Spring Break
First feature animation completed on campus
Husain Sumra
Issue date: 11/4/09 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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Scott Sublett said this is the first feature-length animated movie to be made at a university.
"This is not Hollywood filmmaking," he said. "This is indie filmmaking."
Sublett said he gathered students from animation and acting backgrounds to start making the film, which was originally a play written by him.
He said he talked to theater students about the project when production started in 2007.
"I realized we had all the resources needed to make an animated independent feature," he said.
The film is a satire about war, TV and religious excess, according to the "Bye-Bye Bin Laden" Web site.
"Scott had sort of pitched this idea of doing a feature-length animated film to our BFA class," said Zachary Knoles, a former animation/illustration major.
Undeclared freshman Andrew Nguyen said the idea of an animated film made by students was interesting.
"I think it's kind of impressive," he said. "I am curious how good it is."
Knoles said the film took one and a half years to animate.
"Other than the script, we had to start from scratch," he said.
He said the film was made using Adobe Flash, an animation program, and that few feature films are made using Flash.
He said most are produced using a 3-D modeling program.
He said that, for an animated feature film, the film took a short amount of time to complete. He said animated features usually take about three and a half years, but that the production team didn't have any idea how large the scope of the film would be.
"We went in with the faith that it would all come together," he said.
Jennifer Corker, a former animation/illustration major, said she enjoyed making the film.
"You just feel like a family with the people you work on a film with," she said.
Freshman microbiology major Tammy Tran said it's good to know that students are accomplishing things outside of the university and that students can make films at the university.
"It means that the school is broadening what we're doing," she said.
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