SUN BEAT I shot footage of the sun rising and setting, each for approx. 45 mins to an hour. My intention, once again, was to give rhythm to something that you wouldn't expect to have it. The idea of speeding up or playing with the time of the sun ahs been done before, but the idea of using them as visual representations of elements in a drum kit is the new idea I'm after. Oh yeah, I was real lucky with the day I decided to shoot this, it was cold but the sunset was gorgeous.

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

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