ukusebenza nabo. Noma ngabe abasebenzi, abadwebi, ama-ejensi esikhangiso, noma abantu abasenetheni, bangabantu ongahlanganyela nabo! Abanye babadwebi bekhathuni nabaqambi engibe nenhlanhla yokudlala nabo yibo: 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… lezi yizithixo zami!

Yini enye yamaphupho amabi amakhulu?

Akuningi kakhulu, impela. ukwenza I-Beavis futhi ukwanda kusuka kwezine noma ezinhlanu kuya ku-60 kwakuwuhambo. Sithole kuphela ngemuva kokusayina ukuthi wayeseshintshele cishe kuzo zonke izifundo ezizomcabanga. Kwakuyithina kuphela esizimisele (ngokuhlanya ngokwanele) ukubhekana nakho, kodwa kuphela ngoba sasikwazi ukukwenza ngekhompiyutha. Bengilokhu ngibonga njalo I-B & BH okusenza siqonde ngokushesha lapho siwuhlobo oluthile lwe "studio esincane", futhi singabi sikhulu ngenxa yobukhulu. Sengike ngabona amanye ama-studios amaningi eba yimidondoshiya futhi alahlekelwe umbono wenhloso yawo yasekuqaleni bese eqhuma.

Ngabe usebenza ini njengamanje?

Ukuqedela indawo yesine yomkhankaso wokuwina imiklomelo sayiqala eminyakeni emibili eyedlule ngeRegional Hospice eseConnecticut. Sebenzisa opopayi bekhathuni (ngisho namahlaya) ukubhekana nesihloko esinzima sokunakekelwa kwabagulayo kwabadala nabancane.

Ngabe usinda kanjani ekushintsheni kokuthandayo nezinketho ezintsha zobuchwepheshe emhlabeni webhizinisi?

Kuyasiza ukwaziwa ngokwenza amahlaya ahlekisayo nokubhuqa. Bekusiza kakhulu futhi nokusebenza kunoma yisiphi isitayela kanye / noma inqubo. Eminyakeni edlule, sisebenze ezinhlobonhlobo ezingapheli ze-2D, CG, stop-motion kanye nama-combos abukhoma / wokugqwayiza. Umsebenzi esiwenzile noRobert Smigel I-SNL ishiye uphawu olukhethekile kakhulu.

Ama-movie awathandayo nemibukiso ye-TV yesikhathi sonke?

I-Movie: Disney & # 39; s Pinocchio, Injabulo yokuphila, Inkondlo engabonakali, Amakamela aphuzi aphuzi, I-Giron Giant, I-Spider-Man: Esikhathini Se-Spider-Verse. Imibukiso ye-TV: Rocky & Bullwinkle, URen noStimpy, South Park, Umhlaseli uZim e Indoda yomndeni. Izithombeni zezilwane: Izithombe uWinsor McCay, u-EG Lutz, iDisney, uTytla, uNatwick, uTissa David, uDick Williams, uMarv Newland, uBill Plympton, uBrad bird, uRebecca Ushukela.

Ungakwazi yini ukunikeza noma yisiphi izeluleko kubafisi bezokuzijabulisa abafuna ukwenza ibhizinisi?

• "Ungabi isilenda." (ungangicaphuna…) Imboni (nanoma yikuphi ukukhiqizwa okuphumelelayo) kuncike ekubambisaneni njengento ebalulekile. Kungaba isipho esivela kuNkulunkulu emhlabeni wezobuciko, kepha uma kungekho muntu ofuna ukusebenza nawe, lonke lelo talente alisho lutho. Futhi le mboni iyisihlobo, ngakho-ke ngokushesha kuyaziwa ukuthi ngubani okujabulisa ukusebenza nokuthi ubani ubuhlungu.
• Faka umsebenzi wakho kwimikhosi nemincintiswano! Kukhangisa kakhulu nobudlelwano bomphakathi.
• Thola abantu abenza lokho ocabanga ukuthi kungumsebenzi omuhle kakhulu bese uzama ukuxhuma. Kodwa-ke, yenza umsebenzi wakho wesikole futhi ulungiselele ukuchaza ukuthi kungani ugaya izinto zakho e Yini ongayifaka!
• Joyina isahluko se-ASIFA endaweni yakho futhi uhlangane nabantu bomphakathi ekugcineni ofuna ukuba yingxenye yawo. Akusilo nje ithuba lakho lokuhlangana nabo, kodwa suo kungenzeka uqinisekise voi ngaphandle!
• Ekugcineni, ungaziqhenya ngokugqwayiza ngendlela ofuna ngayo, kepha futhi usabalalise izintshisekelo zakho nokuchayeka kwezinye izindawo. Ifilimu, ubuciko, umculo, umlando… kufanele ube ngungoti kukho konke ongakwenza!

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