Summary: The eleventh Skwigly podcast, brought to you by skwigly.co.uk Presented by Steve Henderson and Ben Mitchell Special guests: Richard Starzak (AKA Golly) of Aardman Animations, creator of "Ident" & "Rex The Runt" and creative director of the "Creature Comforts" series & "Shaun The Sheep". Daniel Greaves of Tandem Films, director of "Manipulation", "Flatworld" and the in-progress "Mister Plastimime". Podcast breakdown: 0:00:00 - It's our first anniversary! How adorable of us. 0:05:45 - Appreciation for the departed and very influential Bob Godfrey, Oscar results talk and Steve elaborates on the "Green Spring" VFX debate. 0:16:17 - Ben and Steve wax nostalgic on Aardman's history of silent and not-so-silent comedy genius. 0:33:04 - Ben interviews Richard "Golly" Starzak, creative director at Aardman whose projects include "Shaun The Sheep", the "Creature Comforts" TV series and the classic short "Ident". 0:51:38 - Our full-circle tax update indirectly leads into Ben's tale of a recent nightmare commission. If any of you out there have their own stories of freelancer woe make sure to get in touch at ben [@} skwigly.co.uk 1:15:27 - Discussing Daniel Greaves and the body of work himself and fellow Tandem Films directors have been responsible for. 1:22:51 - Steve chats to Daniel Greaves about his short film work, from the Oscar-winning "Manipulation" to his current in-progress shot "Grey Area" AKA "Mr. Plastimime". 1:46:47 - Everyone go out and play Music by Wesley Allard and Ben Mitchell Edited and produced by Ben Mitchell
