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How do you come up with names for your characters?
Arlo and Augustus are great names for characters, but how does Catherine dream them up?
  1. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  2. Who likes stories?
    02:48
    Who likes stories?
  3. Talking in class
    01:47
    Talking in class
  4. Actor Vivian
    03:05
    Actor Vivian
  5. Writing a story down
    02:42
    Writing a story down
  6. Story build (part 1)
    04:03
    Story build (part 1)
  7. Story build (part 2)
    06:21
    Story build (part 2)
  8. Vivian talks titles
    01:18
    Vivian talks titles
  9. Alfie Onion
    08:13
    Alfie Onion
  10. Questions for Vivian
    03:32
    Questions for Vivian
  11. Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
    03:08
    Reading from The Boy Who Made Monsters
  12. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
  13. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  14. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  15. Reading from Race to the Frozen North
    02:32
    Reading from Race to the Frozen North
  16. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  17. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  18. Introducing Sav Akyuz
    01:45
    Introducing Sav Akyuz
  19. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  20. Dogs in space
    01:29
    Dogs in space
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