DreamWorks Animator Turns Home Videos of His Son Into Action Movies

Lights, camera, action! DreamWorks animator Daniel Hashimoto has made home videos of his son seem like riveting scenes from action movies — from his three-year-old James picking out a toy in a toy store that turns into a lightsaber to the youngster blasting off into outer space at a McDonald’s PlayPlace. According to Daniel Hashimoto’s description of his YouTube channel Action Movie Kid, the enhanced scenes are supposed to be reminders that “life is an adventure.”

(h/t The Huffington Post)

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