Created this with my wife, Cassandra. One night, we were reading the complete works of Shel Silverstein in our apartment. With this conversation, the animation project developed. After a few hours discussing it, we had an outline and created storyboards and style frames. By re-creating Shel Silverstein’s poem as an animation, we hoped to portray the beauty of his uplifting poetic message: no matter what happens in life, one can always prevail, learn differently or think for ones self. We hope that this animation allows for another way to inspire literacy and the love of reading through technology.
Our passion is to bring spoken word to life, create where there is absence and fulfill the day dreams of our minds. The work we did here is solely for the love and pleasure of our crafts and hobbies. We aim to inspire all people, of all ages and all walks of life. We aspire for this short to be another catalyst to spark imagination of all who watch it, as Shel did for us!
We appreciate the love from Rocket Ship Education for re-blogging this piece! Thank you!
