My evening class on cinematography starts Tuesday, May 14th 8-10pm PST. It's aimed at all animation/film depts. but open to anyone interested in shots and camera moves. Register here: talkingshotsclass.blogspot.com/
Who's excited to return to The Wasteland?! In a month we'll be able to finally see George Miller's 'Furiosa' after its premiere at Cannes. My latest vid is a snippet from a press conference in S Korea where he drops a mini-masterclass on storytelling.
Footage from a great little exhibition of classic Brit Street Art at Worcester Art Gallery, England. It includes Mode 2's seminal piece from the Bridlington Festival in 1987- it's amazing these works have been saved all this time!
Here's the teaser trailer for my Story Class Feature Film 'YOKAi' - a horror movie for kids in the vein of Gremlins and Ghostbusters. It's the first Pandemic Story Class feature Film Animatic!
British cartoonist Ronald Searle designed several film title sequences across his career and I've gathered them all here in one supercut.
Just dropped: drawings & video from my trip around New England & Cape Cod last fall!
Happy Holidays, folks! This year I set out to learn Blender but ended up learning MagicaVoxel- much more my speed! 3-D baby steps. Here’s a digital, non-AI generated Christmas card for you ‘The Dance of the Sugar Plum Elves’. (pump up the volume!)
Reading this biography of Otto Preminger inspired a deep dive into the film noir films of the 40s and 50s. On my Instagram storyboarding account I started breaking down some of the shots and camera moves that struck me. I've strung those clips together here for Preminger's 1945 classic 'Fallen Angel'. For educational use and the love of cinematography. We cam learn so much from old movies!
Check out my travelogue video & drawings from a recent trip to San Francisco!
Videos on film-making, animation, painting and drawing from animation director, writer, storyboard artist and designer Matt Jones (storyboard artist on Inside Out, Maya & The Three, Spiderverse 2).
Original artwork for sale here www.etsy.com/shop/MattJonesOriginalArt
My Gesture Drawing book is available as a digital edition on GumRoad gumroad.com/l/MBcy#
My book of paintings is available in hard copy on my Etsy store and as a digital edition here gum.co/TsPX