The Orange Tree Project has been launched

By jleducSisler High School

Sisler and Nickelodeon Animation launch a year-long Industry mentorship project

ABOUT THE PROJECT:

Nickelodeon Studios, Nickelodeon Community Efforts and Sisler High School have partnered together to help prepare youth for potential careers in animation, art, content creation, and story development. The project was officially launched on Monday, September 28, 2020 and will conclude at the end of May 2021 when we release 3 short films to numerous film tests.   The three Sisler student teams will be mentored by a Nickelodeon artist.  These teams are made up grade 10, 11, 12 and post-high students from the CREATE program.

week 1 Recap video

GOALS & CONTENT TO BE CREATED FOR THE  PROJECT:

  • Create and release three 120 second animated stories,
  • Ongoing mentorship provided by Nickelodeon staff, 
  • Learn collaborative online techniques used by the animation industry to create a short animation,
  • Students will document their learning and process on a bi-weekly basis,
  • Create a video documentary of the entire project
  • Posting milestones on Social Media 

SCHEDULE:

  • Monday, September 14, 2020 – Kickoff with Carson Smith from NICE 
  • Monday, September 21, 2020 – Ice-Breaker and Team deployment
  • Monday, September 24, 2020 – Master Class on Writing Stories for Cartoons with Jeesica Delgado
  • Monday, September 28, 2020 – Meet the mentors, discuss story brainstorming strategies, set milestones for October
  • October __  – Master Class on Storyboarding with _______
  • ** Monday, October 26, 2020 – Pitching stories to Mentors, and set milestones for November
  • November __   – Master Class on TBD___  with ______
  • ** Monday, November 30, 2020 – Story and Character (maybe voice acting) critique with Mentors, and set milestones for November
  • December __   – Master Class on TBD___  with _______
  • ** Monday, December  14, 2020 – Planning for animation critique with Mentors, and set milestones for January
  • January __   – Master Class on TBD___  with _______
  • ** Monday, January  25, 2021 – animation critique with Mentors, and set milestones for February
  • February __   – Master Class on TBD___  with _______
  • ** Monday, February  22, 2021 – animation critique with Mentors, and set milestones for March
  • March __   – Master Class on TBD___  with _______
  • ** Monday, March  22, 2021 – animation critique with Mentors, and set milestones for April
  • April __   – Master Class on TBD___  with _______
  • ** Monday, April  26, 2021 – animation critique with Mentors, and set milestones for May
  • May __   – Master Class on TBD___  with _______
  • ** Monday, May  24, 2021 – Showcase of final animation projects and release to film fests.

** tentative dates

About Nickelodeon Community Efforts:

The people who make Nickelodeon’s shows aren’t just employees, they’re also citizens who value their communities and aim to enrich the lives of kids and their families. That’s why we created Nickelodeon Community Efforts, a.k.a NiCE. Through a wide variety of projects focused on promoting Arts Education we facilitate mentorships, classroom visits from our artists and writers, and many ways to donate our equipment, talent and time. NiCE strives to make meaningful contributions to our community while also providing our employees real opportunities to make our world a more playful place.

ABOUT THE SISLER CREATE PROGRAM:

Sisler’s CREATE program (formerly known as Sisler IDM from 2013-2018) is a new entertainment arts training program located at Sisler High School of the Winnipeg School Division.  Founded in 2019, the CREATE Program provides high school and post-high students with an educational pathway to creative industries worldwide.  Starting in grade 9, students in the CREATE Program will build foundational skills with hardware and software while using a wide range of creative toolsets. As students progress through the program they specialize in a chosen creative field and apply their skills in project-based courses such as: Animation, App Development, Concept Art, Film Production, Game Design, Sound Design, VFX, and VR.  The program culminates in post-high by providing portfolio development, studio training and certification.

THE MENTORS:

JESSICA BORUTSKI:  is a Canadian animator and is the supervising director on Nickelodeon’s The Loud House. 

MARK GALEZ: is a storyboard revisionist at Nickelodeon Animation. 

KYLE MARSHALL:  is a Canadian animator and character designer, best known for serving as a storyboard artist, supervising director, and producer on Nickelodeon’s The Loud House. 

SISLER TEAMS: 

Monarch Martians

  • LANGIT, NYA – Team Lead
  • TOLENTINO, YZABELLE  – Producer
  • KOSCIELNY, MEGAN 
  • MIRANDA, ALLEN
  • ACANO, NOAH
  • REYES, ETHAN
  • DILAG, ANDREW
  • DUDLEY, TIRYN  
  • VALLEGA, JULIA,  
  • SUN, AYLENE

Team Clementine

  • SUBA, JEMIMAH – Team Lead
  • MARTINEZ, PAULENE – Producer
  • FEUNTES, ONAH
  • HARE, KIARA
  • BALANIAL, SAMANTHA.
  • LE, KELLY
  • MABUNGA, DAIRYL
  • ROSE, KAYLISE
  • CONTOIS-MOAR, KAYLA
  • DUBEAU, CAMILLE. 
  • CHAU, KIM

YamJam

  • REYES, GAB – Team Lead
  • RAMILO, KYLA – Producer
  • CHOY, JUSTIN
  • ALVIAR, KYLE
  • HARPER, RANDALL
  • CANSINO, XIERRA
  • LARIRIT, JIREH
  • DEE, RANCE
  • ORINA, DRICCSON
  • BULANHAGUI, VINCE
  • CALAYAG, AUGUST