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DreamGiver is about this creature out delivering dreams and
while he's doing that one of those dreams becomes a nightmare. Making a six-minute animated
short is a huge undertaking that requires huge amounts
of hours. We were making a film for a year and a half in production
but before we started production I was working on it for about a year
developing the story, the artwork, the way things would look and feel. DreamGiver was
a special project in that it had 2-D and 3-D
animation. I spent probably 830 hours and so for about six months
I was in here like 30 hours a week or so. I made that commitment and worked that hard
because I knew this would be a great film. We were absolutely thrilled
to be the recipient of a student Emmy. Winning the student Emmy says a lot about the professionalism
of the film. When I saw it it didn't look like a student film to me. It was like very
professional from the beginning graphics
to the introduction of the characters into the action and the climax of the film. They
didn't hold back. You can tell
there's a lot of work, a lot of love, a lot of care, a lot of passion
that was put into
every single scene of this film. Brigham Young University's Center for Animation
cultivates this environment that really nurtures the type of film that we
created.
With 46 different individuals all volunteering their time
there's really no other way that it can be done
except for an environment that's been created here at BYU. I feel like
in the end we've created something that people can look at
and be proud of, and people will look at for you know years to come and say wow
I'm surprised that this is a student film. If you have a dream, dream big. Then go out
and get it done .