Week 1 - First Q&A with Warren!

So I barely have time to catch my breath when we get right into the FIRST of many Q&A sessions with our most excellent mentor, Warren Trezevant. He did not disappoint. Warren was very personable, humble about his amazing work, open about sharing his experiences and very good at expressing his views, understanding of animation and gave us a good, realistic view of the trials and pitfalls of the young animator to be. He is going to be a really valuable resource and a fun guy to talk with to boot!

So far, this AM thing has been really cool. Very inspiring and ALREADY, without having animated a single shot for AM, I've learned a tremendous amount just soaking up what these guys have to offer. Getting a feel for how they "see", observe, plan, collaborate, experience the world around them has been a huge lesson already. There's just a TON to learn, but I feel like I'm in good hands.

Ok, enough of that. Some of the Warren Q&A highlights:
He shared with us that he does a lot of the shots that have a bunch of characters interacting. Some he mentioned were the dinner scene in the Incredibles, the Blueberries troup in Bug Life, school of fish in Nemo, Seagull Chase in Nemo.
His favorites were shots that were sort of a zen experience for him, where he just felt the shot through without even really thinking much, it just all worked: Violet screaming in Winnebego at the end of Incredibles, Blueberries shooting down the plant into hideout bouncing off the mushroom in Bugs Life were two he mentioned.

It was a really good time. Our first assignment is to sketch in a public place and then pose a character called "Stu" in one of the poses. That's gonna be fun! I'm on it!