The Dreamers and I, a new documentary by Kenji Yamamoto

 I finally have something to share with you, it's a documentary called "The Dreamers and I" which I made some animated sequences thru out. Kenji Yamamoto was a film and video editor and 10 years ago, he decided to make his own film after years of working on other people's films.

He got a grant to begin this project where he discovered am endless cast of characters living in a "Hacker House". The people from all over the world who were legal immigrants who were creating their own projects in hopes of selling their projects to big companies like Apple, Google and other big tech companies.

Here's another interview where you can hear Kenji explaining how this film came about.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/07/31/the-dreamers-and-i

I started the project when it was called, "The Big Deal" and early on, Kenji had discovered that he was basically camera shy and wanted an animated version of himself talking to the viewer instead of himself. 

I started working on making the animated Kenji designs first and allowing Kenji to direct the character design process. This all began in 2024 and it was a slow process not on a tight deadline. I am currently editing down an interview with Kenji and his wife Nancy, who is also has a lot of films under her belt as well.

For now, enjoy this trailer from the film and you will see the animated Kenji towards the end.

"The Dreamers and I" will begin streaming on PBS beginning August 1st and I will post a schedule if you are interested in seeing the whole film for free!

Just leave me some feedback...

Wanna help say Happy 100th birthday the Sir David?

We've got less than two weeks.

And then Sir David Attenborough turns 100 years old. What can we do to say Happy 100th Birthday?

Make an animated Birthday Card.

HOW? Can you animate 9 drawings if I sent you an Animal image A and you morphed it into Animal image B? Could you send it back to me as a movie file before May 6th?

Here's am anijam I organised back in 2015 BC (Before Covid). Each change is 36 drawings or 3 seconds of screen time. The animation you will do will move a lot quicker.

I have no idea of where to send the fianl animation, but I think if we make it and everyone posts it to their social media, I'm hoping he might see it, And if not, other people might and wonder who is David Attenborough? 

If this is something you want to do, send me an email at animateducated@gmail.com

I just saw Ocean, a film of hope and probably the last film he will be in, but maybe not...

Jack Plotnick and Disney built a House of the Future

Jack Plotnick is an actor who began making short videos when he wasn't acting. During Covid, he began a long term project where he began playing the background parts in several Disney TV documentaries from the late1950s. "The Wonderful World of Color" was a series of television programs which appeared nationwide on TV sets all over America every Sunday night. Occasionally, Walt Disney would take you behind the scenes to show the making of his new amusement park, Disneyland!

Fast forward to the beginning of Covid, Jack Plotnick comforts himself in old Disney episodes until one day, using only i-Movie, a tripod and a green screen, he created a 45 minute video beginning with artist Mary Blair, who is tired of working on Disney artwork and soon discovers a sinister plot about the real creation DisneyWorld! 

Here is a recent interview about Jack's previous projects and how he combine his short Disney videos into "Disney made a House of the Future: The Movie"

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