by kpalana | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog
Student Work From Animation and Multimedia Storytelling So just about one month has gone by since I last set foot at Addis Ababa University. As I sit here now back in Rome compiling student work together to the music of popular Ethiopian singer Teddy Afro, I think...
by kpalana | Dec 19, 2015 | Blog
I can’t believe it. Two weeks have come and gone and somehow I was not only crazy enough to try and teach animation from scratch in a mere 14 days but I also found students crazy enough to learn and create animation in such a short amount of time. Below are...
by kpalana | Dec 17, 2015 | Blog
One thing I forgot to mention is that one of my poor students, Hermella, got arrested for trying to do her animation homework over the weekend. She was shooting a simple scene of kids playing soccer in a public place. The police didn’t like that apparently and...
by kpalana | Dec 11, 2015 | Blog
Down Down in Hope-ia As is not uncommon here, my plans have changed. Instead of going to Harar today, we will go to Bahir Dar, close to the Blue Nile Falls, the source of the Nile tomorrow morning until Sunday night. Lucrezia went to buy the tickets since we...
by kpalana | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog
Thank You Today was storyboard critique day. I was a little wary this morning to be honest because there were 25 people to review, but everyone presented well and most are ready to start creating animatics and gearing up to produce their “final”...