My animated short film DRONE is live on Youtube:
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Putting the head animation in a symbol makes it much easier to do complex rotation and acting while it's moving through space.
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More rough animation from DRONE. This shot is a collaboration between me and . We used Adobe Animate to embed the head animation inside a symbol and then anchor it to the body on the main timeline. Full film ➡️ youtu.be/RubSLGTrdOA
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One of the first shots that got animated on DRONE was also one of the most complicated. It was a test to see how complicated the lighting had to be for the characters to feel blended with the background. Full film ➡️ youtu.be/RubSLGTrdOA
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Honestly crazy that Los Angeles would send out an emergency alert like this.
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And here's a way more in-depth behind the scenes breakdown of making the entire film -
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A little breakdown of the animation/compositing process on my short film DRONE, available to watch on YouTube now - youtu.be/RubSLGTrdOA
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What happens when you indoctrinate an artificial intelligence into the values we profess, instead of the actions we excuse? [15:28] (Animated film by )
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and here's the rough animation of the whole shot. Check out lots more BTS stuff here - seanbuckelew.substack.com/p/drone-making
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This little dancing kid is getting more attention than anything else in the film over in the YouTube comments - youtu.be/RubSLGTrdOA
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The script said “he lights a cigarette and takes a puff” and it became the most complicated shot I had to animate on my short film DRONE - youtu.be/RubSLGTrdOA
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DRONE by is one of the greatest films of 2022. An animated short film about drones, AI, and live-streaming. Now available online:
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Thanks everyone for helping launch DRONE this week. It was a real labor of love and I'm very happy to see it getting out into the world. youtu.be/RubSLGTrdOA
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Anybody spot your faithful composers little cameo?
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Love this new film DRONE by and SUPER love this making-of article. Essential reading for indie animators & creatives tackling big projects ⏬
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I wrote an in-depth article about the process of making DRONE, hoping it might be inspiring to anyone trying to make an independent animated short. Read it here: seanbuckelew.substack.com/p/drone-making
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Last year we scored and made sound for an incredible film called DRONE.
Written and Directed by
Produced by Jeanette Jeanenne
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I wrote an in-depth article about the process of making DRONE, hoping it might be inspiring to anyone trying to make an independent animated short. Read it here: seanbuckelew.substack.com/p/drone-making
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"Drone" animated short film by (Late Night Work Club) is now online.
A story about AI & CIA (& live-streaming on YouTube).
Full film >> catsuka.com/news/2023-02-0
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Read how a headline led to create his latest short 'Done' - a film about a military drone installed with an ethical AI wp.me/p2qgHB-yey
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A malfunctioning UAV becomes a viral sensation in Sean Buckelew's latest short 'Drone,' today's Cartoon Brew Pick.
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𝘿𝙍𝙊𝙉𝙀 ⭐️ Featured Short Premiere
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A malfunction at a CIA press event causes a Predator drone installed with an ethical AI personality to go rogue as it attempts to understand its purpose in the world.
#Animation #Drone #ShortFilm
filmshortage.com/shorts/drone-b
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I went on the Skwigly podcast to talk to about DRONE, which comes out this Sunday!
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Stream/download at skwigly.co.uk/podcasts/indep 
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In the latest episode of our #IndependentAnimation podcast, we welcome back to discuss his indie animated short film #Drone, which is released online Sunday
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Releasing an in-depth article about making an independent animated short alongside the release of DRONE this Sunday youtu.be/RubSLGTrdOA
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DRONE will be released this Sunday (2/5) at 7pm PST on YouTube youtu.be/RubSLGTrdOA. Here’s a clip where Newton the drone malfunctions during the press rollout - w/ and .
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DRONE will be up for two more days over on
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Now showing: DRONE a biting satire on modern military politics by SEAN BUCKELEW (@SeanBuckelew).
Government agents face a PR-nightmare when a drone named Newton embraces peace and leaves his destructive tendencies behind.
For one week on lecinemaclub.com.
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Now showing: DRONE a biting satire on modern military politics by SEAN BUCKELEW ().
Government agents face a PR-nightmare when a drone named Newton embraces peace and leaves his destructive tendencies behind.
For one week on lecinemaclub.com.
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DRONE will be having a special one week run on starting THIS FRIDAY (1/20) before it drops on Youtube on 2/5. Here's another clip from the film.
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This is my first time posting just to YouTube, where I don't have too many subscribers, so any signal boosting ahead of the release is seriously appreciated.
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My independent animated short film DRONE will be premiering on Youtube on Feb 5th @ 7pm PST - youtu.be/nHp4nnUa0Vc. Here's a preview clip:
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If anyone has an extra ticket to that RRR screening at the Chinese Theater, I will do anything to buy it from you, please DM me :)
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America's finest international animation festival, , is returning to an in-person edition in 2024. The festival will relocate from Berkeley to Santa Cruz, California.
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This the Drone trailer btw:
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Excited to announce that DRONE will have its world premiere at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Festival (@annecyfestival)! Here's the trailer:
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Animation fans - I’m planning to do something online with my short DRONE in the next few months. I’m not sure what’s exciting to do with a short on the internet these days. YouTube? Special one off screening with other stuff and then YouTube two weeks later? Let me know!
- YouTube56%
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📢SIERRA is ONLINE for 3 days!
youtu.be/bL7xiGtaNnA (in 🇺🇸&🇬🇧 only)
🏆43 awards (3x Oscar-qualifying) and over 🎉130 festivals selections! 🐎
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James Cameron says the script for ‘AVATAR 4’ got zero notes from the studio.
“The creative executive over the films, wrote me an email that said, ‘Holy fuck.’”
(Source: collider.com/avatar-4-james)
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4 episodes of "Odeon" short series by Jonathan Djob Nkondo (Cake/FXX, 2020) are also available online.
>> catsuka.com/news/2022-12-0
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