An incredibly thoughtful video. There are certain historical moments in our history that deserve to be remembered and reiterated, so I was honored and cautious when the UT professors decided to incorporate September 11th, 2001 into this video about understanding the context of any given work. They found it important to teach on multiple levels, not only […]
Working with the English professors at the University of Texas was a great joy that resulted in some work that we’re all very proud to have our names on. The first of which started with The Oxford English Dictionary, what it is and how to use it. No better way to test our creativity than making a video […]
There is no quick or certain path to creating a documentary video for a public university on a topic as sensitive as race. A great deal of deliberation, rewriting, and editing took place as we (the professors and myself) tried to hone the message and the best images/animations to accompany the voiceover. My favorite moment came […]
This is part of a series of documentary videos I filmed for the University of Texas’ Department of English. This video tackled annotating in a book (the why, the how, etc). I had a great time working on this because it largely was a physical production and I was excited to incorporate these animations into […]
I directed a video for Demand Media as part of their video R&D testing out new formats. This one was aimed at taking more of an Alton Brown tone, but with a bit more visual flourish. The 3D egg diagram section at the beginning was done by Joe Howes at FolderingRain.com, he’s great to work with […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vknBw7mPDwM Had fun making this animation for Livestrong.com’s Apple Watch app. The Livestrong team scripted/recorded the dialog and allowed me to kinda go with the flow and create the animation, and the result is below!
I had an old client who needed some animations done for their new auto insurance website. They provided the cutout images and asked if I would animate them based on their audio scripts, and do the voiceover as well. Oh, and there were over 20 of these to do, which ended up being over an hour’s worth of […]
I’ve been working with The University of Texas’ English Department to create some videos as curriculum aids. This first video illustrates a 6-step process to help students critically read literature. It runs longer than I’d certainly wish, but it still manages to flow rather well. To help maintain engagement we put most of the budget […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwSffNPZuP0 “I respect the audience’s intelligence a lot, and that’s why I don’t try to go for the lowest common denominator.” – Spike Lee I’ve been wanting to do a video utilizing photos for a while now. I wanted to experiment with breaking the images apart and manipulating them for dramatic effect, so […]
“I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn’t go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action is.” – Don Bluth This was an unexpected project that came at the last minute and was ultimately executed from script & storyboard to final render in […]
“Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.” – Hayao Miyazaki I did the post-production work on this for Demand Media’s new division that is based out of Ireland and geared towards a developing online market. Working with their marketing department’s point-man, he handed me footage to edit […]
“I love bringing the inanimate object to life.” – John Lasseter An animation created from scratch using Illustrator to create the assets and importing them into After Effects to animate them. One of the things I’ve picked up from doing animations is that the best way to begin is with the actual voiceover. […]
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” – Walt Disney This is an animation for political blog Dawn of the Weak, lots of kinetic typography and whizzing sound effects. Keeping engagement for a topic like politics can be challenging, so as with most online video it’s best to follow the practice […]
“The fact is, you don’t know what directing is until the sun is setting and you’ve got to get five shots and you’re only going to get two.” – David Fincher I directed this fan-based political ad for political blog Dawn of the Weak. This was my very first time wielding a camera and […]
This one is a little embarrassing to post, it’s like showing your first drawing that mom put on the fridge door. This represents the very first time I ever touched Adobe After Effects. This alo represents another collaboration with Elissa at snaggletoothstudios.com where we were contracted to make a video explaining BunchMonkey’s business model to prospective partners. […]
“Anybody with artistic ambitions is always trying to reconnect with the way they saw things as a child.” – Tim Burton “Brewhaha” is a short I produced alongside Elissa, whom I frequently collaborate with since she is awesome with makeup, painting and other crafty things such as creating all of these tiny props […]