November 2011
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Kinetic
Kinetic was created as an experiment in using the human body as a puppet for animation. The main idea for this project was to create an animation consisting of simple geometric forms that were animated completely without the use of manually set keyframes. With the help of local choreographer Julio Venzuela and the use of the Xbox Kinect and motion tracking software, we were able to choreograph...
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WatchStanley Kubrick’s film 2001: A Space Odyssey has always been a huge inspiration to me. The way Kubrick juxtaposes the past and the future in this film has always interested me. In this project I wanted to stay true to Kubrick’s style by working with select scenes from his film combining both a medium from the past and one from the present: hand-drawn animation and computer animation.
This...