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For Your Consideration. Experience ILM’s work on the Floating Village from Gareth Edwards’ #TheCreator. #FYC.
For Your Consideration. Experience ILM’s work on the Floating Village from Gareth Edwards’ #TheCreator. #FYC.




![Lighter Darker Ep 006: Ultraman Rising with Shannon Tindle and Hayden Jones
Director Shannon Tindle (Kubo and the Two Strings, Lost Ollie) and VFX supervisor Hayden Jones join us to discuss the role of empathy in animation. We talk about Tindle’s latest film, Ultraman: Rising as well as the importance of collaboration and infusing personal experiences into characters and storytelling.
Chapter Markers
[00:00:00] Intro
[00:03:20] Rejection Letters
[00:11:25] Deleted Dreams
[00:17:46] Empathy in Animation
[00:45:52] The Martini
[00:50:33] Outro
The Martini
Shannon - Hollow Kingdom #1 - Kira Jane Buxton
Hayden - Thames & Hudson USA - Book - Anime Architecture: Imagined Worlds and Endless Megacities
Jenny - Luigis Mansion 2 - HD
Rob - Welcome to Wrexham (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb
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Email us at lighterdarker@ilm.com Lighter Darker Ep 006: Ultraman Rising with Shannon Tindle and Hayden Jones](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M1PfOdlGVPs/mqdefault.jpg)

![Lighter Darker | EP 019: Severance
Production designer Jeremy Hindle and visual effects supervisor Eric Leven join us to talk through their work on Severance season two. We discuss merging practical designs with the often invisible digital effects to create the atmosphere and environments of the Lumon world.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.ilm.com/lighterdarker/019-severance/.
Chapter Markers
[00:00:11] Intro
[00:01:55] Rejection Letters
[00:06:52] Severance
[00:52:52] The Martini
[01:00:43] Outro Lighter Darker | EP 019: Severance](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MOLgxDfJ8y8/mqdefault.jpg)



