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Motion Graphics | Fixing the Roosevelt Island Animatic

The reworking of the video turned out okay.  I think the music really adds the right feeling.  I’m thinking of replacing some of the drawings with photographs.  It still needs a lot of work but it’s getting there.
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Motion Graphics | Final Concept

Story Boards and Style Sheet My inital concept for the final is a remapping of the Tibet House map I started as part of the 7in7 project from Major Studio last semester. The style board above sets the mood and below are a few screen cap of the buddha I am building in Maya. I [...]
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Metropia | An Interesting Looking Animation

Thursday, April 29, 6:30 p.m. Tribeca Film Festival and Apple The Apple Store, SoHo, is taking part in the Tribeca Film Festival for the sixth year in a row. To celebrate the spirit of independent film, they’re hosting dozens of free filmmaking events from April 23 to May 1. Grab a seat in the theater [...]
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Motion Graphics | Project 4 | PSA

Assignment #04 Make a public service announcement, NTSC D1 720 x 486, 20 sec or more. Use Typography and imagery to get your point across and music is a must!!! Make sure you have a pre – comp and parenting in the video. You can pick only one of the following causes: 1. Littering 2. [...]
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TheHead | Hand-Drawn Animated Short

This is so inspiring. Characters / Art / CompositionMatias Viglianoparquerama.comTraditional AnimationDante Zaballapodoboo.com.arSound DesignAriel Gandolfomyspace.com/vanorton
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Motion Graphics | Project 3 | Life

Make a video, NTSC D1 720 x 486, 20 sec or more, about one of the following: City Suburbia Body Life Death Celebrity Government Nature Science And say something about your chosen subject. Chose a media that you feel pertains to this topic. Include sound and or music. Use no less than 20 elements in your piece. Cosmonaut [...]
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Phillip the Safety Egg

Puny Entertainment and the sketch team Splendid Things paired up to create this 4-minute short titled Phillip the Safety Egg. It’s full of freshly cooked insanity like bacon bazookas and 100 foot tall chickens. The Flash-animated short was written and directed by Puny’s Mike Owens, developed by Puny boss Shad Petosky and Will Shepard. The [...]
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The Pomodoro Technique

I’m trying this time management technique. It worked pretty well for me all day today. I’ll keep using it when I have several projects going at the same time. Which is often. The basic unit of work in the Pomodoro Technique™ can be split in five simple steps: Choose a task to be accomplished Set [...]
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Motion Graphics | Rectangular vs. Square

There is a great deal of confusion about Pixel Aspect Ratio. Most of the time After Effects does a great job of mixing sources if you just leave things at the default settings. It’s only when you break the rules that you start to get into trouble. You have to know the rules so that [...]
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