Dear Basketball

Dear Basketball (2017)

An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.

Date of release
2017-04-23
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (253)
Runtime
6m
Genres
Animation, History
Director
Glen Keane

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Dear Basketball is a 2017 American animated film written and narrated by Kobe Bryant and directed and animated by Glen Keane, with music by John Williams. It is based on a letter Bryant wrote for The Players' Tribune on November 29, 2015, announcing his retirement from basketball.

Production

Keane experimented with new techniques, like animating sweat. He laid a separate sheet over the drawing where a soft layer of graphite was added. By taking pictures with his iPhone and turn it into a negative, where the white turned black and vice versa, so it looked like sweat was running down the face. An eraser was then used to create highlights and reveal the skin underneath.

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