2024 Carmel Film Forum:
Summer of Animation

I love sparkplugs - those amazing humans out there that make great things happen!

Today I celebrate one of my absolute favs - James Moriarty of Moriarty Media who spearheads the Carmel Film Forum. Great job, James - this year's event was fantastic and an incredible opportunity for all involved. For the uninitiated, this summer, the Carmel Film Forum hosted workshops to teach participants how to create an animation (including storyboarding and writing a screenplay) and then showcased their work at a culminating event where the animators of top works earned cool prizes like an Ipad. All free. The culminating event - which I attended - also included speaker Matt Herbert, lead animator with the Simpsons. And then two other veteran animation professionals joined to talk about their experience - they worked on major films like The Little Mermaid and How to Train Your Dragon. Fun fact - all three live in Indiana!

Thanks James and Nathan Bechtold (Indiana Filmmakers Network) for your dedication to making great and accessible things happen in our state.

-- Paige Sharp, Deputy Director of Programs at Indiana Arts Commission

Photography courtesy Scot McKim

Digital Media Lab Animation Resources and Stop-motion
Lesson One

Writing for Animation
Lesson Two

Storyboarding for No-Budget Animation
Lesson Three 

#OMG I'm beyond excited! I got to hang out with Matt Herbert animator on the #simpsons (20yrs) plus two Disney Animators today! Thank you Matt for being so awesome and speaking at our event today.  Thank you Greg Manwaring (The Iron Giant, The Lion King, Pocahontas, and Dolittle) and Tim Ingersoll (Enchanted, Monsters vs. Aliens, The Little Mermaid, and How to Train Your Dragon) for the surprise appearance! You guys are so awesome and inspiring! Thank you so much Moriartymedia.com, Carmel Film Forum, the Carmel Clay Public Library, Indy Film Fest, and Nathan Bechtold at Indiana Filmmakers Network for hosting such an amazing #animation #workshop series and #Contest .Now I need to go update my portfolio so you all can see the good stuff "

-- Christa Chandler