How do you coax life out of thin air? Find out in this program dedicated entirely to the Magical Art of Animation.
Deng Long
Director: Yu-Heng Chiang | USA | 2 min. | Video | 2009
A Chinese man tries desperately to light an uncooperative lantern before daybreak.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: Maya.
Life On A Limb
Director: David Chai | USA | 6 min. | Video | 2008
Irreconcilable enemies, a tree and a lumberjack, are stuck in a waiting room together. Inevitably, conflict ensues. Will they end up burying the hatchet, or will they end up burying the hatchet?
Medium: Traditional 2D; software: Adobe Production Studio
Unbelievable Four
Director: Sukwon Shin & In Pyo Hong | USA | 4 min. | Video | 2009
An infamous team of superhero politicians takes preemptive action against hundreds of approaching Evil Spaceships but their plan backfires.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: Maya.
Deadline
Director: Bang-Yao Liu | USA | 2 min. | Video | 2009
While rushing to meet a deadline, a student’s wall literally comes alive in the form of thousands of Post-It notes.
Medium: live-action stopmotion.
The Enlightened Monk
Director: Emily Tse | USA | 2 min. | Video | 2009
A monk attempts to defeat a monster that attacks his town through his quick thinking.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: Maya.
Shuttle T-42
Director: Joon Hyung Kim | USA | 3 min. | Video | 2009
Shuttle T-42 crash lands on an unknown planet leaving young Jay and his mother stranded and helpless.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: Maya, Renderman
Emotions
Director: Kun-I Chang | USA | 2 min. | Video | 2009
Emotions is an animation excerpt from the documentary "Masizakhe” that explores the collective identity of South African activists through their ideologies and diverse initiatives.
Medium: live-action & motion graphics; software: AfterEffects
Subconscious
Director: Jason Chen | USA | 4 min. | Video | 2008
A newborn butterfly emerges from the darkest depths of sadness to begin a new life.
Medium: live-action stopmotion
Self Portrait
Director: Will Kim | USA | 3 min. | Video | 2009
‘Self Portrait’ is an animated film about an artist’s inspirations and tools that allow him to create a self-portrait of himself. This film deals with the filmmaker’s agony, inner struggles, and unity.
Medium: mixed media 2D; software: Photoshop, AfterEffects
The Soliloquist
Director: Kuang Pei Ma | USA | 6 min. | Video | 2008
A modern fable about the complications of loneliness, fantasy and illusions.
Medium: 2D + 3D; software: Photoshop, AfterEffects
The Veiled Commodity
Director: Dickson Chow & Vinh Chung | USA | 6 min. | Video | 2009
A film that employs various design and animation techniques to retell the history of slavery and the problems of its present day counterpart – human trafficking and the victimization of people around the world.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: AfterEffects, 3ds Max
Fear Of Change
Director: Kun-I Chang | USA | 2 min. | Video | 2009
(see Emotions above)
Confine(s)
Director: Makoto Yabuki | JAPAN | 3 min. | Video | 2007
A surreal mindtrip into the microscopic world of organic polygons.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: Maya
Keep Right
Director: Sun-woo Yang | USA | 8 min. | Video | 2008
Sunoki, a paranoiac has an adventure of a lifetime in the surreal world of a Korean subway station.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: Maya
VIOLA:The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant
Director: Shih-Ting Hung | USA | 9 min. | Video | 2008
On a stumble on slippery moss at the 4 o’clock bus stop, little giant Viola steps outside of her own world to reach out for an adventure. She is going to search for the true meaning of Loneliness.
Medium: mixed-media & live-action; software: AfterEffects
Kudan
Director: Taku Kimura | USA | 9 min. | Video | 2008
An uncommunicative man is transformed into a cow-bodied monster and learns a simple lesson about father & son love.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: Maya
Monster Coins
Director: Vance Yang | TAIWAN | 9 min. | 35mm | 2008
One night at school, two naughty kids discover a monster coin that when inserted, makes a monster appear from within a magical vending machine. He grants them a wish that they will never forget.
Medium: CGI 3D; software: Maya, Renderman
Articles Of War
Director: Daniel Kanemoto | USA | 12 min. | 35mm | 2008
A young American pilot fighting in 1944 writes what may be the final letter of his life, bearing his soul to the man who inspired him to enlist… his father, a stoic veteran of World War I.
Medium: 2D+3D; software: AfterEffects
Co-presented by:
Platt College
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