Yesterday, I gave animation lectures at San Jose State and Cal. A note to anyone giving a lecture at Cal: don't open with, "Hello Stanford!" I thought I was going to be drawn and quartered for that one.
At San Jose State, I was greeted by members of the Shrunken Head Man Club, the campus's animation collaborative. The group is named after a fortuitous paint spill on one of the department stools.
The students at both campuses were fantastic, and I was more than happy to hang around afterward for questions and drawings. I even signed a few sketchbooks, Pixar postcards, and the odd sweatshirt or two.
These are actual notes for my lecture. How the students gleaned any information from my talk is a mystery.
5 comments:
Haha! Sounds awesome. If you're ever able to do talks for schools on the east coast, please don't hesitate!
I was at the Berkley lecture! Although I'm an Academy student in Visual Development. I was the guy who answered why not having a shark in Jaws made it a great thriller (if you happen to remember).
Thanks so much for the great presentation! Hopefully we'll meet in person someday!
oh.... and I TOTALLY knew it was Milt Kahl... and was kicking myself the rest of the night for not shouting it out.
Simoa- thanks! Will do.
Logan- Hey man, thanks for the Jaws input! I really just wanted a reason to show that Jawas poster.
Hey Austin!
My name is Alex Turner and I was the student from SJSU that took a leap of faith to ask if you did the Bigfoot film haha.
I just wanted to say thanks again for coming and giving the lecture/ presentation. It was really cool for me especially to have seen your interview from years ago and then see where you are now (kilts, bagpipes, sword-fighting... TAKE ME WITH YOU)
Anyway, so inspiring! Everyone here loved it, so come back whenever please!!
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