The legendary journey of American basketball player Kobe Bean Bryant from a boy to a superstar in Los Angeles Lakers .
animation short film "Dear Basketball" is an order of crude sketch for the style of animation clips, duration over 5 minutes, from the spring of 2016 began to enter the production cycle, which lasted eight months, Kobe Bryant and Hollywood master animation director Glen · A small project that Keane collaborated with. At the beginning, both parties never thought that this work would win an Oscar. The main purpose of making it was to broadcast it at the end of 2017 at the Lakers' home stadium where Kobe's jersey retired ceremony was held.
The short film was inspired by Kobe at the end of 2015, announcing that he would retire at the end of the next season, and published a long article of the same name on social networking sites, articles and later animation short films, all about Kobe’s growth from a boy to a basketball superstar. Inspirational story. Kobe served as a screenwriter and producer in the production process, and recorded a self-narration for the short film.
Dear Basketball original:
Dear Basketball,
From the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks And shooting imaginary Game-winning shots In the Great Western Forum I knew one thing was real:
I fell in love with you. A love so deep I gave you my all — From my mind & body To my spirit & soul. As a six-year-old boy Deeply in love with you I never saw the end of the tunnel. I only saw myself Running out of one. And so I ran. I ran up and down every court After every loose ball for you. You asked for my hustle I gave you my heart Because it came with so much more. I played through the sweat and hurt Not because challenge called me But because YOU called me. I did everything for YOU Because that's what you do When someone makes you feel as Alive as you've made me feel. You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream And I'll always love you for it. But I can't love you obsessively for much longer. This season is all I have left to give.My heart can take the pounding My mind can handle the grind But my body knows it's time to say goodbye. And that's OK. I'm ready to let you go. I want you to know now So we both can savor every moment we have left together. The good and the bad. We have given each other All that we have. And we both know, no matter what I do next I'll always be that kid With the rolled up socks Garbage can in the corner :05 seconds on the clockBall in my hands. 5… 4… 3… 2… 1
Love you always, Kobe
Ever since I rolled my father’s cylinder socks into a ball, I began to imagine myself in the Great Western Forum Arena (the Great Western Forum Arena was originally one of the NBA stadiums, and it was the Los Angeles Lakers from 1967 to 1999. At home, it's also the Lakers' longest used home court) When I made those winning goals, I knew exactly one thing:
I am deeply in love with you. Deeply in love, I dedicate everything for you-from my heart and body to my spirit and soul. When I was six years old, I fell in love with a leaping ball, but I never saw a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. I only saw myself running with all my strength in the tunnel. So I keep running. I ran back and forth on the court, chasing every floor ball for you, and you yearn for my fight, I will give you all your body and mind, because there is so much in between. I played with pain and sweat, not because the "challenge" called me, but because you called me. Everything I do is for you, because you can make a person feel a sense of life. You gave a six-year-old boy his Lakers dream, and I will love you forever because of it. But now I can no longer continue to be crazy about you like this, this season, I have devoted all of it. My heart can still withstand the hardship, and my mentality can still handle the hardship. But my body already knows that it's time to say goodbye. It's okay, it's okay. I am ready to let you go. I hope you know now so that we can enjoy every moment in the remaining time. For the good and the bad, we have given everything we have. We all know that no matter what I will do next. I will always be the kid who rolls socks into a ball, looks at the trash can in the corner and dreams of basketball. "5 seconds left!" 5 4 3 2 1
Love you forever, Kobe
