Animatic

 

In honour of Scrap Metal's 15th anniversary, I've unearthed the tattered remains of the storyboards from the archives. See the storyboard animatic for the first time, compared to the final version of the film. You'll notice a couple changes, especially in the climax, as time to complete the film ran out.

Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) 2018

 Scrap Metal was featured as part of a screening for animated films created by Laika employees in the 2018 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, aka the Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart (ITFS) on Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.

Klamath Independent Film Festival 2017

Scrap Metal was featured in the Klamath Independent Film Festival at the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls, Oregon on Sunday, September 17, 2017 as part of the Laika Shorts segment at 1:30pm.

Goodbye Blair Kitchen

I'm saddened to report that Canadian animation industry veteran Blair Kitchen passed away early this morning. Blair has been an inspirational and positive influence in my life. I met him in Artist Alley at Fan Expo where I bought some issues of his Possum comics. Later, I was privileged to have Blair as my Mentor at Sheridan College where he provided valuable feedback and guidance for the story and the making of Scrap Metal (he's right there in the credits) and continued to help me make contacts and get my own animation career off the ground. My condolences to Blair's family including Mike Kitchen who also gave advice in the making of Scrap Metal. I'll always be thankful to Blair and remember him for his whimsical artistry, generous nature and positive attitude.

There's a piece about him on Animation Magazine and be sure to check out his comics on Possum Press.

Blair Kitchen (left) and his brother Mike Kitchen (right) on their podcast Kitchen Bros.

StopTrik International Film Festival 2016

Many Canadian films that showed in the Stop-Motion Film Festival, including Scrap Metal, will be featured in the 2016 StopTrik International Film Festival in Maribor, Slovenia on October 30 and in Łódź, Poland on November 13

OMSI Animation FIlm Festival

Scrap Metal will be part of Reel Science: Laika:
 A Giant Skeleton & Animated Shorts

 

This will kick off the Animation Film Festival 2016 hosted at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon from September 15-18

Come Thursday, September 15, doors will open at 6:20pm where a lecture on Laika's Odokuro (giant skeleton) will begin followed by Q&A and then the screening of some short films by Laika employees (including mine) at 8:30 followed by Q&A. This will be the largest screen that Scrap Metal has ever and probably will ever be screened on, so don't miss it!

Melbourne International Animation Festival

Scrap Metal was featured in the Melbourne International Animation Festival in Australia on Sunday June 23, 2013 as part of the Best Of The Next: International Graduate Festival.