Calm Morning: Adventures through Storyboarding
Calm Morning: Adventures through Storyboarding
We invite visitors to explore the artistry of storyboarding with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ronnie del Carmen during our Calm Morning program on May 28, from 9am to 1pm. ASL interpretation provided.
We invite visitors to explore the artistry of storyboarding with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Ronnie del Carmen during our Calm Morning program on May 28, from 9am to 1pm. ASL interpretation provided.
First, explore selected galleries within Stories of Cinema, where sound and lighting adjustments will be made for a more sensory-friendly environment. Next, visit the Shirley Temple Education Studio for a drop-in storyboarding activity with filmmaker Ronnie del Carmen, inspired by his storyboards from Up (2009) featured within our Inventing Worlds and Characters: Animation gallery.
In addition to the Calm Morning program, visitors are invited to attend our accommodative screening of Up at 11am in the Ted Mann Theater with a special intro from del Carmen, as part of our weekly Family Matinees film series. A separate admission ticket is required.
Calm Mornings create an environment for all visitors to enjoy less-sensory-stimulating spaces with moderated sound and lighting displays. Museum staff will be available to suggest areas for self-guided exploration before the museum’s opening hours. Museum educators will be available for guided Gallery Highlight experiences that are interactive and adaptable to many learning styles.
If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.
Ronnie del Carmen
Born in the city of Cavite, Philippines on December 31, 1959, Ronnie Del Carmen is an animation writer, director, story artist, and production designer. He served as a co-director and story writer for the Disney and Pixar film Inside Out (2015), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Original Screenplay. He was the Story Supervisor on Disney and Pixar's Up (2009) and directed its accompanying short film, Dug's Special Mission (2009). He joined Netflix in 2020 where he will be writing and developing an original animated feature as part of an exclusive overall deal. The movie will be rooted in the lore and mythology of the Philippines.
After high school, del Carmen worked in the painting department on set for Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979), which was filming in the Philippines. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a BFA in Advertising. He moved to the United States in 1989 and worked as a storyboard artist for Batman: The Animated Series (1992–95), for DreamWorks as a story supervisor, and worked at Pixar Animation Studios from 2000 to 2020.
Academy Museum accessibility initiatives are made possible in part by the Ruderman Family Foundation. Calm Mornings also made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
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