CCHS Animation Students are Winners

Mr. Schofield’s animation classes got some good news Monday when the results of the first national animation competition they entered were sent.
The CCHS animation classes work with the ACME animation network (acmeanimation.org) which is part of “Workforce LA”. ACME is a non-profit organization designed to address the shortage of much needed animators across America. It is a site where students can comment on other student animator’s work, upload animation challenges or “tests” as they are called, and receive feedback on the animations or artwork they upload.
Competitions are designed to incorporate the 12 principles of animation (squash and stretch, staging, secondary motion, arcs, slow in- action-slow out, exaggeration, etc.) into a given scenario starring the boisterous Mr. Bean Boing. He is a “bean shaped” character that is easy to draw, but applying the principles of animation to this character is a real challenge. You need anticipation to set up your audience, action to entertain them, a climax to reward them for watching the first two, and an ending.

Cinematic elements are also incorporated which means varied camera angles for a more entertaining experience. The real trick is to show the audience what Mr. Bean is thinking and feeling on his journey through a thousand mishaps. The animator is the actor and the challenges are wide and varied. The challenge in this competition was “Mr. Bean Boing finds a jetpack”.
There were first, second, and third place winners, and eighteen “Best in Class” winners. We were very excited to find out that out of the hundreds of classrooms around the nation, CCHS not only won first place, but also an amazing five of the eighteen “Best in Class” awards.
First place went to Dalton Shanks – a CCHS Junior, and the five “Best in Class” winners were: seniors Ty Case and Eric Muhlbauer, junior Chelsea Study, and sophomores Chris Schultz and Erick Oedekoven. If you see these students please congratlulate them!
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