003 - Nathania Zaini (Nia) - Creator of Pebbles

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English - December 05, 2021 17:02 - 1 hour - 66.9 MB
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Join us as Nia talks about giving birth to a kidney stone, embracing creative momentum when it happens, growing up in Jakarta with her brother and making their own entertainment, fabricating to keep her hands busy, using set design and objects to tell stories, being a part of a government-funded crafting community, being inspired by murder documentaries and fashionable grandmas, planning set design around what can fit in an uber, and dealing with work visas for stop motion animation.

0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:05 - Greeting
0:02:44 - Kidney Stone (?!)
0:05:34 - Motivation and Urge of Creating Pebbles
0:07:03 - Record Life Experience
0:09:58 - 4 Minutes Short Made in 2 Weeks
0:14:55 - Creative Process
0:18:46 - Collaborative Writing
0:20:19 - Credit Everyone!
0:22:01 - Reach Out to the Community
0:26:07 - Johnny's Two Cents about Start Over
0:28:36 - Backstory
0:31:55 - Objects Are History
0:33:24 - Easter Eggs in Goodnight, Mr. Sandman
0:39:48 - POPIN Craft in Singapore
0:45:47 - Out for a Walk (Experience about anti-Asian Hate Crimes)
0:53:52 - Name the Puppets
0:56:23 - Working Visa
0:59:37 - US Artist Visa Requirements
1:06:04 - Nia the jack of all trades!
1:08:00 - Answer Question From Previous Guest, Yu Yu
1:10:38 - Nia's Question For The Next Guest
1:11:52 - Vanishing Ending

Links:

Pebbles (Animated Short) - Thank You to Nurses https://youtu.be/YafQDI89dSY
Making-of Pebbles https://youtu.be/xnllMS9IgTY
Out for a Walk
https://youtu.be/mDAN9AmoyCY
Goodnight, Mr. Sandman
https://vimeo.com/333031290
Introversy Logo Intro
https://youtu.be/dPubbiMUv3c

Follow Nia

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nathania_z/
Portfolio https://www.nathaniazaini.com/
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviV...

Pebbles Short Film Credits

Pebbles Writer - Randolph Zaini http://www.introversy.com
Pebbles Sound Designer - Taylor Westerfield
Pebbles Composer - David Mulgado

Shout Outs

POPIN Craft https://www.facebook.com/POPINCraft
Annie Atkins https://www.annieatkins.com/
The Grand Budapest Hotel https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278388/
Rise Up Animation https://www.riseupanimation.org/
Work Visas in Animation https://youtu.be/Q6n2MKcPKDM
Filmfreeway https://filmfreeway.com/festivals
Coraline https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/
Chinatown Pretty https://www.instagram.com/chinatownpretty/

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