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Rumble in the Jungle

It's still making the festival rounds, but since I'm in the reflecting mood...

It was initially a project which I'd loved, worked and prodded on for almost over a year, and a project I thought I'd never actually finish. Heck, I even lost 50% of the work I'd done halfway through because my computer crashed! I freaked out then, but now I see it as a blessing as I went into the project again with new vigor and new eyes. I wanted to PUSH myself, both artistically and technically as character animator. I've always loved to learn, but was never good at crossing the finishing line though...

My friends sometimes asked me:"If your doing it for yourself, why is it so important to you? You should be working on Obscurum instead". 

But the truth was... I DID make the film for myself. And it later BECAME more important to me then I initially thought. 

In the end, the process has been both wonderful and painful, but one which I learned SO much about myself as a director, animator and mostly as an artist!

Jake Parker's mantra is: "FINISHED, not PERFECT".

This mantra is something I will always keep with me. Rumble in the Jungle became a great little "monster", not perfect... but FINISHED! I will forever cherish the adventure!:)