The next week I had questions about acting and animating, so in I’d go to Lennie Graves who was Sawyer’s lead animator. ‘How do you put the whole thing together though?’ I pondered. Well, what I didn’t glean while being a fly on the wall of the conference room from Mark and the Turner executives, I could get by asking a few questions of art director Brian McEntee. What a summer! It was then I decided that I wanted to go into animation because the folks were so friendly and interesting. Forget a snooty commissary and assigned parking depending on your rank and file...let’s walk across the street together to the Crest market and get a sandwich. I’d tag along listening and absorbing and loving it! I can really say that the people of Turner Feature turned me onto one of animation’s greatest facets -- its people.

Finally, we all had a great time up at the Ottawa International Animation Festival from September 19 - 24, 2000. Four AWN staff members traveled up north, which was a delicious preview of fall weather and had us all bundled up. My only regret is that I didn’t realize there were marshmallows to roast at the picnic until it was almost too late…and everyone knows one roasted marshmallow is far too few. Gary Schwartz was also in attendance and snapping away photos with wild abandon. But not just any photos mind you -- 3D photos! I do hope you can see the stereoscopic effect and take full advantage of "The Ottawa 2000 Scrapbook: Featuring the 3D Photographs of Gary Schwartz." Enjoy!

Until Next Time,

Heather

P.S. Oh, and in addition to a blender, DreamWorks’ new straight-to-video production Joseph: King of Dreams is on my holiday wish list. Check out co-director Robert Ramirez’ article "Out of Character: The Making of Joseph," because in my opinion this production is quite special.