CDIABU Partners with Children's Hospital Boston on Animation Project Event

published Apr 30, 2008
CDIABU Partners with Childrens Hospital Boston on Animation Project Event
When Summer Menefee, director of the Family Resource Room at Children's Hospital Boston, described how important it was for her group to be able to inform and inspire their patients and families, CDIABU students took the challenge to heart.

Inspired by the need to make cancer an accessible topic for kids, CDIABU's 3D animation department has developed an animated short titled The Adventures of Zak and Dakota, the story of a child battling cancer.

Upon completion, this resource will be translated into multiple languages and made available worldwide.

"It's not just that our students get a real world experience from this project," says 3D animation instructor Andrew Britton.

"They also get to make a difference."

And making a difference is exactly what they will attempt on May 10, 2008, when the Center hosts a 24-hour animation marathon devoted exclusively to completing this project for Children's Hospital Boston.

Students and alumni will work from 5:00pm on May 10 to 5:00pm on May 11, coming together, generating ideas and just animating, animating, animating.