Last Spring Paramount Pictures partnered with the LA Promise Fund’s ArtsMatter program to develop a robust media arts curriculum for 200 elementary and middle school students from L.A. County; providing a first-hand exposure to the entertainment industry, the field of animation and SpongeBob SquarePants. This virtual learning program was developed to teach the animation process, while also incorporating timely social emotional learning and writing skills.
Members of the Paramount Animation team created video tutorials explicitly for these students and this program that addressed a diverse set of topics including character design, voice casting, and cinematography. The culmination of this learning program saw students conducting virtual “pitch meetings” in which they presented their original concepts for new animated characters and stories to executives and creatives from Paramount Animation.
