The final book.
For my senior thesis, I created an anthology of short video projects, exploring and experimenting with different motion design techniques. The focus of these projects was not to make "good art", but rather, to immerse myself in the creative impulse and further understand my creative process.
Each video is presented below, but you can also watch the whole enchilada in one fell swoop here:
Episode One: “Cool Party.”
Wallace and Gromit meets Weird Science: an homage to bizarre classics of stop-motion and corny '80s comedies.
A socially-awkward hippo endeavors to host a cool party, but is thwarted by the ice creature who lives in his fridge. Also features the musical stylings of Justin Timberlake.
Wallace and Gromit meets Weird Science: an homage to bizarre classics of stop-motion and corny '80s comedies.
A socially-awkward hippo endeavors to host a cool party, but is thwarted by the ice creature who lives in his fridge. Also features the musical stylings of Justin Timberlake.
Episode Two: “Pneumatic.”
Using hand-drawn charcoal animation, exploring the crushing weight of perfectionism, the knowledge of one's mortality, and the effects of months-long pneumonia.
Using hand-drawn charcoal animation, exploring the crushing weight of perfectionism, the knowledge of one's mortality, and the effects of months-long pneumonia.
Episode Three: “Wake Up!”
Appropriating advertising, infomercials, and other public domain footage from the Internet Archive to express the feeling of noise in the contemporary age (and how important it is to escape it).
Appropriating advertising, infomercials, and other public domain footage from the Internet Archive to express the feeling of noise in the contemporary age (and how important it is to escape it).
Episode Four: “Book.”
Set to the song "Book" by NYC post-punk band Gustaf, I applied mixed media animation to printed-out video, relinquishing control to my friends. They were allowed to move however they wanted, and those actions influenced the animation over my creative vision.
Set to the song "Book" by NYC post-punk band Gustaf, I applied mixed media animation to printed-out video, relinquishing control to my friends. They were allowed to move however they wanted, and those actions influenced the animation over my creative vision.
Episode Three: “Devolution”
Through a series of 225 gelli plate prints, I explored abstract animation and automatic creation. Each frame is a different print, and through repeating motifs and mark-making techniques, my creative process is visually expressed.
Through a series of 225 gelli plate prints, I explored abstract animation and automatic creation. Each frame is a different print, and through repeating motifs and mark-making techniques, my creative process is visually expressed.
In order to promote the project, I made a short trailer, showcasing clips from the process and the final videos, as well as posing the central theme and questions of the project.
An accompanying book documented the process behind the entire project. Book design is an area I had some experience in from my internship, so it was really fun to delve into it for a personal project!
