{"id":650,"date":"2020-05-08T17:24:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/?p=650"},"modified":"2020-05-08T17:24:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T14:24:59","slug":"podcast-episode-4-heath-kenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/podcast-episode-4-heath-kenny\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast episode #4 &#8211; Heath Kenny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This episode features <strong>Heath Kenny<\/strong> as guest, and we go deep into the joys and pains of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#4: Heath Kenny - On Bringing Process, Design Thinking and Other Best Practices to Animation Development\" height=\"122\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/m2tq3-dbc553?from=yiiadmin&#038;download=1&#038;version=1&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=107&#038;auto=0&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;pbad=1\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>As before, if you like my 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=\"217\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heath-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-651\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heath-217x300.jpg 217w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heath-700x967.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heath-768x1061.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heath-1112x1536.jpg 1112w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heath-1483x2048.jpg 1483w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heath-800x1105.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.nickdorra.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Heath-scaled.jpg 1854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting from the ground up and with more than 20 years of experience in the animation biz, Heath is a creative executive with an extensive knowledge of animation production and the dark arts of developing a project from mind vomit into your next potential hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After escaping the island of New Zealand, and a brief but industrious stop in the UK (he served as Animation Director on the Gorillaz music video &#8220;Dirty Harry,&#8221; for example), Heath jumped ship to the land of stinky cheese and stripy tops, a.k.a. France. He took on the role of Co-Director for the second season of Cartoon Network&#8217;s Robotboy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After spending eight years in France, Heath was promoted to VP of Creative Development at Gaumont Animation. In this role he drew on all his industry experience to provide a never-ending supply of creative solutions to even the stickiest of co-production needs. In this role he provided a link between France and the rest of the world with clients like DreamWorks, Disney, France Television, Tf1, RAI and Teletoon Canada and Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After making the decision to go it alone as\u00a0the founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8U5ZCCaVv15oqgnagKMluw\">You and Eye\u00a0Creative<\/a> in 2017, Heath has set out to create a safe place to be creative and a creative place to do business.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now as Chief Content Officer for Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mercuryfilmworks.com\/\">Mercury Filmworks<\/a> he continues to prove that a French Kiwi is indeed a very rare bird.\u00a0<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode features Heath Kenny as guest, and we go deep into the joys and pains of development. As before, if you like my podcast, please let me know! Send me an email, tweet me, or leave a review on Apple Podcasts. 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