Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Shoah Updates
Some scenes I made recently. The walk cycle isn't complete--it will repeat, and the background move behind him. The spider scene will play with the concluding words.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
GGJ Creation GAIA GRAVITON with The Artists Formerly Known As The Artsy Hipster Gamers
So Jabril and I collaborated with The Artsy Hipster Gamers (a freshman interactive group) on a Global Game Jam Project. The Global Game Jam requires teams or individuals to create a game within 48 hours. This is what we came out with. In the game you play as this elephant-tree-force-of-nature-monster, who tramples the bleak concrete buildings to reveal beautiful green grass. However, as the monster you must avoid trampling the same ground twice. If you do, the grass becomes infertile dust, and you decrease your score. Even while worrying about not retracing your steps, you as the monster must avoid small red soldiers wielding swords. You must also terminate the blue hammer men who will attempt to rebuild the suburban jungle. To destroy both these hammer men and the red warriors, you can place your cursor over them and then click to kill. Green vines will rip from the ground and drag these poor souls through cracks and into the Earth.
Go here to see our game on the official Global Game Jam page, and please rate us favorably!
http://globalgamejam.org/2012/gaia-graviton
Had a lot of fun working with these guys! I'm really proud of our product, and can't wait to see what I can animate for them next time!
Also, some screen caps of the game for the bandwidth-challenged. Click for best view:
Friday, January 27, 2012
USC Science Film Freshman Victory
Andy Su (Scientific Consultant), Maria Raykova (Director), Mara Guevarra, Kayla Carlisle, Jabril Mack |
Some of us came over-dressed. |
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Shoah Foundation Film Progress
I'm working on an entry into USC's Shoah Foundation student film competition. The Shoah Foundation was founded by Steven Spielberg after making Schindler's List. During the filming of the movie, Spielberg was approached by many Holocaust survivors who needed to share their stories. He realized that if these stories were not recorded soon, they would be lost forever. The Shoah Foundation is based on the USC campus.
I'm collaborating with my friend Will Merrick on an entry for the annual film competition. I'll be animating, and he'll be editing. Right now all we have is big plans and the beginning art pieces I'll turn into the final animated scenes. The film will be a combination of animated sequences illustrating the stories of the Holocaust survivors, and clips of these survivors telling their stories.
Here is what we have so far:
A demo of an interview segment concerning the transportation of the Jewish people from the ghetto to Auschwitz.
I'm thinking on reusing this assignment from last semester to conclude.
A segment will be based off this photograph relating to one of the survivor's stories.
Only the eyes will move for this scene, and there will be shown the air coming from the nostrils.
So that's all for now! I'll update more as I get farther along. I'm hoping to use the song "Strangest Things" from Radical Face's album Ghost, which, for the record, is one of the most unique and imaginative albums of all time. Of course I need to write Ben Cooper first, and ask for his permission. It would be unbelievable if he said yes!
I'm collaborating with my friend Will Merrick on an entry for the annual film competition. I'll be animating, and he'll be editing. Right now all we have is big plans and the beginning art pieces I'll turn into the final animated scenes. The film will be a combination of animated sequences illustrating the stories of the Holocaust survivors, and clips of these survivors telling their stories.
Here is what we have so far:
A demo of an interview segment concerning the transportation of the Jewish people from the ghetto to Auschwitz.
I'm thinking on reusing this assignment from last semester to conclude.
A segment will be based off this photograph relating to one of the survivor's stories.
Only the eyes will move for this scene, and there will be shown the air coming from the nostrils.
So that's all for now! I'll update more as I get farther along. I'm hoping to use the song "Strangest Things" from Radical Face's album Ghost, which, for the record, is one of the most unique and imaginative albums of all time. Of course I need to write Ben Cooper first, and ask for his permission. It would be unbelievable if he said yes!
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