These past few weeks have been very exciting. Pancake Island was released to the delight of fans who have been waiting for months, and immediately received recognition within my town. On May 28th, an awards ceremony was held in Stratford called The DIGIs Awards. It is a digital media awards show open to high school students in Canada. I ended up winning three awards. Pancake Island took home Best Animation, while Silent Symphony won Best Editing. Multiple Matts won Best Effects (this is a school project I worked on with a couple friends). The following Monday, I was invited to meet the Governor General of Canada and present Pancake Island in front of a number of government officials (just imagine a stop motion LEGO movie about pancakes being played for some people dressed in RCMP uniforms). This had all happened within a week, but the madness didn’t stop there. This Monday, (June 6th), Pancake Island was played at the local movie theatre with some other high school projects. Seeing something I made on a giant screen like that was a really great experience, and the other films that played were quite funny!
So after two eventful weeks, things are slowing down. There are 8 days of school left, so summer vacation is approaching fast, and I’ll have enough time to (hopefully) finish Viva La Vida and get it out before school starts again. I’ve already rebuilt the castle (for the bajillionth time), and will begin filming very soon.
Thank you to all of you who have helped make Pancake Island such a success!
