We cut to Sam’s hand gently pressing down on the girl’s arm as a reminder that they should not move. This shot lasts just two seconds with the narrator saying, “So she wouldn’t move.” I decided I could get away with not animating the scene. In the previous scene I had animated Sam gently pressing down on her arm, so this shot was about the stillness that followed. This was the moment he had predicted and this was his moment to take a stance.
When animating, some scenes would expand a bit from what I had set up in the storyboards while others were cut back a bit for the sake of the pace and timing of the short. It is a fun process with every individual element playing a part. I found I missed animating and it felt good to be in control of every single piece of the puzzle. Music was only used with the introductory tiles cards. The music was titled Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco and it has a blues vibe that I liked. It did not hurt that it was royalty free. The single opening riff opened up the short.
This film is now on display at the Orange County Regional History Center (65 East Central Blvd Orlando FL) for the new exhibition, Yesterday This Was Home, about the 1920 Ocoee Voting Day Massacre. The exhibition is open until February 14, 2021. The 1920 Ocoee Massacre in Orange County, Florida, remains the largest incident of voting-day violence in United States history.
Events unfolded on Election Day 1920, when Mose Norman, a black U.S. citizen, attempted to exercise his legal right to vote in Ocoee and was turned away from the polls. That evening, a mob of armed white men came to the home of his friend, July Perry, in an effort to locate Norman. Shooting ensued. Perry was captured and eventually lynched. An unknown number of African American citizens were murdered, and their homes and community were burned to the ground. Most of the black population of Ocoee fled, never to return.
This landmark exhibition will mark the 100-year remembrance of the Ocoee Massacre. The exhibition will explore not only this horrific time in our community’s history but also historical and recent incidents of racism, hatred, and terror, some right here at home.
The content will encourage reflection on a century of social transformation, the power of perspective, and the importance of exercising the right to vote, and will ask what lessons history can inspire moving forward.
To promote safe distancing, the museum has implemented new ticketing procedures for this special exhibition. For the run of the exhibition, the museum will have extended operating hours to create a safe viewing experience for a greater number of people. On Sundays the museum will open two hours earlier at 10 am. and stay open two hours earlier until 7 p.m. And on Thursdays, we will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.