TYPE TO BEAT This is when I began to take elemnets and let them represent the different elements in a beat. I took a letter set from my design process class and planned out how I could rub them onto paper and time it to the beat. Letters represent the guitar, bass guitar, kick, snare and hi hat of the beat. My beat. All with stop-motion photos.

THESIS

TIMETABLES : view a 320x240 quicktime of my project   ABSTRACT : a quick overview of my project   DOCUMENTATION : download a pdf of my thesis document   PRECEDENTS : research on animators and filmmakers who have influenced my work

PRODUCTION

FOOTAGE LIBRARY : this is a list of stills that represent each piece of footage I collected   MUSIC PRODUCTION : a description of my sound design process   DJ CLOCKS : how I incorporated the idea of a dj that controls time

EXPERIMENTS

STOP-MOTION COLLAGE STRESS : sept 21 : first prototype : stop-motion based on the emotion of stress   TRAVEL NAVILLUS : oct 2 : testing camera movements through 3D to 2D animated environments   BEAT FACES : oct 5 : sequence of still photos of faces to music   TYPE TO BEAT : oct 14 : letter sets animate the drum pattern   FACIAL EXPRESSIONS : oct 19 : funny facial expressions synchronized to a beat   SYNCHROMY : oct 21 : inspired by norman mclaren's synchromy animation   TRAFFIC LIGHTS : nov 4 : time remapped footage of traffic lights to music   SUN BEAT : nov 9 : the rising and setting of the sun become the kick and the snare   BEATBOXIN FISH : nov 18 : i taught my goldfish how to beat box   PROTOTYPE : dec 11 : an example of what my thesis will look like

DANIEL JAMES SULLIVAN

THESIS HOME : the first page with the image at the top   DANIELS@PARSONS.EDU : hit me with some feedback