Best-selling Author and Animator Has Donated to Spectrum Productions!

Jenny Story, author of Dysnomia: Outcasts On a Distant Moon has given us at Spectrum a great deal of support! She is a Vancouver FIlm School Graduate and an acclaimed animator, so she definitely understands what goes into filmmaking and she has donated $500!

She has also lived in Vernon, my hometown, for a great deal of her life. 

I got to interview her about how she found the studio and about her work!

Sierra: How did you find out about Spectrum Productions?

Jenny: I was introduced to Dan Ten Veen and Felipe Arasanz by Julia Boyle who is the Executive Producer of Autism BC through email. I had a nice zoom meeting with Felipe and Dan back in February who explained to me what Spectrum Productions is all about. And that is how I found out about Spectrum Productions.  

Sierra: Do you have a favourite Spectrum video you’ve watched?

Jenny: The Sweets with Pete videos are fun as I like to eat sweet treats. 

Sierra: What’s Dysnomia: Outcasts On a Distant Moon all about?

Jenny: It is about a strong and independent girl named Layla who has successfully become the first female to become Royal Commander of her hometown. A bad man Nilerm attacks the town and nobody knows why, so when Layla and her friends try to stop him, he traps them in a backhoe and drives them off a cliff. So you think they have died but they actually get stuck in this secret underground world. 

Sierra: I saw you have a second Dysnomia book coming out, can you reveal anything about that?

Jenny: The second book is the continuation of Layla and her adventures. Somebody important to her has been kidnapped and it is up to her and her friends to save the day. But as she goes to search for the missing person, it brings her back to an old familiar place, which makes her question the decisions that she’s made.

Sierra: How did you know you wanted to get into animation?

Jenny: Ever since I was a little girl, I have always loved animated movies and getting to watch some of the behind the scenes at the end of a VHS and see how they brought the world to life. I always thought that it was so cool how they made drawings of a character come alive and I always wanted to be a part of that.  

Sierra: Are you working on any new animation at the moment?  

Jenny: Yes, I actually am at the moment. I have been working on an animated short call Sparkles Loves Bacon which is about my dog who loves bacon and I hope to put it out online this year. I am also working on a script on my first book Dysnomia Outcast On A Distant Moon and plan to make it into an animated movie. 

Sierra: What was the worst and best part about living in Vernon? I’ll go first:

Worst: There’s too many tourists in the summer. Waaay too many. 

Best: It’s a really small and tight-knit city, and you can get anywhere in under 30 mins!

Jenny:

Worst: The bullying. The dry heat can be brutal sometimes too

Best: The quietness and beauty of Vernon, especially the beautiful lakes. I loved to swim a lot at the beaches.

“Ever since I was a little girl, I have always loved animated movies and getting to watch some of the behind the scenes at the end of a VHS and see how they brought the world to life.”

Big thanks to Jenny for helping our community!

Check out her work here.

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About the author

Sierra is a long-time producer at Spectrum and is a journalism student in British Columbia.