Last semester I taught the Production course for Animation Studio at MDC. It was a really challenging experience. I was told, after the projects were pitched, that I would have about 40 students in the capstone production course. We didn’t, I started production with only 17 students and two of them dropped. As their faculty mentor I basically served as a line producer on the project, and it was a real challenge managing schedules with students juggling work on multiple shorts at the same time.
We had students wearing many hats and working on at least two shorts at a time. They were stressed and overworked and it is amazing what we got done. No, we did not accomplish all our goals, but these kids made something they should be proud of, and I’m certainly proud to showcase it here.