Extra Credit Adventure Number Three--John Canemaker Presentation

Last Friday, the SHM club hosted John Canemaker at the Hammer Theater. This was hands-down one of the most inspiring presentations I've attended. The central focus of Canemaker's presentation was on the making of Walt Disney's second animated feature, Pinocchio, as well as spending time talking about some of the key players of that film and their backgrounds. As a student who specifically wants to focus on character animation, this was an incredible opportunity to not only witness some truly beautiful pencil tests from legendary animators such as Milt Kahl and Bill Tytla, but also to gain wonderful insight from Canemaker himself, who had personally sought after tremendous amounts of knowledge and so generously passed it along to us. It has already impacted the way I go about animating. A deeply influential way to end the semester, that's for sure!