Category: Artistic
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Kinetic Text: “Whisper”
The idea for this project originated around a small entre-acte on a Regina Spektor album: a short whispered dialogue between Regina and a younger girl, the track is called “Whisper”. I thought it would be charming to animate this dialogue, using kinetic text and motion graphics in After Effects. Since the theme is about waiting and…
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Artistic: Cinemagraphs
Many years ago, I took a certificate program at Emerson College. The classes I learned there really did give me a lot of new skills, particularly with motion graphics and editing. One of the small lessons we did was about creating a cinemagraphs. Being a longtime Boston resident and public transit riders, one of my…
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After Effects Animation: Entity of Creation
This animation was all done in After Effects, utilizing kinetic texts and complex layers of images prepared in Photoshop. See production notes here.
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After Effects Animation: Reeling for the Empire
This is a main title sequence based on a short story by Karen Russel, in which Japan’s Meiji-era silk industry exploits women in a very surreal and disturbing way. In this main title sequence, I wanted to establish a sense of place, time, characters, and an unsettling mystery. As the art director, I took several things…
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Video collage: Troubadour
Assembled with pieces of footage from European travels, this video collage pays homage to the memory of musician Owain Phyfe, and to the legacy of medieval troubadours. Read the full production notes here.
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Vida: a musical journey
This concept album, inspired by the work of medieval troubadours, combines spoken word and underscore to tell a story of love. See full details, including historical references, here. This was truly a labor of love for me. I wrote, recorded, and edited it over the course of several years during a time when I was…