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.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
"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.
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.
"Evenfall" - Fall 2009
Evenfall - Fall 2009 from Carolyn Chrisman on Vimeo.
The final project for my visual music class, fall 2009. Animated in Flash and Photoshop, composited in After Effects. Animated over a period of 3 weeks total.* In 2010 it was accepted as a Regional Finalist in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's 37th Student Academy Awards for Animation
Music by Dave Volpe
"Evenfall" odds and ends
I love combining the median filter and glow filter in Photoshop, so I got the idea to make a short film to show them off.See the finished film here ~ LINK ~
Basically The characters were drawn with a thin white brush on an alpha channel, then a 1-5 median filter was applied, then the glow filter.
I didn't do much concept work on this one -- just dove right in. I was also animating Hacky Sack at the same time that I was animating Evenfall, so the faster I could get things done, the better.
"Hacky Sack" - Fall 2009
Hacky Sack - Fall 2009 from Carolyn Chrisman on Vimeo.
Animated in Flash, composited in After Effects.
"Hacky Sack" odds and ends
See the finished film here >>>> LINK <<<<
I wanted to try a very simple style for this project, with bold colors and shapes.
The final color palette
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
"The Painting Dragon" - Spring 2009
The Painting Dragon - Spring 2009 from Carolyn Chrisman on Vimeo.
A film for class, the requirement being that it be under the camera. I experimented a little by using markers -- so many markers! -- and then keying the paper out in After Effects. Anything to composite it together, I guess. It didn't turn out so well. Also, it was all animated in 1 week, over Spring break, and it shows.
"Paper and Line" - Fall 2008
A short for class. The requirement was for half of it to be under the camera, so I animated in paper and yarn, and the rest was in Photoshop. Yarn is surprisingly hard to animate smoothly...
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