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TITLE: Phil Tippett and Go Motion: Pioneering Stop Motion Animation
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: This is a video essay about Phil Tippett, the pioneer of the stop motion animation technique “go motion” in the United States. I talked about the films he worked on, what go motion is, and how stop motion technology is used today.

TITLE: Autumn
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: I really miss the fall colors from my hometown, so I created a short composition inspired by autumn for this project. I used the rotoscope utility in the Mocha plugin to create animations for the leaves and other assets, like making the wreath appear to be reflecting off the water. I got the clipart and music from pixabay.com.

TITLE: Faces
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: This project was due right after Halloween, so I thought it would be an interesting exercise to use the Mocha tracking feature to place scary images over different areas of footage. I got the assets from pixabay.com, then used the Mocha tracking utility to place the images over different parts of the footage. I then put a grain and a red tint over the entire composition to add extra scary effects.

TITLE: Tribute to Citizen Kane
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: The goal of this project was to replicate a scene from Citizen Kane using Adobe After Effects. I took a video of the back entrance of Plant Hall, then put a black and white filter over it. I then animated different ellipses over an image of a map of the United States for the second scene.

TITLE: Party Cats
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: For this project, I thought it would be interesting and fun to use clipart of party-related assets from pixabay.com and motion track them on top of footage of cats to make them look like they were at a party. I used the motion tracking feature in Adobe After Effects to track the assets to the cats and the background, then put music I also downloaded from pixabay.com over the entire composition.

TITLE: Experimental Animation Norman McLaren
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: The goal of this project was to observe the work of Norman McLaren and replicate it in Adobe After Effects. Being separated from loved ones by distance is something that I feel very personally in my own life, so I wanted to create that story with music and shapes, like the work of Norman McLaren.

TITLE: Personal Branding Animation
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: For this project, I animated text to create a sort of advertisement for myself and my work. I used masks on top of images and footage of my work. I wanted to create a composition that felt professional and that showed samples of my work for the possibility of future employers to look at.

TITLE: Experimental Animation
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: The goal of this project was to use experimental audio and animate shapes to match the beat of the music. I used a snippet of some of the audio provided in class, then tried to match the shapes and color changes to the music.

TITLE: Romeo
MEDIA: Adobe After Effects Composition
SOFTWARE: Adobe After Effects
HARDWARE: Microsoft Windows 11
SPECIFICATIONS: 1920x1080px, 24fps
CLASS: FMX 332-1
PROFESSOR: Javier Olarte
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 24
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: For this project, I wanted to create a short composition as a memorial of my cat that passed away in June of 2024. I used photos and videos of him along with happy, uplifting music to highlight the joy he brought to my life.