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As any cliché artist would say, “I started drawing a lot when I was younger;” but not me –I can’t remember when I started to enjoy the arts. I have always been driven to create and express myself. I painted scenery to calm my nerves, draw intricate objects to focus on details, and draw dynamic poses to allow development of my eye. The mountain of used sketchbooks fills its’ own bookcase, dating back to early elementary years when I would create little stories much like a comic book. Despite my deep love for the arts, I always loved animation much more. Animation is the perfect blend of drawing and creating visual aid, while elaborately designing a storyline and plot to engage the audience –animation lets the average audience member to feel

The first stage of a show is pre-production. Every show starts as merely an idea. This idea can come from all kinds of sources. In the beginning, Broadway shows started one of two ways; a producer who hired a creative team or a creative team who found a creative team to back it. Nowadays, it is increasingly getting harder for songwriters, lyricists, etc. to get a show produced. Contrary to popular belief, many writers send in just an idea and a brief excerpt when trying to get produced. Hundreds of wannabe writers send their ideas to producers only to get a rejection letter. Many composers don’t fully commit to finishing writing a show until a producer has committed. As American composer and songwriter, Cole Porter once said, “My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.” Whether it be an idea from a producer, a creative team, or an unknown writer, there is no show without serious commitment from a producer.

The animation style though is nothing exceptional but it is simple and unadorned with crazy embellishments even though the worlds that are spawned are quite surreal and straight out of the weirdest reaches of the imagination – there are six armed pink beings that have sex with robots, a giant naked hobo covering the size of the United States floating in space, things straight out of drug-induced trips, robot wielding dogs trying to take over the planet; the initial sci-fi envisages the creation of multiple alternate universes inhabited by the most bizarre creatures, thus making the show open to

Recent studies have shown that at Woodberry about 97% of shows have been directed by faculty members. Which often isn’t a bad thing at all, but what if a student were to take on this task? How hard would this person have to work in order to get that show off the ground? Well, the great thing about One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest is that we are going to see this opportunity happen before our very eyes. With Jared Thalwitz leading the way, we get to see firsthand how this Experiment will take shape.

My satire group consisted of Nikki, Tessa, and myself. We are not preppy girls but we don't go outside much so, that's why we chose to do a hunting show. During the hunting show we spent a lot of time on filming and editing it together. I enjoyed spending time with my friends but filming a project just isn't for me. I didn't really like how we keep on having to reshoot scenes. Then every time we wanted to film it would end up raining and we would have to cancel our plans. Editing it together was hard because I had to download several apps to find the one that worked. This is definitely not a career I am interested in doing. One of the funniest parts is the satire was when we lost our fake deer so then we had to improvise but while we were trying

“Web series” is an apt title for this new genre of performing arts entertainment. Though acting, dancing, singing, and production are non-virtual by nature, the Internet touched all aspects of this 10-episode, 100-minute series. Fundraising, casting, production, set location, video editing — even song writing — were accomplished via

Ever since 1997, South Park has revolutionized the cable TV scene as a profane and obscene program that isn’t afraid to mock religious, political, and cultural topics and not get away with at least offending somebody. Throughout its twelve seasons, some of the most prominent events in pop culture have suffered the wrath of ridicule from the show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and succeeded in making millions of Americans laugh until they cry. The creative genius behind these cultural and controversial statements has exalted the series to iconic status in our entertainment industry for its satirical voice in each episode. Throughout its ten years on air, South Park has broken multiple political,

The Human League and the citizens of the world had an official name for where I lived and worked—Circus City.

The script in Teen Wolf was amazing and it really gave meaning to the series. Jeff Davis says that he loves being a writer and producer but it takes time. He says that it takes about 10-12 years on average. Jeff puts in a lot of hard work to keep his writing

While he does not have a direct role in production, he still has an impact by reviewing each episode. Hillenburg wanted the film to be the finalization of the show to make sure, "[the show] wouldn't jump the shark." However, Nickelodeon demanded more episodes, so Hillenburg appointed Paul Tibbitt to take over as showrunner and develop further seasons. Tibbit had a high demanding position as he previously served as a writer, director, and storyboard artist for the series. He would now be the one instructing those positions, which he knew how to do already. Hillenburg trusted Tibbitt and even considered him as one of his favorite members of the crew. To this day, Tibbitt still holds the showrunner position. He has also functioned as both a supervising producer since 2005 and an executive producer since 2008. On December 13, 2014, it was announced that Hillenburg would come back to hold an unspecified position among the shows’ crew. Writer Luke Brookshier once said, "SpongeBob is written differently than many television shows". Initial storylines are created by a team of five outline and premise writers. Then, storyboard artists develop a two-page outline into a full episode, with jokes and dialogue being added. Unlike most of its competition, SpongeBob SquarePants does not use written scripts. The decision to leave out scripts for storyboards came from Hillenburg during the series' early development. The

The series was created by Stefan Hartmann and Carina Jollie. Derived from of Hartmann’s real-life experiences as a street fundraiser in Toronto, the series follows a character named Essie (played by Jamieson). Essi joins an Outreach program in order to prove to her ex-girlfriend that she is not s selfless person. In her way are some questionable charities, rational self-interest and a colorful group of Outreach employees.

A wave of joy and laughter dances around me as I sit with what seems to be an endless amount of animated children. One child laughs and cries, “friends are not food!”, as his friend playfully pretends to eat his arm. I join the children in amusement then to comment, “Friends are not food, like in the movie Nemo remember? Friends are not food, oo ha ha”. I began to laugh expectant of the children to join, only to find blank stares and confused expressions. I quickly realize that they aren’t laughing because it’s not funny, but because they have never seen the movie Nemo. Although being a classic in the United States, these Nicaraguan children have no more than a pair of clothes and a blanket for the night, so the treat of seeing a movie, such

Being named 'Best Animated Short Film' at the 2016 Sarasota Film Festival and 2016 Athens International Film + Video Festival. It has earned 'Official Selection' titles at the 2016 IFFBoston (Independent Film Festival Boston), 2016 Maryland Film Festival, and 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Dianne Bellino is a writer and director of both narratives and experimental films. Her previous films have been screened at noteworthy places such as SXSW, Netflix and Fandor. She teaches filmmaking and is Assistant Dean of the School of Art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New

In December 2016, an opportunity to expand our business offerings presented itself. The head of post production for an unscripted television production company reached out to Technicolor about finishing some of his shows with us - nothing out of the ordinary

The proposal of the production project is to design an official website for the Independent Record label, titled A production by Big money then produce music for the website, mix and master to sound professional, then get the music prepared for the website.