Through the power of story as expressed through film, television, theater, digital media and animation, our value is of profound importance and benefit to the world.

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David teaches media arts and animation at San Marino High School, where his students won Silver and Bronze medals as part of the Los Angeles County Regional Occupational Program (LACOROP) annual competitions.

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If I might take this one step further, through film, television, digital media, theater and animation, we know that we have in our hands some of the most powerful tools and platforms in history for creating and delivering stories to the widest possible audiences around the world.

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It is just as important to infuse this ideal and goal into narrative film, animation, digital media, television and theater classes (whether mainstream or independent) as much as for documentary classes, an area often thought of as the primary domain for social impact filmmaking.

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And, with technology as the game changer as to how we can create and deliver our stories over a multitude of platforms not dependent, anymore, on big money, we can help a wide, diverse array of students develop into the kind of artists and scholars who can make a difference whether through mainstream or indie films, television, animation, digital media, DYI platforms, interactive games, experimental theater or Broadway.

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On Friday, coinciding with the U.S.-China film deal, DreamWorks Animation announced a joint venture with China Media Capital (CMC) and two other Chinese companies to establish a China-focused family entertainment company, Oriental DreamWorks.

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The company has already landed direct content licensing agreements with the world's leading studios, content creators and distributors including DreamWorks Animation, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Relativity Media, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros.

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The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is proposing a test to identify "culturally British" games and animation which would qualify for the break.

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