Hey all, Mike Blum here. I own and am the Chief Creative Officer of LA-based, Emmy nominated studio, Pipsqueak Animation. We develop/produce original, animated series and act as a WFH studio. Our latest project for the Hulu show, Secret Chef drops on June 29th. We created "Cheffy", a mischievous talking hat that acts as the host for the show and all the broadcast graphics.
While we work with a lot of big brands and companies, we also do plenty of work for indie projects so if you need animation or VFX for your projects, feel free to reach out.
And while we do take pitches for series, please don't send things unsolicited. Work thru your agent, manager or someone we already know as a trusted source. Given the state of the industry, we're most interested in animated series based on existing, popular IP.
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Hi Mike Blum - very nice to meet you. I checked out your reel on your website and your work looks great! "The Zit" was hilarious. Welcome to Stage 32!
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Welcome, Mike Blum! Glad to have you as part of the community!
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Welcome!
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Hey, Mike! Welcome, and great to meet you directly - love that we can meet like this on Stage 32! Congrats on Cheffy, I’ll have to check that out! May I ask - does your VFX/animation work include opening or closing titles? It’s such a unique craft that really elevates the whole presentation, and is often overlooked. I’m in post on our most ambitious proof-of-concept film EVER - car chases, fight scenes, SAG actors, child actors, we even built a set! The feature we anticipate will be close behind - we’re hoping to use the same child actors fingers crossed I’m also ramping up to direct and produce my first feature, so definitely looking to expand my options for post-production on this and future projects.
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yes, Karen "Kay" Ross we do titles and credits. Our titles for Secret Chef are pretty cool, in fact :)
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Thank you for taking the time to reintroduce yourself to the community, Mike Blum!
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Very cool. I might have to get in touch when I finally get my one animation screenplay polished. "Nightlinks" has been a fun project, but it's taken a back seat to a couple of my Adventure Dramas. Good to hear about your works.