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Missouri State Student Films Being Screened At The Moxie

Steve Ole Olson — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:50:48 +0000

Sporky - Written directed and animated by Ross Story

From the Facebook event page for the evening: Moxie Cinema is excited to present a collection of short films from students in the Media, Journalism and Film Department at MSU. A portion of the night’s proceeds will help underwrite their scholarship in digital filmmaking.

The films to be shown are:

1. Overcome – 90 seconds – directed by Ben Bumgarner, animation by Matt Raithel & Nathanial Fuller, sound design by Doug Storm. A girl and robot face off for a game of one-on-one in this spec… commercial for the WNBA.

2. The Greasy Wrench – James Rutherford, animator, sound design and original music by: Anthony Ciston, Geoff Green, & Ryan Walther. A robot runs into a problem in a greasy spoon restaurant.

3. Tide of Dreams – 2:24 – Patrick Dunegan, Joe Protenic, Kevin Gates and Robert Rosener. An experimental film about a young man who’s followed throughout the city by his imagination.

4. Have You Ever Been There – 4:00 – county pop music video.

5. Pretend – 35:00 – written and directed by Doug Johnston, produced by Lydia Mann, sound design and original music by Daniel Kirkpatrick. A talented writer learns there’s more to life when he encounters his young nephew and the spirit that looks over the young boy.

6. The Creation Story – 1 ½ min — Daniel Quintanilla, Rodney Eddings, Phil Swope and Ben Pfeiffer. An experimental short about an artist and the process of visualizing an idea.

7. Mannequin – 5 min – written, directed and animated by Art Weisen, original music by Reed Roye. A David and Goliath inspired animation about a confrontation between two art-school mannequins.

8. Marble Rye – 12 min – directed by Max Rosen. The story of a woman who faces her fear of the world.

9. Cloud City Music video – 5 min – featuring the local band by the same name.

10. Sporky – 8 min – written, directed and animated by Ross Story, sound design by Mike Fieldson, original music by Baron Roberts. Animated film about a Spork who takes on a gang of bad guys led by Xacto.

11. Apollo – 40 min. — directed by Bryan Manning, original music and sound design by Jeffrey Brown, visual effects by Blaine Morehead. Visually stunning sci-fi story about a man searching for love on a dying planet.

Missouri State Animation Exhibition Friday April 9th

Steve Ole Olson — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 15:42:52 +0000

Sporky - Written directed and animated by Ross Story

The Computer Animation Graduating Artists are showing their senior projects April 9th at the Plaster Student Union theater. The artists include Rachael Norton, Matt Arnold, Simon Goodwin, Paul Drewitz and Gerald Leenerts. It’s always an amazing display and an excellent evening and with the HD upgrade the theater has undergone, it will match the theater going experience of any facility in Springfield.

What: Senior Animation Exhibition
When: Friday April 9, 2010
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Where: Plaster Theater
Missouri State University campus
Facebook event

Want an example? Check out Sporky.

Missouri State University Senior Animation Exhibition in April

Steve Ole Olson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:41:25 +0000

Sporky - Written directed and animated by Ross Story

What: Senior Animation Exhibition
When: Friday April 9, 2010
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Where: Plaster Theater
Missouri State University campus
Facebook event

Want an example? Check out Sporky.

Alma

Steve Ole Olson — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:39:45 +0000

Recently shown at the St Louis International Film Festival, hat tip to Jessica Brother’s for the pointer.

Alma is Rodrigo Blaas’ first short film as a director. Originally from Spain, Rodrigo Blaas has worked in animation for more than ten years, in Spain and in the United States.

Seizing the possibility of directing his first independent short film, Rodrigo Blaas asked some of the best artists in their field to take part in this independent project: French animator Bolhem Bouchiba, character designer Carlos Grangel and Sergio Pablos, ArtDirector Alfonso Blaas, music composer Mastretta and sound designer Tom Myers.

Written and Directed by
Rodrigo Blaas

Produced by
Cecile Hokes
Nina Rowan

Music
Mastretta

Art Director
Alfonso Blaas

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

Using Anime To Get Your Point Across

Steve Ole Olson — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:16:49 +0000

Business Week recently looked at a Japanese governmental body that chose to use Anime to break through the crowd and ensure their research was considered:

What’s the point of toiling on a report nobody will read? A few months ago, Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries Ministry tried something different. It hired Tokyo design studio Groovisions—a shop that has created visuals for MTV Japan—to make an animation short from a 62-page paper about the country’s worrisome dependence on food imports. At four minutes, Ensuring the Future of Food has become a minor YouTube (GOOG) hit.

Did they hit the mark? What tools are you using to get your message across to your clients?