How I wrote, directed & animated a solo feature film
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Dive into the 10 year long journey with Denver Jackson as documents his way to making the Worlds Divide.
This mini behind the scenes presents an insight into how an animated feature film gets made by a single animator.
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he's a man of focus, commitment, and sheer fucking will
I didn’t want to leave this video without personally saying thank you. This wasn’t some cheap quick TH-cam video, you obviously poured your heart into this for years and I love it. I’ve been sitting on a graphic novel idea for 2 years now and your bit about breaking the “roles” into separate goals for the project is gold. Thanks again!
Leaving a comment so I can come back to watch this! 🎉rooting for you
Same
I use my likes as a bookmark but if I don't want to lose it lose it, I'll actually bookmark it.
As a fellow filmmaker who has to do everything pretty much solo, this is a big inspiration. I thought that I was crazy for trying to tackle a live-action feature film, ¿ but an ANIMATED FEATURE? I hadn't even dreamed of going that far. You, sir, are crazy. I aspire to be as crazy as you.
this was beautifully written. I too, aspire to be as crazy as him.
10 years is a massive commitment.... really admire that level of dedication. Well done on achieving your dream!
That's an awesome thing to accomplish :)
In the time it took you to write, draw and animate a few short films, an animated web series and a feature... some people can barely write a screenplay. You are incredibly gifted, my friend.
Inspiring is an understatement. We need a new word in the dictionary to describe what this is for aspiring animators and filmmakers.
There is a word- forbidden in our industry…
Hope.
Odyssey
10 years, what a dedication! One of the best motivating videos that doesn't actually call itself one. True example that even just one man is able to accomplish anything they want with enough pasion and hard work. Wish you the best with this film and all your future work!
👏👏Thanks for sharing your process!
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on TH-cam in a while. Thank you so much for sharing your story and thought process behind your work, and I can’t wait to see the film!
You kept calling a lot of your past work "failures", but they still look like incredible achievements. Artists tend to be the biggest critic of their own work. I am glad you were able to use your "failures" as motivation to achieve your higher aspirations. It is not a lnear process that always ascends upwards, there are many dips and lulls. The journey of an artist is riddled with self doubt. It takes a lot of belief to trudge forward when the end goal only becomes tangile once you achieve it.
This video is really cool, as someone who is working on a 15+ min animated short film by themselves this is super inspirational
This is... crazy.
I've been working on personal projects since being laid off of the animation industry and it has been so hard to not give up on 1:30-3min long animatics. I can't imagine the amount of willpower it took you to come this far, but it is incredibly inspiring to see. I hope you take care of your health and that we get to see much more of you in the future. Best of luck at Annecy!!
Thank you for this. You’ve encouraged me to finally post my own ideas and crafts
Awesome video, man! 🤟😄
1st - Amazing editing, hooked me right in. 2nd - You're a warrior artist. 3rd - Thank you for the inspiration and motivation boost. 4th - "I will"
This is absolutely amazing. Inspiring and very, very humbling. What did I do with my past 10 years? Certainly not put out various short films, a webseries, Graphic Novel and feature length film about an universe that I've created, while learning all of the techniques involved from scratch, by myself.
Inspiring and very, very humbling.
Hope to see the finish product soon.😃
Totally brilliant and inspiring.
Thank you for sharing this, as a solo filmmaker I want to thank you again that having some one to do the same thing, you're now my idol.
This is such an inspiring video for all the people with personal projects or that simply wants a future in the industry.
I'm crying, I'm an animation student, college is expensive, I have little money, but really want to do stuff alone and this video is so good just for remembering me that I love what I'm doing, I try to make every project, personal or for college, something I love or I'm proud of and trying hard to learn everything I can, even through TH-cam videos and communities to reach my goals.
I can't wait to see more of your work and some day be like you
There's nothing I can say but just inspirational. The dedication and work you put into this is worth so much admiration. I still think about making short films, but then get discouraged and get scared by the amount of time and sweat it would take. But seeing your story, you've given me the answer. It's something I've heard before, but I guess I needed to hear/see it in another way: Just begin, one step at a time. Great work, and all the best to your journey. God bless.
Artist like you are true inspiration ❤
Your re inspiration, admired ur !!!!!
Very inspirational! At the right moment as well
This is amazing. More of these videos please!
Wow this is so amazing, can't wait for more!
Loved this ❤ can't express how much i've learned from this video! Thanks man, to share your out Journey throughout the years.
This man needs some Attention guys !!! Why 🧐😢 Not so many people Notice him !?
It will have 500,000 views in 2 weeks it’s fine
Thank you for sharing your journey...
I WILL NEVER BACKDOWN and I WILL Do my BEST
Never thought I would say it but ...
This video means a lot❤
hard to grasp the amount of work you put on one single project, its very inspiring.
It's been amazing and inspiring to watch your productions transform over the years! Congratulations on hitting this milestone and I know you're just getting started 😉
*just another azn artist from drink and draw 😘 lol
I needed to watch this. Thank you 🙏🏾
wow! I’ve never been more inspired!
This is amazing, congratulations. Your attitude and your hard work proved through action its pure inspiration. I can't wait to watch it
And here I was thinking it would take a century, that is awesome
Awesome work, you're an inspiration!
Here’s your crown, sir 👑
I also love this kind of activity ( of conceptualizing a story, making a story board for it in detail with a camera angles+ dialog, etc) as a freelance compositor, video editor and color grade artist. Actually, I have one storyboard completed but know how to proceed further. Glad I found your channel. Hope to connect with you on a personal level someday. Kudos to you for building this channel with each video piece by piece. Hope to see full length animated feature film, one day !!
Thanks for sharing the story of your journey. Truly inspiring to any artists/animators chipping away at their ambitious projects. Cheers. 🤘😁
amazing work. so glad i stumbled on to this.
working on my short from scratch and on my own. this is it
You are exactly the inspiration and experience I was looking for! I am on the road to make an animation feature on my own as well and you know what? I AM GOING TO MAKE IT! Love you, respect!
I am in a journey to build a universe of my own. I want to tell a story and also want to be able to provide it in such a way that people can also play and have fun with it. This is a great video in my opinion. Good Luck!
i love you!!!!!!!!!! thank you so much for who you are
made me cry🤣🤣
Thank you for sharing your amazing journey! I'm curious what kinds of grants you received?
Amazing!!! I'm kind in the same journey and this was really inspirational video. Thanks for sharing those good and bad experience. Cheers!!!
I am amazed! Not only by your accomplishment, but also the way you presented your road you took the end up with a finished product. How you started, the struggles you endured on your way and the majority of artists can definietly feel your handpain-situation. I have been working on a comic project in my freetime and finished my 2-issue script after 1,5 years of working on it and just the writing and world building is a enormous task to tackle. Hats off to you and your dedication! Having 10 years of stamina to make something like this is not common when it comes to personal passion projects, so be proud of what you've achieved. All the best for your future and further creative endeavors!
I remember seeing this on kickstarter, glad to run into the artist
Very inspiring, I needed to see this today
So Cool! 💪🙌
There is both encouraging and sobering insight here. I find it inspiring to watch the learning and production process of other solo filmmakers - it is amazing how much one can learn about creating film from behind the scenes material, but it's making a project that really puts all that knowledge to the test, and highlights areas to improve on.
Ultimately this is triumph of technology. So many resources like cataloges upon catalogues of digital brush mapping: AI-generated simulations of how these toolsets WOULD work in real life, by genuine artists dedicating their life to a single medium like finding the proper animal hair to work oil paints. Industries, like chemical synthesis of the color blue in hues that are impossible to find in nature.
But, excuse my ramblings. I've gotta go and make more chinese housewives churn out graphics cards, with child labor cobalt from congo. Not this "ai art", but real blood giving off a nice stench, that never washes off the hardware.
Until a bigger AI comes along to be our next scapegoat.
you're an inspiration man! great vid
You are an amazing inspiration. It feels like you are invoking a dream from a powerful place. How you managed to make it real is ...simply breathtaking. You give me courage.
Very inspiring. Congrats! Also, you're crazy!
I can’t tell you how happy I am to see this video on my for you page in TH-cam. I usually don’t see this kind of videos on my for you page. I am writing short film that is very personal to me that I want to see get made and yes I am planning to make it solo. This video came to me at the right time and it gives me so much motivation to go on. Thank you so much for sharing a story.
You're an inspiration man
This is Inspiring!
OMG this guy is my hero! Soo inspring!
Well done sir..well done.
Wow thank you for inspiring me to keep working on my story
Your video is so good for me.
I just start learning animation and I have many ideas that love to create them❤
Thank you so much friend and good luck 🎉
Your diligence is astounding! Thanks for inspiring us all!
"Just keep creating" - Denver Jackson
i wish i had that kinda stability in my life to animate my own project. but sadly i do not. and for some reason i can not wrap my head around the fact that you just did it. I love doing art but i can not just do it. i am not able to focus on any task at all
this is incredibly well made... keep on creating!
Awesome 💪🏿🔥
Wonderful
this is a fantastic project you've undertaken so glad I'm able to watch this!!!
super cool omg and great editing
Truly inspiring!! Thank you for sharing your journey!
Watching this video I felt I could do that, too! 😮One day I am going to produce my own animated Thanks 🙏
It's good that TH-cam recommended this to me, because I've been possessed with the need to do just this-- and I'm gonna need all the help I can get
The Art of Persistence
you are a hero man
I am pumped up now to start working again! I was lost but this video gave me a new hope
Best of luck!!!
This is incredibly impressive! I'm going to seek out more of your work to watch
I love the story of your message, so eloquently put. I’ve never been on Kickstarter so thank you for sharing here & making this video..
Congratulations for the hard work, man ! Have you ever heard of Jeff Lew? He made, alone, a CGI film: Killer Bean Forever.
Dude you are what I aspire to be and when you succeed it gives me and others like me hope that its possible so man keep going and never give up
Dude, you are so rad. I love the journey. Thanks for documenting it so well. I hope your able to focus 100 percent on making the next project without having to freelance.
Amazing
I empathize so much with your hands limiting the amount of work you can do. It is frustrating, humbling, and like you it drove me to seek other technologies which can aid the volume of work I can produce. Yoga helps, gymnast hand stretches helps, but I think you and I both have asked more than our fair share of our hands and they have let us know. I love your drive and commitment, I look forward to seeing more of your future work!
thank you for sharing
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Impressive!!! Thanks for proving that it is possible.
You certainly didn't write any lines for this video, super cringy
You a like the Ian Hubert of animation. You are a legend sir.
You are insane bro🔥
Absolutely wonderful. Loved this video wow ❤😊
i really love this vid and am kind of on the same journey to creating my first short film this was inspiring 👑👑
I just started learning 3D animation for a project, and I felt unmotivated for the last two months. You have truly inspired me.
I love how this goes from an insane struggle to.... we got 40,000 and cut our move and universal studios lol I feel there's a story there. What a huge help
It was an honour and delight to watch Worlds Divide and meet Denver @ Annecy. You can clearly see the soul and passion poured into the screen. Cannot wait to see what's in store next!!
awesome
Good luck! And hey, if the animation thing doesn’t work out you can always become a Country-Western singer. With a name like “Denver Jackson” you’re halfway there already. 🤠
Dude this is phenomenal!! Your grind is inspiring!
"Just keep creating" who is cutting onions
You're the final boss!!
Well done brother, so much of hard work. Every frame of it is absolutely amazing