The Dead Man and the Lawyer

April 4th, 2011


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Written by Jennifer Tsuei, Celeste Den as the Lawyer. The Dead Man was animated using motion-capture data from a Kinect camera…to learn more about how this was done, look here.

format: HD video
software: OSCeleton, Oscar, Flash, After Effects, Audition, Final Cut
hardware: Kinect
Toronto, 2010.

Arachnye

December 6th, 2010


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Made in Processing; music by Meg Schedel

format: HD video
software: Processing, Max/MSP/Jitter, After Effects
Toronto, 2010.

Traffic Flow II

November 16th, 2010


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Created by running television static through a Painter script continually for three months, gradually drawing fantastic patterns and colors out of random noise. Commissioned by TAIS as part of the Eleven in Motion series, based on the paintings of Oscar Cahén.

format: HD video
software: Painter, Max/MSP/Jitter, After Effects
Toronto, 2010.

Neighbourhood Watch

October 23rd, 2010


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It’s very rude to stare! Experimenting with my new Canon video DSLR…

format: HD video
software: After Effects, Flash
Toronto, 2010.

Falling Into Place

July 14th, 2009


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Particle experiment with composer Carmen Rizzo, using footage shot at the Toronto Zoo and Centre Island.

format: realtime animation
software: After Effects
Toronto, 2009.

We Are Now Starting Our Descent

July 1st, 2009


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A mostly true story about bugs.

format: SD video
software: Flash, AfterEffects, Painter, Audition
Toronto, 2009.

The Orange

March 6th, 2009


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Suddenly, a humble citrus fruit is granted absolute power over the universe. From a story by Benjamin Rosenbaum.

format: HD video
software: Flash, AfterEffects, Final Cut, Audition
Toronto, 2009.

Screened at SXSW 2010. (jury prize, Best Animated Short)

Conan vs. Bear

January 17th, 2009


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Jessica Delfino is back with a helpful survival guide for those scary bear- and celebrity-infested woods…

format: HD video
software: Flash, AfterEffects, Final Cut, Audition
Toronto, 2009.

Trebuchet

September 2nd, 2008

Trebuchet
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Another data transcoding experiment with composer Daniel Hindmarch.

format: realtime animation
software: Jitter, PD
Toronto, 2008.

Seismograph

May 2nd, 2007

Seismograph
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Here’s a data transcoding idea created with Christina McPhee.

format: realtime animation
software: Jitter
Amsterdam, 2007.