Off the Hill: Zam Matchett's animation and 'The Unseen'

I caught up with Zam to ask about his animation and the new film.

When did you first start drawing and animating?

I spent a lot of my childhood drawing and painting.

Off the Hill: Zam Matchett’s animation and ‘The Unseen’

Creating art is something I have been interested in for a long time.

How did you get introduced to it?

What originally inspired you and continues to inspire you?

Fast forward four or five years… Those of you who saw the Doorstep Projected or Zamimated pt 2 may remember the afore mentioned clip.

So thats pretty much the story of how Zamimated came to be.

As far as things that continue to inspire me, the list is too long.

Music would be at the top or close to it.

How has the evolution of your drawing/animating been?

What is your process like?

Basically I have a constant background, and just draw and redraw a character moving across the background.

I take a photo of each drawing before moving to the next frame.

Most of my work ends up collecting dust in my parents basement in Montana.

I consider myself lucky to have a place to store it until I figure out what do with it.

How has your animation interacted with your skiing?

I think of my animation as an extension of my skiing.

I’m pretty sure he can also bend the laws of physics a little bit… How has your season been going skiing wise?

Snow in the mountains around Bozeman a few days ago!

I haven’t skied since May though.

Last season was my best season of riding street yet!

I got to hit way more spots of my choosing than previous years.

Hood last spring

How is the new Inflik project going?

It’s going great!

I couldn’t be more stoked.

The official teaser will drop here on Newschoolers.com on September 28th.

The world premier will be at IF3 Whistler on October 3rd.

It will be released online later this fall.

Any plans for the upcoming year with your skiing and animation?

I hope to go back to British Columbia and keep working with the Inflik crew in the coming year.

Any final thoughts/shout outs?

I’d like to thank the countless people who have helped me out in some way or another.

Shout out to my truck.

Shout out to TheBunch ontheDais with the HoodCrew.

All three of you continue to inspire me everyday.

Thanks again to Zam for being awesome and doing this interview!