spring 2017

Welcome back, everyone. Let's make some original films everyone will want to watch many more times than once!

Junior, Sophomore Animation Screening, Spring 2016

End of the semester, end of the school year...it all leads up to this! We trundle off to Connelly on Thursday evening to see all of the work (junior, sophomore, and possibly freshman) that was done this spring - variety, raw effort, shining moments, blood, sweat, tears...and more. This is your reward for learning, for being stubborn and sticking it out to the end, your reward for hard work, so come down and share in the euphoria of finals week. Everyone's "running on fumes" - there's no audience like a delirious one. Before you know it it will be summer, and we'll be jumping into lakes, working in retail selling clothes or washing dishes, maybe interning, and, probably, playing video games. But right now, you're tired, grumpy, and frazzled - a good experience, out-of-the-ordinary, not your everyday First World boredom.

Cherish these extreme moments, when you're fully alive even though you might wish you were finally asleep.

UArts Spring 2016
Junior & Sophomore Animation Screening
Thursday, April 28th, 7pm
Connelly Auditorium, Terra Building, 8th floor.
Free & open to the public.

Jr F15 blog links

Alyssa Currey "Pearl": Surprises will catch up to you.

 Ryan Gadea "Skeetman On the Run":

Arthur Harris-Eze "Moving Out":

Guia Longasa "Mix In-between":

Patrick Luong "Daddy's Home":

Haley Monson "Useless Creatures": a four, floppy-fingered creature looking for friendship

Samantha Oneto "Untitled":

Christina Palomino: "Untitled":

Andrea Saldutti "Untitled":

Beau Um "Family": Live cannot be revived once it is lost, but it can begin anew.

"cell phone" storyboards

below, as an example, are 20 of the storyboard panels for "Cell Phone," an animated short I made in 2009:

FIlms Posted Online

The semester is over, the films have been screened, and here are the ones that I've been able to find posted by their authors (so far):



"Flower" by Meghan Luna

"Light" by Cynthia Membreno


"Aluminatty" by Greg Wasdyke

Junior & Sophomore Screening, May 5th, 2015

 The show is over! An enthusiastic and excited crowd, happily anxious animators, work with verve and variety, and now (aside from whatever assignments may still be lingering) the prospect of the freedom of summer...whew!

Good job, everyone!

 Phil & Cat, seniors more relaxed, now.














Ra'shon, James, Mee, & Tim, after show chit-chat.

Zach & Karl, in earnest discussion.

Seniors in the balcony.

 Ra'shon & Tim, basking in relief.

 Holly, Meghan, and Mee.

 Karl surrounded by McMullens.

Seniors in the balcony once again.

Day of Reckoning

seniors (mostly), post-screening

The seniors are done, their pieces screened, and now they can relax and finally let go of all the tension that's built up over the past several weeks (if not much longer). Now it's the juniors (you guys) turn to sweat out the final moments before putting your work in front of a live audience.

One final blog post on the blogs to articulate what your thoughts and feelings about this entire process have been - what went right, what you found out about organization, time management, outside critique, and, of course, your content. This moment only happens once per project, so make this post a record of what you feel just before completion.

Good work, everyone, and good luck at tomorrow's screening!

Chris 

Dre has two finals to hand in: Junior Animation and Animation Principles. And yet he is still awake.

Andrew is looking thrilled at the prospect of some remaining coloring.

James, not fully awake.

...but coming to life for the camera!

Tim, tired but conscious. But not for long...

Dre's Animation Principles final, still on the board.

Meghan, organized and ready for the show.

Greg, ready for a big nap.

Ra'shon, smiling gamely in spite of final coloring left to do.

Greg's station.

Mee, coloring to the bitter end!

 Chris, final adjustments.