Dome 360 Event

This year the students in Digital Design at the University of Colorado created an amazing film for an event at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. A full dome film is a truly unique experience, it is not at all like IMAX, but is a totally immersive environment. Your entire field of vision and even things behind you are rendered, making an out of body experience truly possible.

The students worked on this film over the course of a semester, not just on the film itself but on promoting it as well. The event was a huge success, standing room only and their film turned out incredible. Hope to see it in other dome venues soon.

I've posted a link to a documentation of the project that the students create here.

Above are some stills from their movie: Greenit

All in all it was a really fun experience, a bit of work but well worth it to hear the reaction of the audience.

P.R. at 47th Ann Arbor Festival

My short (very short) animation will be screened opening night at the 47th Ann Arbor Film Festival on March 24 in Ann Arbor Michigan. I'm looking forward to heading up for the festival, it looks like some amazing films and animations.

Low cost Transport

Cool idea on Lowtech Magazine, a way to transport that is low cost, quiet and environmentally friendly.

Viral Marketing and Facebook

Interesting article about Facebook in the NY Times. What do you do when you have too many Facebook friends? I thought it was interesting too because the BK ad was the thing that instigated the story, so not only did BK get time on Facebook they also get a feature in the NY TImes that becomes one of the most emailed articles. A double-whopper for sure!

Best use of Thermo-reactive ink

An annual report that has to be baked to be read.

Sedona International Film Festival

Big week this week, not only getting back to school but I had my film "drop" in the SIFF, best of all I get to use these cool laurels!

And, Jane Franklin Dance will perform Indistinct Boundaries this Saturday at the Burke Theater at the Navy Memorial Heritage Center in DC.

That Indistinct Edge

This coming Saturday, Jan. 10 I will be premiering a new piece that I've been working on this fall with Jane Franklin Dance. We rehearsed the piece last Friday with the final animation and sound and I was really pleased with how it has turned out. The dancers and choreography is amazing when layered with video, I think it has a really nice feeling. Our goal with this piece is to blur the boundaries of the stage and the projection through layered imagery and the use of negative space.

The music is something I've been working on for a good amount of time and am very happy with how it sounds. The sound is highly processed, somewhat rhythmic and involves the use of low-frequency oscillators to drive panning, rhythm and white noise. This will be performed one night only, at the Woolly Mammoth Theater in Washington DC.