Episode 79: David Rocco Facchini On How To Follow A Career In Storytelling (and Stop Motion Too)

This episode features storyteller, stop motion animator, and Founder of #MoStopMo, David Rocco Facchini, who shares how to pursue a career in narrative projects. You’ll also learn: *How to take control of your neanderthal brain to tell more captivating stories *The secret to bringing attention to your narrative projects *How to get involved in the #MoStopMo stop motion mentorship program ~[Sponsored Message]~ This episode is sponsored by Bloop Animation, which is an animation learning platform packed with premium online video courses for aspiring animation filmmakers. They have courses for all major animation programs like Maya, Animate CC, Toon Boom, Blender, TVPaint, and many others, as well as some non-software courses like a storyboarding course, Animation foundations course, and even one about making graphic novels, which covers absolutely everything you need to know from start to finish. The courses are all in video-form, so there’s no deadlines or application process, you simply pick a course and start learning in seconds. They even offer a free ebook titled “Making an animated short”, which covers their entire process, step-by-step, of how they made one of their films, from coming up with the idea, to storyboarding, animation and all the way to exporting the film. You can get that book for free at www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry. You can check out their complete course library at www.bloopanimation.com/courses. *Free ebook on making a short film: www.bloopanimation.com/animationindustry *Bloop Animation’s course library: www.bloopanimation.com/courses ~~ More about David: David Rocco Facchini is a storyteller and stop motion animator from Chicago, Illinois. He has directed and produced projects for Second City, The US Department of Health and Human Services, television, feature film, and immersive experiences. He is also the Founder of #MoStopMo, an organization dedicated to fostering community around stop motion. Check out #MoStopMo: https://www.mostopmo.com/ Check out David's website: https://www.dellaroccostudios.com/