The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Acting trio on stage There will be plenty of tragic drama for an Oakville trio of actors when they hit the stage in Burlington on Friday, Feb. 1. The three actors are appearing in Theatre Burlington's presentation of Suddenly Last Summer, written by Tennessee Williams. This is a return performance with the theatre group for Alison Myers-Gomez and Carla Zabek while Deb Degenais is making her debut with the company. Suddenly Last Summer is a gruesome tragedy about Catharine Holly who seems to go insane after her cousin Sebastian dies under mysterious circumstances on a trip. 23 · Friday, January 25, 2013 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.insideHALTON.com His mother, a Louisiana aristocrat, Violet Veneble (Degenais) plots to silence her niece from sullying the family's honour with her mad tale of Sebastian's death. The play is staged at Theatre Burlington's Drama Centre, located at 2311 New St. Performances run Feb. 1, 2, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16 at 8 p.m. Matinee showings (2 p.m.) are on Feb. 3 and 10. Tickets cost $22 for general admission, $20 for seniors or $10 for high school students. For tickets, call 905-637-1728 or visit www.theatreburlington.on.ca. submitted photo keeping busy at work: Sheridan College animation alumni (l-r): Cliff Mitchell, Ronman they're useful to you anywhere," he said. When asked if anyone could get into aniOn Madagascar 3, Koo was head of story, managing a team of storyboard artists. The mation, he said the field is open to everyone, department's task is to ensure the story of but those who aren't naturally great artists and those who are starting at an older age the film moves along. "We're working closely with the directors will have to work harder to succeed. "Yes, you can absolutely achieve it, but it and producers. It's essentially to make sure everyone is not only on the same page, but does mean you have to be really serious and we're all creatively working towards a better probably work harder than a young person just to catch up." story," he said. He even has two friends who were told Once a script is ready and a production they would not be sucgets the go-ahead, the film cessful and were asked to goes through the visual "Sure, the cards can be quit their school prodepartment, which creates stacked against you, but if grams. But they stuck a look for the animation, you really want it, you'll have with it. One, he said, is and the second is storyconsidered among the top board, which determines the perseverance and the never-give-up attitude animators in the world sequences for the films. now and the other is a The storyboard artists regardless of what people senior animator for a propitch ideas to the directors are telling you." duction studio. for sequences. Those "Sure, the cards can be sequences are then cut Robert Koo, animator stacked against you, but if together by another team. DreamWorks Studio you really want it, you'll This essentially creates a have the perseverance story-reel that will be used and the never-give-up attitude regardless of as a rough template for the entire movie. Though creating a storyboard requires what people are telling you," he said. "But if you're doing it under this weird drawing, he said the best storyboard artists are the ones who think like filmmakers, not fantasy that other people will fill in for you or that it will just somehow happen because cartoonists. He said he would like to direct a film one you deserve it, then you have unrealistic day, but it's not on his radar at the moment. expectations." And Sheridan graduates have certainly set Without Sheridan's animation program, Koo admits he wouldn't have been able to the standard high in the field. This year get into the animation film world. alone, 54 graduates of the program have Additionally, he said, film is not the only contributed to 11 films nominated for an route a person needs to take after complet- Academy Award. This includes films nomiing the program. A person could go into nated for Best Picture, Best Animated comic books or anything else that requires Feature, and Short Film ­ Animated and Visual Effects categories. Last year, 43 gradudrawing. "Animation is such a multimedia thing ates had worked on an Oscar nominated that you can apply it to anything else. You film. Dominik Kurek can be contacted at might just have to go and do a bit of adjustment education, but for the most part if you dkurek@oakvillebeaver.com or followed on learn how to draw, you learn all these things, Twitter at @DominikKurek. Continued from page 22 Success comes with hard work Ng, Sean Mahoney and Robert Koo are pictured outside their place of employment, the north campus of Dream Works Studio in Redwood City, California. They are just a few of many Sheridan graduates working for DreamWorks. Dan Cooper of Royal LePage presents Friday March 8, 2013 NEW ALBUM OUT NOW FOR MORE INFO VISIT SERENARYDER.COM SERENA RYDER At THE OAKVILLE CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS To order tickets call 905-815-2021 or go to www.oakvillecentre.ca