You read the title right guys! As of last night, it is now officially confirmed that Journey of the Spark will be presenting at BronyCon 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland at the Baltimore Convention Center from August 2nd-4th!! We’re in the talks for final negotiations with the convention’s programming staff, but its almost 100% confirmed at this point!
Currently confirmed to attend the panel is myself (Eric Ridenour), Lead Film Editor Kyle Suter, and the voice of Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy herself, Meredith Sims. More panelists will be confirmed over the months leading up to the convention. But seriously though guys, you have no idea how much this means to me. This is a HUGE deal for the film and I’m incredibly ecstatic to talk about the film at the largest Brony convention in the world next year. Seriously, as soon as I saw the E-Mail confirming that the panel was accepted for the convention, I cried. A lot.
So come and join us during BronyCon to get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of the most ambitious fan projects ever. For anyone heading out to BronyCon, I can’t wait to meet you! Thank you guys so much for your support. Its thanks to you guys that we’re getting opportunities like this. I wouldn’t be here without you!
In preparation for the new year, the team and I are finally getting back on track with Journey of the Spark after a short hiatus due to ongoing conflict and animosity amongst the team. Even though I’ve been frequently answering questions here on Tumblr, I know you guys are itching to get some more behind-the-scenes material out there.
Well, in honor of the holiday season, here is an exclusive sneak peak at our next assignment for the film. Click on past the break to see it!
Later tonight, I’ll be going on Cloudsdale Cafe along with Executive Producer Nicole Bono to talk about Journey of the Spark. So if you guys are interested, the interview is going on at 7PM PST / 10PM EST. Hope to see you guys there!
A while back, I got a message from an eager fan of Journey of the Spark going by the name of Aleximus Prime asking for the credits of some of the cast and crew of the film for a project he was doing for college. He stated that the project itself would not be affiliated with the official production, but holy crap I was NOT expecting something this amazing.
What he ended up creating was a fan-made credits sequence using vectors and music to create a credits sequence for Journey of the Spark. What resulted was something truly spectacular
Do yourselves a favor and watch this right now. This is absolutely incredible.
Hello again guys! Eric here with an announcement for help! Currently, we are looking for people to help us create the animation puppets that our animators are going to use for the Animation process for Journey of the Spark. The picture above is a diagram showing off the Animation Puppet for Twilight Sparkle, which was created specifically for the film by Assistant Director (and former Art Director) Jan Engel.
There are some very specific qualifications we are looking for with this particular position. Here are some of the following:
- Whomever applies for this position must have experience working with animation rigs/builds in Adobe Flash.
- We specifically work in Adobe Flash CS4-6. So please make sure that if you are to apply for this position, you work within these versions of the program.
- Considering that one of our builds is already finished, there are specific methods we have for organizing the multiple layers found within the builds. So if you are accepted for the position, your work on the character builds will be supervised by Mr. Engel. So please be open to Constructive Criticism.
To apply as an Animation Puppet Builder, please send us some samples of your work to officialsparkmovie@gmail.com. Please remember to include your Name, your Skype account, E-Mail, and other forms of contact so that we can get back to you.
Thanks again guys! Stay tuned! More job positions will be opening up very soon!
