Purpose Driven Animation

This is my PSA for Animation IV with Steve Gentile. This thirty second clip was made with the intention of having commercial potential. However, Instead of trying create a mock advertisement or bringing public awareness to a topical issue, I decided to adapt an ancient buddhist proverb. Bending the assignment a bit, gave me the perfect opportunity to illustrate this short story that I had in mind for a couple years prior. It stands as a philosophical antidote for instant zen (as the title indicates, there is a collection of these, one of the most popular being "the sound of one hand clapping.") This took months to produce which became exhausting. The point being to make as clear as possible a message for a general audience to understand. It was a challenge but from the start I had a sense of where I was going. It also helped that during production I was reading David Mamet's On Directing Film, which was largely influential in his approach to making a film "readable" by telling a story through shots.

Digital Illustrations 2011

These postcards are from my Digital Illustration class with Lisa Kennedy. The class is helping me get a lot better at photoshop.

Farewell

My final for Intro to Film and Video with Soon Mi Yoo. I got really interested in cinematography during the time I made this. The work of Raoul Coutard, Christopher Doyle, Vittorio Storaro and photographer William Eggleston were heavily influential and a great discovery. Much appreciation to Soon Mi for exposing me to such great artists.

My New Film!

My Final for Animation III with Steven Subotnick. The goal of this piece was to develop a story using a single line of dialog, "mother hand me the axe." We had about 5 weeks to complete the minute long short including the sound track, title and credits. The animation was created by charcoal pencil on paper, photographed, edited in Photoshop, then composited in After effects.

Stop Motion Final

My Final for Stop Motion with Flip Johnson.

16mm!

My first film using 16 mm Bolex. Edited entirely in camera. This was an adaptation of a Franz Kafka short story of the same name. This was assigned by Soon-Mi Yoo for Introduction to Film and Video.

NEW DRAWINGS!

Skull II. Ballpoint on Paper. 5" x 8" © 2010.

Sleeping with Insects. Ballpoint on Paper. 5" x 8" © 2010.