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Daniel Chester, Dave Prosser and Marie-Margaux Tsakiri-Scanatovits are the founders of Moth Collective based in London, England. During our conversation, we talked about their start at Royal College of Art, the fight for a good story and what it was like to pitch The Guardian.

Links:

Website: http://mothcollective.co.uk/

The Last Job on Earth The Guardian: https://vimeo.com/155534602

Modern Love New York Times: https://vimeo.com/135288462

Highlights:

-How they met

-Royal College of Art

-Moth Collective

-Selective about projects

-Leading to more projects

-One year ago stopped freelancing

-Based in East London

-When to start adding employees

-Collective vs. studio

-Artist and business

-Storytelling conflicts

-Brainstorming

-Vision casting

-Project roles

-Fighting for ideas

-Mixing of styles

-Learning CGI

-Learning how to communicate better

-Personal projects

-Feature film

-Friday fun day

-The art of pitching

-The Guardian project

-New York Times project

-First failed project

-Future of Moth Collective

-Dream client:  A client that doesn’t meddle in your business too much

-Favorite animated film: Zootopia

-What does your family think you do: They pretty much get it

-Animalator: Moth