{"id":645,"date":"2020-04-30T16:18:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/?p=645"},"modified":"2020-04-30T16:18:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T13:18:41","slug":"podcast-episode-3-tom-van-waveren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/podcast-episode-3-tom-van-waveren\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast episode #3 &#8211; Tom van Waveren"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This episode takes a bit of a different angle from the rest. While I&#8217;ve tried to keep the usual episodes more or less timeless, in this episode we go right at it: How can companies in the animation industry cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and its ripple effects?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To go deep into that topic, I called up <strong>Tom van Waveren<\/strong> of CAKE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/qawv7-da4696?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=1&amp;btn-skin=107&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;pbad=1\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, if you like the podcast, please let me know! Send me an <a href=\"mailto:nick@nickdorra.com\">email<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/ndorra\">tweet me,<\/a> or leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way I&#8217;ll know if there is an audience for this, and if I should keep doing more episodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This episode is kindly sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celaction.com\">CelAction<\/a>, developers of CelAction2D, the 2D animation software used on some of the most successful series in the world, like Peppa Pig, Bluey and Mr. Bean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TomvanWaveren-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-656\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TomvanWaveren-281x300.jpg 281w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TomvanWaveren-700x749.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TomvanWaveren-768x821.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TomvanWaveren-1436x1536.jpg 1436w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TomvanWaveren-800x856.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/TomvanWaveren.jpg 1772w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom began his career in animation at Nelvana in 1996 as Director of its London office. In 1999, Tom moved to Copenhagen to head up Egmont Imagination as its President where he was involved in the production of over 100 hours of animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom started his own company in 2004 and merged his pipeline of projects with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cakeentertainment.com\/\">CAKE<\/a> in 2006. Since that date, he has been responsible for scouting, development and the executive production of all CAKE content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom has been nominated three times for a daytime Emmy and is currently overseeing a development slate of over 20 properties from pre-school to animation for 6-12 years, as well as overseeing all CAKE&#8217;s current productions, which include Netflix\u2019s first African animated original Mama K\u2019s Team 4, the first long-form animated Angry Birds series Angry Birds: Summer Madness also for Netflix and a long-form series based on web phenomenon Lucas The Spider for Cartoon Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom is CEO and Creative Director at CAKE, as well as Vice-Chair of Animation in Europe, where he is working to improve support for the European animation industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Subscribe to our newsletter to get notified when new podcast episodes go up:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- Begin Mailchimp Signup Form -->\n<link href=\"\/\/cdn-images.mailchimp.com\/embedcode\/horizontal-slim-10_7.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\">\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t#mc_embed_signup{background:#fff; clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; width:100%;}\n\t\/* Add your own Mailchimp form style overrides in your site stylesheet or in this style block.\n\t   We recommend moving this block and the preceding CSS link to the HEAD of your HTML file. *\/\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"mc_embed_signup\">\n<form action=\"https:\/\/nickdorra.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=c764010b6c270ceb664deb5d8&amp;id=56bb807d43\" method=\"post\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" name=\"mc-embedded-subscribe-form\" class=\"validate\" target=\"_blank\" novalidate=\"\">\n    <div id=\"mc_embed_signup_scroll\">\n\t\n\t<input type=\"email\" value=\"\" name=\"EMAIL\" class=\"email\" id=\"mce-EMAIL\" placeholder=\"email address\" required=\"\">\n    <!-- real people should not fill this in and expect good things - do not remove this or risk form bot signups-->\n    <div style=\"position: absolute; left: -5000px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"b_c764010b6c270ceb664deb5d8_56bb807d43\" tabindex=\"-1\" value=\"\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"clear\"><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" name=\"subscribe\" id=\"mc-embedded-subscribe\" class=\"button\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n<!--End mc_embed_signup-->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode takes a bit of a different angle from the rest. 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