"Goldenberg and Schmuyle" - 2011

Goldenberg and Schmuyle - Spring 2011 from Carolyn Chrisman on Vimeo.

This version is edited to fit one screen, as the version for the performance was designed to fit 5 screens that surrounded the audience and the orchestra. Here is an example of what the theater looked like:

This is a view from above the audience in the projection booth. The two side-sails are not shown.

"Goldenberg and Schmuyle" odds and ends 2

The close-to final designs for Goldenberg and Schmuyle, going a different direction than the last ones. We narrowed the look down to Aramaic letters on paper with warm lighting.


Because the project was so hectic and new, there wasn't much time to develop the characters designs until the actual production:

"Goldenberg and Schmuyle" odds and ends 1

Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony commissioned a group of students at USC to create animated pieces to accompany the symphony's performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition at the new building's opening gala. I was given the opportunity to animate "Goldenberg and Schmuyle," one of the more character-based pieces in the series. Immediately I had some ideas for a conflict, as well as some preliminary designs.

The below designs were never used, as the piece was simplified and tweaked after a series of back-and-forth meetings between MTT, Michael Patterson, Candace Reckinger and myself.