Animation Presentation for the Kids

A friend was scheduled to give an animation show and tell for a few spring break kids, on March 15. But he was not here, so I ended up covering for him.

I got a few hours to prepare, and I wanted to stick with the principles of Connection, Info, and Share.

• When the kids came in there were about 40 of them, ages around 10.
• I had them all focused on me when I introduced myself standing up.
• Animation is the funnest job here.
• What does an animator do?
• Example of Tissue Box.
• What I do at Bioware
• Showed them a combat anim (before and after edits)
• Showed them a few renders and explain to them how it gets in the game.
• Run around in game and fight.
• Asked for a volunteer for a new combat ability
• Good vs Bad
• Nice, got them involved with reference. And shared many laughs.
• Ended it with, and thank you and enjoy the rest of your tour.

I think I Aced it.... And I wasn't Nervous at all.