Friday, February 04, 2005
Just A Note Before I Give In to This Cold
This last month has taken its toll on me. There at the end I was just running on will power and adrenaline coming up to the Annies. I know that Gretchen and Annette had more responsibilities but they were not putting as many miles on driving in from Orange County and I had classes and lots of other stuff going on. The flue or a cold or something is moving in.
Just finished my last duty for the week. I talked on the benefits of networking, volunteering, and membership in ASIFA-Hollywood to one of the senior classes over at Laguna College of Art and Design. I have been doing a lot of stuff with them lately. They are just a few miles down the road from me and they have a very nice program.
A number of the Laguna students helped out with the video archive shoot at the Annies this year. Everybody was very please with their attitude and work ethic. The fact that some of the students had already volunteered at a major ASIFA event made my whole dog and pony easier.
All week the video crew had been talking about the people they met, the access that they had to celebrities, the people they got to interview, and the fun they had at the party. All I really needed to do was come in a talk a little bit about the importance of networking for students or anyone else trying to break into animation and they signed up.
I showed a little swag, showed some screening invites, opened up my card file and showed some of the people on my contact list without giving away their numbers. ASIFA has been very good for me. I`m excited about the work we do. I`m a teacher, I know when my message gets across. Everybody in the room signed up for ASIFA. I`ve never had that happen before.
Students writing checks, something that does a teacher`s heart good. Everybody joined ASIFA
Got home to a nice note from Martha and Sol Sigall with some photos. She said she had a great time at the Annies even if none of her favorites won.
Jerry Beck, Martha Sigall, & Larry Loc (wearing the tie that Sol gave me - DeMille Barn) Photo by Sol
Now that the Annies are over I can finally talk about my favorites. I too was hoping that Mark Kausler`s It`s the Cat would win. It was hand drawn on cells with 15 years of love, that gave it an edge with me. I thought that every short that was up was very deserving, I loved Lorenzo. It was a great story with a whimsical execution, great music and a great look. It was very close in my voting.
But the 2-D look and feel of the real cell animation of It`s the Cat is so refreshing. It is so good to see that again. It was like a full meal after being hungry for a long, long time. But I can completely understand Lorenzo winner as I could have for Ryan and Rockfish and Agricultural Report. They were all good. Tough year for picking shorts.
That`s it for me. Lots of sleep and orange juice and whatever else is cool for feeling like you want to crawl under a rock. Hope Ed takes up the slack while I am sleeping.
¶ 6:52 PM
Just finished my last duty for the week. I talked on the benefits of networking, volunteering, and membership in ASIFA-Hollywood to one of the senior classes over at Laguna College of Art and Design. I have been doing a lot of stuff with them lately. They are just a few miles down the road from me and they have a very nice program.
A number of the Laguna students helped out with the video archive shoot at the Annies this year. Everybody was very please with their attitude and work ethic. The fact that some of the students had already volunteered at a major ASIFA event made my whole dog and pony easier.
All week the video crew had been talking about the people they met, the access that they had to celebrities, the people they got to interview, and the fun they had at the party. All I really needed to do was come in a talk a little bit about the importance of networking for students or anyone else trying to break into animation and they signed up.
I showed a little swag, showed some screening invites, opened up my card file and showed some of the people on my contact list without giving away their numbers. ASIFA has been very good for me. I`m excited about the work we do. I`m a teacher, I know when my message gets across. Everybody in the room signed up for ASIFA. I`ve never had that happen before.
Students writing checks, something that does a teacher`s heart good. Everybody joined ASIFA
Got home to a nice note from Martha and Sol Sigall with some photos. She said she had a great time at the Annies even if none of her favorites won.
Jerry Beck, Martha Sigall, & Larry Loc (wearing the tie that Sol gave me - DeMille Barn) Photo by Sol
Now that the Annies are over I can finally talk about my favorites. I too was hoping that Mark Kausler`s It`s the Cat would win. It was hand drawn on cells with 15 years of love, that gave it an edge with me. I thought that every short that was up was very deserving, I loved Lorenzo. It was a great story with a whimsical execution, great music and a great look. It was very close in my voting.
But the 2-D look and feel of the real cell animation of It`s the Cat is so refreshing. It is so good to see that again. It was like a full meal after being hungry for a long, long time. But I can completely understand Lorenzo winner as I could have for Ryan and Rockfish and Agricultural Report. They were all good. Tough year for picking shorts.
That`s it for me. Lots of sleep and orange juice and whatever else is cool for feeling like you want to crawl under a rock. Hope Ed takes up the slack while I am sleeping.
¶ 6:52 PM
