stop motion shorts

A few shorts and homework exercises I did in my stop motion class this semester:


CHALK THING from Marcie LaCerte on Vimeo.


Stratacut from Marcie LaCerte on Vimeo.


clay head expression (liveliness) from Marcie LaCerte on Vimeo.

Independent Study: A Compilation

I did an independent study this semester with my school's resident experimental animator. I completed three projects, though I consider my stop-motion final my fourth project because I spent sooooo much time on it. I wrote a bit about my process and inspiration on another blog, because my teacher was actually in Belgium for most of the semester, and yes he did read all of these posts, and yes I did do this for credit. I'm embarrassed too. Ok cool anyway here are the following animations I did, in order of creation:


手水 (16mm film) from Marcie LaCerte on Vimeo.


24 Frames On A Windy Bridge from Marcie LaCerte on Vimeo.


The Little Ships from Marcie LaCerte on Vimeo.

Storyboard

I took storyboard this semester, and though I got off to a bad start (in that I didn't turn anything in because I was too lazy), I think I made somewhat of a breakthrough, and the technical aspects I learned have helped me a lot. So, here are my two favorite storyboards. To make it interesting for myself, I made them extremely ridiculous and a bit NSFW. (You have been warned.)

The teens at my internship really love the cereal one. I was insecure about showing it, but the instructor really wanted me to (god bless her), and when I expressed this insecurity to one of the students, she was like, "We are the 'Shrek is love, Shrek is life' generation, and nothing scares us," and I was like, tru.

ANYWAY HERE:

The Tragedy of Heloise and Abelard (in progress animatic) from Marcie LaCerte on Vimeo.

cereal commercial animatic from Marcie LaCerte on Vimeo.