Ben Bocquelet's guest appearances

Ben Bocquelet

Pegbar and Grill

Alex Grigg

Michael Dudok

Robert Valley

Malika Favre

Ken Wong

Peter Millard

Benjamin Cook

Oliver Hamilton

LeSean Thomas

Alberto Mielgo

Grant Orchard

Neil Boyle

Iain Gardner

Sarah Gomes Harris

Michael Schlingmann

OwlTail

PLEASE NOTE THIS PODCAST WAS RECORDED IN LATE 2016. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR OUR RIDICULOUS LATENESS IN RELEASING IT. Ben Bocquelet is an animator, director, writer, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the multi award-winning and hilarious kids animated series, ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ (2011-onwards).  We sat down with Ben to discuss his rapid rise to success, starting with the fact that he was a latecomer to drawing. He tells us that his graduation film, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ (2003), which helped him get a junior position at Studio AKA in London. After a few years there he found himself at Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe, where he helped develop other people's series proposals. Ben describes what it was like to find out that his own series concept, ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ was the first to be commissioned at the development hub.  We discuss the distinct aesthetic of the series, which partly comes from the use of layered animation techniques and photographed backgrounds, as well as assembling dozens of distinct characters, many of whom started as discarded elements from old unsuccessful commercial pitches. Ben Bocquelet links: Twitter https://twitter.com/benbocquelet Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ben_bocquelet/ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ (2003) Dir. Ben Bocquelet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5fVxvwmlo Gumball Wikia Page:  http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball Studio AKA: http://www.studioaka.co.uk/ ‘Hells Kitchen’ (Future Shorts film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5fVxvwmlo EMCA school  http://www.angouleme-emca.fr/fr/index.asp City Hunter  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hunter Fist of the North Star https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_the_North_Star JCBC (Production company) http://www.jsbc.fr/en/ Philippe Andre http://www.independ.net/directors/philippe-andre/ Spike Jonze  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze Chris Cunningham  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham Pictoplasma http://pictoplasma.com/ Up The Resolution  http://www.uptheresolution.co.uk/ Saschka Unseld  http://www.saschkaunseld.com/ Pinky Malinky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_Malinky Cartoon Network http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk/ Powerpuff Girl Movie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Movie Bob Camp  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Camp Pixar https://www.pixar.com/#incredibles-2-home Daniel Lennard http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Daniel_Lennard Mr Bean  https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBean Antoine Perez  http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Antoine_Perez Adventure Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Time CRCR  http://www.crcr.fr Studio 4c http://www.studio4c.co.jp/english/ Tyler the Creator  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator Becky and Joe http://beckyandjoes.com/ Spaced https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/

PLEASE NOTE THIS PODCAST WAS RECORDED IN LATE 2016. PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR OUR RIDICULOUS LATENESS IN RELEASING IT. Ben Bocquelet is an animator, director, writer, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the multi award-winning and hilarious kids animated series, ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ (2011-onwards). We sat down with Ben to discuss his rapid rise to success, starting with the fact that he was a latecomer to drawing. He tells us that his graduation film, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ (2003), which helped him get a junior position at Studio AKA in London. After a few years there he found himself at Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe, where he helped develop other people's series proposals. Ben describes what it was like to find out that his own series concept, ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ was the first to be commissioned at the development hub. We discuss the distinct aesthetic of the series, which partly comes from the use of layered animation techniques and photographed backgrounds, as well as assembling dozens of distinct characters, many of whom started as discarded elements from old unsuccessful commercial pitches. Ben Bocquelet links: Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/benbocquelet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/benbocquelet</a> Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ben_bocquelet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/ben_bocquelet/</a> ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ (2003) Dir. Ben Bocquelet: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5fVxvwmlo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5fVxvwmlo</a> Gumball Wikia Page: <a href="http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/The_Amazing_World_of_Gumball</a> Studio AKA: <a href="http://www.studioaka.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.studioaka.co.uk/</a> ‘Hells Kitchen’ (Future Shorts film) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5fVxvwmlo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot5fVxvwmlo</a> EMCA school <a href="http://www.angouleme-emca.fr/fr/index.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.angouleme-emca.fr/fr/index.asp</a> City Hunter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hunter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Hunter</a> Fist of the North Star <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_the_North_Star" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fist_of_the_North_Star</a> JCBC (Production company) <a href="http://www.jsbc.fr/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.jsbc.fr/en/</a> Philippe Andre <a href="http://www.independ.net/directors/philippe-andre/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.independ.net/directors/philippe-andre/</a> Spike Jonze <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze</a> Chris Cunningham <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham</a> Pictoplasma <a href="http://pictoplasma.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://pictoplasma.com/</a> Up The Resolution <a href="http://www.uptheresolution.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.uptheresolution.co.uk/</a> Saschka Unseld <a href="http://www.saschkaunseld.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.saschkaunseld.com/</a> Pinky Malinky <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_Malinky" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_Malinky</a> Cartoon Network <a href="http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cartoonnetwork.co.uk/</a> Powerpuff Girl Movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Movie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Powerpuff_Girls_Movie</a> Bob Camp <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Camp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Camp</a> Pixar <a href="https://www.pixar.com/#incredibles-2-home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pixar.com/#incredibles-2-home</a> Daniel Lennard <a href="http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Daniel_Lennard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Daniel_Lennard</a> Mr Bean <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBean" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/user/MrBean</a> Antoine Perez <a href="http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Antoine_Perez" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Antoine_Perez</a> Adventure Time <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Time" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Time</a> CRCR <a href="http://www.crcr.fr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.crcr.fr</a> Studio 4c <a href="http://www.studio4c.co.jp/english/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.studio4c.co.jp/english/</a> Tyler the Creator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler,_the_Creator</a> Becky and Joe <a href="http://beckyandjoes.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://beckyandjoes.com/</a> Spaced <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/</a>

Series 2, Episode 10: Ben Bocquelet