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All Access: How I’m Making My Own Animated Film

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Contents

Latest Videos

Stay up to date with my real-time progress.
Every new video I release will appear here first — giving you immediate access to the behind-the-scenes process. Once enough episodes are added, they'll be sorted into focused categories (like Pre-Production, Animation, etc.) for easier viewing and deeper learning.

#31 - Facial Mocap - Scene 7
#30 - Mocap Filming - Scene 7
#29 - Animation - Scene 7, Clip 4
#28 - Animation - Scene 7, Clip 1
#27 - Animatic - Scene 7

Interviews

This section will host a collection of interviews

#24 - Interview with Allistair Cloete

Previous Live YouTube Streams

Here I share all live streams I did on YouTube. These videos were available for the entire Start Animating community on the YouTube channel. here you can find all past streams in order.

29 April 2025 - Designing the Nadia Character
7 October 2025 - Storyboarding - God's Girl Scene

Pre-Production

Laying the groundwork for a successful film.
In this section, we dive into the essential planning phase — from story development and concept art to scriptwriting, storyboarding, and building the production pipeline. This is where ideas take shape and the foundation for the entire film is carefully crafted.

#1 - Everything I Need To Make This Film
#2 - Planning the Characters and Scenes
#3 - Story Development
#5 - The Way Forward
#20 - The Road Forward - Phase 2
#25 - Things happened - I am adjusting my approach.
#26 - Setting up Davinci Resolve for the Animatic

Character Design

This is where I’ve grouped all the videos related to character design and creation — from building the base characters to finalizing their completed designs.

#4 - Base Character Design - Melissa
#6 - Searching for Hairstyles
#7 - Base Character - Sandra (Part 1)
#8 - Base Character - Sandra (Part 2)
#9 - Base Character - Miss Verster
#10 - Base Character - Mr Naude
#11 - Base Character - Amanda
#12 - Base Character - Old Lady
#13 - Base Character - André
#14 - Creating A Character Chart
#15 - Character Creator 5 Update
#21 - Expressions - Pieter
#22 - Collision Shapes -Nadia
#23 - Facial Expression & Collision Shapes - Mr Naude

Backdrop Designs

In this section you will find all the videos regarding backdrop scene designs

#16 - Backdrops - Nadia's Bedroom - Part 1
#17 - Backdrops - Nadia's Bedroom - Part 2
#18 - Backdrops - Nadia's Bedroom - Part 3
#30 - Backdrop - School - Part 1

Audition Process

Here you will find all audition related videos.

#19 - First Audition Process Started