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Published: March 8, 2018, 6 p.m.

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This week\\u2019s episode covers Animation, Motion Design, 2D, 3D, Studios, Teams, Creative Direction and Community. Host Blair Walker explores all of these topics and the reality of projects at the high end of the market. Also what makes Buck, well Buck.

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Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd

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00.50 - Introducing Buck

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01.50 - Gareth\\u2019s history with Buck.

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02.50 - The company culture of Buck

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05.55 - The shift from social life with the firm to becoming a family man

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07.00 - The maturing of the motion design industry is changing the aspirations of motion designers: \\u201cthe all-nighter\\u201d is not a badge people are aspiring to any more, just the opposite in fact.

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07.30 - Growth of the Sydney team

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08.30 - Is the difference in time zones between Sydney/NYC/London a drawback?

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09.10 - The reality of working with remote freelancers

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10.30 - The makeup of the Sydney Buck team

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11.14 - Lucas Brooking

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11.52 - Woolmark piece by Buck

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14.00 - Blockchain explainer video for the government of Dubai.

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18.00 - How hard is it to keep \\u201clifting the bar\\u201d, bettering yourself?

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19.00 - The creative impetus provided by competition with your coworkers, and for the love of the work

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20.24 - How do you manage a project as large as Blockchain? Buck Sydney\\u2019s design process explained.

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24.00 - They use a Google Sheet to track their progress

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24.45 - The importance of learning to take constructive criticism.

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25.15 - Slack groups as a source of constructive criticism.

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25.45 - Gareth finds it hard to keep up with Slack groups outside of the Buck one.

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29.30 - Buck presentation at Node

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30.45 - Holden project, Nike Athlete

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32.00 - The importance of the personal side of the motion industry

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35.00 - Passion projects at Buck

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35.50 - Blend title sequence

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36.20 - Woolmark was approached as a passion project: what they provided was way more than the budget really afforded.

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36.40 - Goodbooks metamorphosis was taken on as a passion project and ended up influencing the company\\u2019s style for an entire year

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37.10 - Does Buck do bread and butter jobs?

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39.00 - How important is typography to Buck\\u2019s creative process?

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41.00 - Designing for social media: focus on the medium, or the piece itself overall?

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42.00 - Buck\\u2019s piece for Aperol at the tennis open in Melbourne

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44.00 - Assembly\\u2019s piece for the Auckland Harbour bridge

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44.30 - Johnny Kofoed episode of the Pro Video Podcast

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45.05 - Pro Video Picks:

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Get to work early, so I can get home early and see my kids!

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47.00 - The difficulty of only seeing your kids at bedtime

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48.00 - Inspirational Video:

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Spring Jam by Ned Wenlock

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River Studies by Ned Wenlock

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50.00 - Sources Of Inspiration:

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Podcasts

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eg Serial, The Atlanta Monster, This American Life, Reply All

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