One more thing, this past week there was a live Q&A with some animators from the Disney, fresh from their work on Chicken Little. Jason Ryan, a super cool mentor who’s with the class ahead of me (sigh) was there, answering questions about the movie and his involvement in it. If I remember correctly he was a lead for animating Chicken Little himself, meaning he had a large role to play in define the acting choices for the character, as well as animating some choice scenes.

Joining him was Clay Kaytis who not only animated on the film (mostly Buck Cluck) but also produces the very cool Animation Podcast.

It was neat to hear them talk about the different way they approached animating a shot, the kind of tools and pipelines they have at the studio, quotas, and the future of Disney animation. Thanks AM, for hooking us up!