Bodie Landscape by Ivan Sayon
“Find” by Yifu Zhou
“Transitions” by Joanna Barondess

"Transitions" by Joanna Barondess. A focus on movement through dance and how that movement can transform into something new. Transitions was animated in Flash and colored in Photoshop.
“Simsiki” by Nesli Erten

"Simsiki" animation and music by Nesli Erten. Made in Adobe After Effect, Premiere, and Audition.
Bodie Landscape by Joanna Barondess
Bodie Landscape by Erin Shea
“Playtime” by LaMar Ford
“The Dark and the Light” by Robert Calcagno
“AniWorld” by Sijia Huang

"AniWorld" by Sijia Huang. I made this film for the Expanded Animation final. The combination of very flat two dimensional images to the three dimensional world is my original idea. And the effects of the 3D come from the visor of MAYA.
“Medical Adventure Power!!” by Josh Weisbrod

"Medical Adventure Power!" by Josh Weisbrod. It's not just a story about diagnosis with Crohn's disease-- it's Medical Adventure Power!! Be there at the colonoscopy! Be there at the very moment of diagnosis! Be there for lunch, but be careful what you eat! Techniques: 2D Animation, 3D Animation
“Flower” by Simo Liu

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Hye Jung Park
2016, BA

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Richard Weinberg, Ph.D., is a research associate professor in DADA at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He earned a B.S. in computer science and psychology at Cornell University, an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science from the University of Minnesota, and received their Computer Science and Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2003. Prior to joining USC, he developed computer graphics software for tropical storm analysis at Control Data, produced 3D computer animation sof

Richard Weinberg
Research Associate Professor

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