Animation Teacher: Mr. Netterville

"Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world," -Walt Disney


The animation class here at ONW happens to be one of the most vital classes to help run ONW Now and add jazz to web deign's students websites. 

Mr. Netterville, animation teacher, found his passion for animation when he was in college.

"I have always been interested in animation," Netterville says, "but when I was in college I was originally an art major, but I switched over to animation when it was a new program."

With Netterville originally being an art major, it had given him a leg up in the animation world because you have to have all types of skills in order to make it.

"You have to be a jack of all trades in animation. You have to have skills from drawing all the way to video and sound editing."

Although his skills in art has really helped him in his animation career, Netterville sometimes finds struggles in the program.

"It takes a lot of time and word to get to the final product. From creating a character to actually animate it is a long process. A one minute animation can take weeks to make."

Even though he hasn't done any outside work, he has done a lot for the school's production, ONW Now.

"Mainly all my animations had been for college, but I have done a lot of work for Northwest. I've done some lower thirds, little bumpers, but mainly just messing around. Every since I started teaching here, there hasn't been enough time to do outside work and teach."

Not only has he taught animation here, but he also taught another strand of the e-Comm program.

"When I first came in here I was the graphic design teacher for 3 years. When the other animation teacher had left, that's when I stepped into the animation teacher role."

Being the animation teacher here has given him a different outlook on different types of lives.

"I love being around all the weird kids. It's very diverse here. It's a lot of fun and a jack of all trades."

Netterville hopes his students continue on into animation in the real word and finds success.

"My biggest hopes for them is that they go to college and take this program and run. They'll be using different programs as animation grows, but I know they can handle anything that's thrown at them."