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The Marsh, Joshua Gramse
The Marsh, Joshua Gramse
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A descriptive narration of a project to create a short 2-D/3-D computer animated film, "The Marsh." The film is a non-character-based narrative progression showing a marsh during three phases of human history. Includes original thesis proposal, original storyboard, color stills, and the original poem that inspired the film.
Food Chain, Eunsoo Kim
Food Chain, Eunsoo Kim
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A descriptive narration of a project to create a 3-D computer animated film, "Food Chain," about a greedy man who lives on an island. He enslaves a bird to catch fish for him, but he catches more than he bargained for. Includes original proposal and revised story, original and revised storyboards, and color stills.
Let Sleeping Turtles Lie, Jason Jarvis
Let Sleeping Turtles Lie, Jason Jarvis
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A descriptive narration of a project to create an animation movie: Let Sleeping Turtles Lie. Includes original thesis proposal, script, original storyboard, and screen shots.
Three Stories Toward Creation, Rodrigo Gomez Claros
Three Stories Toward Creation, Rodrigo Gomez Claros
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A descriptive narration of a project to create a computer animated film in both 2-D and 3-D, "Three Stories toward Creation," which depicts three stages of Latin American civilization. The film consists of three episodes: Bachué, a creation myth of the Chibcha people; Broken Pot, which depicts the coming of the Conquistadors, whom many of the native peoples mistook for gods; and Cross of Gold, a symbolic sequence which represents the blending of the Spanish and native cultures. Includes original thesis proposal, storyboards, and still images from the film.
Intelligent Life, Jeff Spoonhower
True Nature, Thawatpong Tangsajjapoj
True Nature, Thawatpong Tangsajjapoj
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A descriptive narration of a project to create a 2-D computer animated film, "True nature," featuring an architect who discovers his true nature as an artist when he receives a pencil as a gift. The artistic style changes throughout the film. The first part is Cubist-inspired and depicts a village drawn in geometric shapes and straight lines; the second part is Fauvist-inspired and features the main character's journey of imagination after a girl hands him a pencil. The third part combines natural shapes with some geometric ones and features the artist returning to his village and redrawing it in more …
Danny, George Zimmet
Danny, George Zimmet
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A descriptive narration of a project to create a 3-D computer animated film, "Danny," about a character loosely based on the artist's own younger brother as a child. Like the artist's brother, Danny is cute but destructive. The Danny of the film assembles a robot from household objects. The robot obeys his commands, but when Danny orders the robot to "attack" his toy soldiers, the robot goes berserk, destroying much of Danny's room. It is only when his mother walks in that the robot falls apart. Includes original thesis proposal, original storyboard, color prints of stills from the film, and …
Inspiration, Yu-Chen Hsieh
Inspiration, Yu-Chen Hsieh
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A descriptive narration of a project to create a 3-D computer animated film, "Inspiration," about a painter who is disappointed with the dull still-lifes he is producing, until a grasshopper alights on his painting and gives him inspiration. Includes original proposal, original storyboard, color images from the film, and composer credit.