Student Work
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Digital Rotoscope Animation
demo reel - 1 min best with sound
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This multipart project builds on the previous 'digital painting lithophane' project into a moving animation. Students learned about the history of frame animation as well as the hands on technical skills to produce their own work. Students learn the basic workflow of capturing live video, editing, and then drawing over each frame. This coincided with relevant readings and discussion about the technologies involved including the ethical and environmental impacts, development of students creative voices using the technology, and introduction to artists working in the same medium.
AI Image Digital Collage - Vector animation
demo reel - 1 min best with sound
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In a project for my digital Images course at Vassar, I introduced students to the newest Artificial Intelligence text-to-image generators called “Midjourney”.
I then asked students to use the image generator to create the source material for a digital collage. We then learned how to animate their collage using Adobe Animate software.
This led to a productive discussion around AI, authorship, and the future of human creativity while also revealing to them the limitations of these new digital tools. This somewhat simple project gave the opportunity to teach students about how AI systems work, and the predominant theories being developed in response. It also taught students a working skillset with the software MidJourney, Adobe photoshop, and Adobe Animate.
Digital Film making
Columbia University and CUNY Guttman Community College
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Here are examples of two similar courses taught in different settings. At Columbia we had access to equipment and computers. These were not available at Guttman, but students still could learn the creative process behind film making.
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Students wrote scripts, learned the fundamentals of cinematography, and learned editing and motion graphics.