In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast, we speak with Byron Lopez, who is a Technical Director on the award-winning animated TV show South Park.
We speak about the unique creative process which enables South Park to be created from start to finish in less than a week, where other TV shows take months.
Topics covered in today’s episode:
- 00:02:00 – Byron’s journey that brought him to South Park
- 00:03:30 – What a Technical Director does
- 00:05:00 – How South Park is created and produced in less than a week
- 00:08:00 – His personal creative process, based on a strong sense of trust in the team
- 00:13:30 – Byron’s creative endeavours outside of work
- 00:15:30 – How Byron thinks that it is easier for children to be creative nowadays
Links mentioned in today’s episode:
- Youtube: Art time with Mr Color: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3fpBjk9n4-F2VKT-b6f4wA
- Byron’s Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/byron-lopez-39415b7/
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