Dream Biggest - Final Class Iteration

Dream Biggest Second Iteration from Raj Brueggemann on Vimeo.

Here is my final project for Animation 300: a still-incomplete but slowly improving project that has pushed the limits of my technical skills and my ability to learn how to get out of my head and enter another. The tale, short but poignant, follows the story of Emma, confined in an apartment in a dystopia in which their lights get shut off by an autocratic government.

Crack final animation by Casey Brockette

Crack from Casey Brockette on Vimeo.

Final

Dog Years from Alexa Borromeo on Vimeo.

I changed it! Again. Which I regret doing last-minute but I'm glad I did; the last version of my final was just underwhelming and I like how this one turned out. There are a few sounds that I'm on the fence about, so I might go back later and see if I can find better ones.
This one is about a little spirit/ghost named Vince who breaks the light so he has to go get a new one.  Sorta half-inspired by "The Changing Light at Sandover" by James Merrill.

Animation Final

Final Final Animation!

Oh Animation Final Draft from So Ye Oh on Vimeo.

I am finally done with making my own longest animation. I have learned many animation skills through this class and became to love animation so much. I am not sure if animation is the field I want to jump into in the future, but I definitely want to learn and create more animations.
Based on the feedback I got from class, I fixed the animation. I do not think it is perfectly done, but I tried hard to make the best animation among the others I have made. With Final Cut Pro and Freesound.org, I listened to such many sound effects and did my best to choose perfect sounds for the video.
Since the silhouette world was too short, I added more scenes for it. Also, when the bird and the bunny fall down from the door at the beginning, the bird is too small compared to the last scene of the silhouette world. So, I added the scenes of the bird eating an apple and growing up. It was enjoyable to use Dragonframe again and to play again with shadows.
The only thing I am not sure about is the last part. I took a photo of the bunny standing on my drawer, and as one of my classmates advised, I tried to use motion blur in After Effects and to zoom in the rabbit. Then I thought it would end really clean, but when I zoomed in the bunny, it got blurred. I did not want the blurred ending for the video, so that is why I just left the ending as it is.
It is not a perfect animation, but I want everyone else to have fun watching it. The story does not make sense at all, but I hope that everyone enjoy the no-make-sense plot and the distinctive worlds which are done with different animation skills.

Do da dew doo. Dew da dew dew dew. Do da dew doo. Dew da dew dew doo It's the FINAL countdown!!!

The Smiler from Lauren League on Vimeo.

It took me a looooooooooooong time to do this, but I finally finished rotoscoping the whole thing. In this version, I have added music and removed the background from some of the running scenes, as Heidi Suggested. The music is an upbeat 50's style to contrast with the dark content of the video. I would consider myself successful in this if it gives you all the creeps, or at least makes you feel unsettled.