This memory of mine probably has little to do with the main project, but it is reason why I am here. When I was young (around the age of 3-4), my siblings and I love recreating scenes from mobies that we have watched. One of our favorite movies that we acted out was Jurassic Park, especially the opening scene involving the man falling from top of the cage and the velocirapter. We would recreate this scene by flipping over our toy chest, pretend the chest was the cage, one of us got to be the raptor, one was the the guy that got attack, and the third one got to yell “Shoot her! Shoot Her!” We would do this  over and over again, switching roles each time. Movies and television were an inspirational source for our imagination.

So when I was 5, I watched Toy Story 1 and really enjoyed it. I asked my dad how they made these Disney movies, they look like fun. My dad replied “With Animators”

“What do animators do?”

“They spend all day making drawings for the movie”

At this point I’ve already been drawing up a storm on whatever I can find. “Draw All day? I want to do that!” And from that day forth, I wanted to be an animator.  So here I am, finishing up my degree in animation and taking this class to further my skills in visual story telling.