Sunday, September 16, 2007

Computer Animations and Other Videos

For 13 years (1983-1996) I worked as a Computer Animator and Video Producer for Sprint. These 4 short videos are just a small selection of the hundreds of projects I worked on.

(The videos were digitized from VHS, so they lose a little detail. Plus converting them for YouTube has inadvertently pixilated the beginning few frames.)



Animation Demo (2:32)
This first video shows many animations I created for a variety of projects. I also directed the editing of this demo tape.





Animation Samples (0:59)
Here are a couple more of my animations that I liked. I don't remember why they weren't included in the demo.

The snow globe animation was eventually turned into a lenticular Sprint Fon Card.





Technology Room Video (1:58)
This is an edited excerpt from a complex project I produced, directed and animated. It was a 20 minute video created specifically for a technology demonstration room, and was projected onto 3 screens from 3 synchronized laserdiscs. Try to imagine that you're watching this presentation on a 3 foot by 12 foot screen.





Live-Action Videos (2:17)
Here are a couple more live-action videos I directed for Sprint. I also created most of the animated graphics.

The first segment was shot above a large green screen that the actors walked on - I created the rest of the "store" with computer graphics.

The second segment was a video to be shown to Muriel Kauffman in hopes of getting a donation to restore Union Station.

The last video featured a live Mariachi band