"Faux Paw: Adventures in the Internet" Brigham Young University
01/02/05 20:37
Brigham Young University's award-winning animated film "Faux Paw: Adventures in the Internet" is a key part of a new national campaign to teach children the essentials of Internet safety.
At the heart of the campaign is BYU's animated film, which recently earned a first-place College Television Award, commonly referred to as a "student Emmy," a BYU-illustrated picture book and the Web site www.ikeepsafe.org. The site features the 4-minute, 15-second film in its entirety, as well as resource materials for parents and educators, including child-friendly worksheets and coloring book printouts.
J. Chad Erekson, a senior animation student at BYU who directed and co-produced "Faux Paw," oversaw all aspects of the award-winning project.
BYU's "Faux Paw: Adventures in the Internet," was recently awarded a first-place College Television Award, commonly referred to as a “student Emmy.” To date, BYU’s 4-year-old animation program has earned a total of three "student Emmys" and a “student Academy Award.”
From storyboards to finished product, "Faux Paw" took 1 ½ years for BYU student animators to complete. The film is 4 minutes and 15 seconds long.
About 25 BYU students participated in the creation of "Faux Paw." Students produced storyboards, rewrote Jacalyn Leavitt’s original story for a film format, painted backgrounds, animated characters and directed in-studio character voicing, among other tasks.
BYU involvement with "Faux Paw" began when theatre and media arts professor Kelly Loosli met with Mike Leavitt to discuss turning Jacalyn Leavitt's children's books into an animated film. Students from Loosli's advanced storyboarding class developed story ideas and presented them to the Leavitts.
Links: http://ikeepsafe.com/ http://byunews.byu.edu/release.aspx?story=archive05/Feb/ikeepsafe