[FRAMED]: Marion Strunck, Senior Animator
[FRAMED] exists to shine light on Framestore’s most fascinating cast of characters: its people. Presented with a probing list of questions and a demandingly short deadline, this feature puts the hopes, dreams, and desktops of our MVPs on the digital wall, for all to see. Welcome to [FRAMED].
Talk to us, Marion. What are you guilty of?
Drawing cartoony characters everywhere (including walls).
What was your last brush with danger?
False alarm on Oxford Street on Black Friday 2017.
Your last brush with greatness?
Listening to Stuart Sumida talking about animal anatomy.
Your worst character fault?
Trying to make everything perfect.
Your most shining quality?
Trying to make everything perfect.
You’re on the run from the law, where are you headed?
Switzerland, they have the best chocolate.
Who’s your partner-in-crime?
Fantasy cellmate?
Smaug.
Your greatest achievement?
My Bachelor film, Parrot Away.
Most valuable skill?
Happiness.
Go on, say something bragging
I can eat a whole box of Turkish Delight in under three minutes.
What’s your pet peeve?
Maya crashes.
Let’s look at how you handle the daily grind, shall we?
The DREAM project would entail:
Talking dragons!!!
Your career highlight to date?
Mowgli by Andy Serkis.
This week I learnt that:
It can snow in central London.
What’s your current view?
Ruth Bailey’s head.
Give us a desk tour
Chocolate bars; an old can of tuna expiring in 2019, given to me by my coworker Kubilay Kocaoglu; one café latte; at least three sketchbooks (to draw my concentrating coworkers); a tiny figure of Scrat from Ice Age; and a Paddington plush toy.
What do you need to work, on the daily?
Motivational oatmeal and yoghurt.
Framestore is, in three words:
The Imagination Generator!
Best thing about your work environment?
Fancy people, fancy projects, fancy building! :-D
Framestore is great at:
Making the impossible, possible.
And now, to let loose:
Favourite artform?
Watercolour artworks, probably.
Favourite images?
Art by Bruce Zick, Eyvind Earle, Frank Frazetta, Carl Barks, Colin Jack …ring me you if you want the whole list.
Fictional character you’d like to hang with?
Edna Mode from The Incredibles.
Happiness looks like:
Making movies.
If not here, then where?
Las Vegas.
What do you think of too often?
The universe, and all of the aliens and wormholes out there.
And not enough?
I think a lot all the time.
Couldn’t live without:
Dancing.
If you ruled the world:
We would all have standing desks, teleportation pens, and pet dinosaurs.
Marion Strunck, you’ve been [FRAMED]. Follow Marion’s work on Instagram @mcstrunck
