Monday, April 25, 2005
Jean Ann Wright - Animation Writing
ASIFA-Hollywood Proudly Presents a Booksigning
with author Jean Ann Wright
ANIMATION WRITING & DEVELOPMENT
Below is the press release for the ASIFA book signing with Jean Ann Wright. I want to add my 2 cents. I have thoroughly examined this book and found it to be a very important work. I am considering it as a textbook for one of my classes.
This is a no nonsense, step by step guide to the animation writing process that focuses on television animation but covers all areas of animation. What I really love about this book is that it deals with subjects that my students are not going to want to hear. This book has a straightforward attitude about the very real collaborative nature of the professional animation business and the need for compromise in the writing process.
Students don`t want to hear this kind of truth, I know I didn`t when I was a student. But somebody has to tell them. This is your chance to meet Jean Ann Wright and hear her truths for yourselves.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 7pm
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center
2114 Burbank Blvd. ¶ 5:24 AM
with author Jean Ann Wright
ANIMATION WRITING & DEVELOPMENT
Below is the press release for the ASIFA book signing with Jean Ann Wright. I want to add my 2 cents. I have thoroughly examined this book and found it to be a very important work. I am considering it as a textbook for one of my classes.
This is a no nonsense, step by step guide to the animation writing process that focuses on television animation but covers all areas of animation. What I really love about this book is that it deals with subjects that my students are not going to want to hear. This book has a straightforward attitude about the very real collaborative nature of the professional animation business and the need for compromise in the writing process.
Students don`t want to hear this kind of truth, I know I didn`t when I was a student. But somebody has to tell them. This is your chance to meet Jean Ann Wright and hear her truths for yourselves.
Jean Ann Wright has been teaching writing and development since 1996, and has pitched animation projects around Hollywood herself. Her teaching resume includes Women In Animation, Learning Tree University, The Animation Academy, DH Institute of Media Arts, and Screenwriting Expo 2. She regularly judges for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, ASIFA-Hollywood (animation awards), Writers Guild of America west (animation writing awards), and the State Thespian Conference (high school drama awards). Her new book, Animation Writing and Development (which includes a chapter on pitching), was published by Focal Press in February 2005.
Jean`s animation career began as a trainee at Hanna-Barbera in 1978, working for eight years as an assistant animator on shows like The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, and The Smurfs. She`s sold her writing to DIC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera, and Filmation. She`s a member of Women In Animation, Women In Film, the Writer`s Guild Animation Caucus, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and ASIFA-Hollywood.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 7pm
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center
2114 Burbank Blvd. ¶ 5:24 AM
