OMI: Adam Brewster Thursday, 5 March 2009

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Adam is half of Binary Fable, the animation company behind The Lost Book.

He’s always behind the camera, so it isn’t easy finding a photo of him. But, we’ve caught him. Here he is – captured taking a photo of the SCO players at our first music recording session in January. Adam is the slightly ghostly reflection.

Adam’s responsible for several really cruicial parts of the animation. He’s in charge of textures, lighting and rendering (if that doesn’t mean anything to you, keep reading the “making of…” posts). He also draws the storyboards and does the editing, so he’s integral to every stage of production.

To find out a bit more about Adam, read his One Minute Interview…

 

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One minute interview: Adam Brewster

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Occupation
Animator/tea monkey

Where were you born?
England

Where do you live now?
Scotland

How many books are there on your shelves? (Approx.)
Lots (hundreds), but I haven’t read many. They’re mostly my partner’s.

What’s been the most fun thing about this project? (The first word of your answer must begin with L and the last word begin with B!)
Let’s come back and answer this one properly when we’re done. So far, it’s been meeting lots of new and exciting folk. Oh, and not having yet had a single minute of being bored!

Do you think that constraints are creative?
I never believe they are until I experience them at close quarters. Then I realise their full and surprising potential.

Who do you think stole the book from the National Library?
Pirates.

Which book would you most hate to lose?
This is hard. It is probably a book my parents brought home to me when I was about 8 called Comparisons (I don’t actually know who it’s by). Its beautifully designed 200-odd pages are dedicated to mind-boggling juxtapositions of things in ways you wouldn’t dream (like, it would take 269 days to fill the dome of St Paul’s cathedral with a fast running tap – how weird is that?). I very much doubt I could get a replacement copy.

Who’s your favourite fictional detective?
Hong Kong Phooey

Who’s your favourite fictional dog?
Muttley

Which book has affected you the most?
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger – absolute genius and moving beyond words.

When and where do you read the most?
In bed.

Where’s your favourite ‘booky’ place?
If it was still there, and if I was still as small as I was when I went there, Heffers in Cambridge. That was a lot of books (well, for an 8 year old). Back in the real world, though, The Watermill at Aberfeldy.

What do you like most about a book apart from the story: its size, its smell, its cover, its…?
Good question! I like the crispness of a new book and how opening those pages for the first time is quite akin to climbing into a freshly made bed.

For you what does a book lack the most – music, moving pictures, …?
Levitation. Yes, definitely levitation. The number of times I’ve been knocked to my senses by a falling book, having fallen asleep…

Have you ever used a book as a 1) doorstop, 2) missile, 3) an excuse not to do the washing up?
None of these, I have too much respect for them to risk hurting them and I also see them as a bit of a luxury. Washing up on the other hand, although I know someone who will strongly disagree (that I feel this way), is a necessity – books can wait. I have hidden behind a book on several occasions though.

Have you ever regarded a book as a friend, or indeed a monster?
I struggled glacially through Middlemarch this year, so that was a bit of a monster, until I made it to the end – but glad I did. All books are friends in a way, but I would like to think I could be friends with one or two, I was going to say authors, but I’m going to change that to characters. Henry and Clare I could definitely be friends with.