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‘Dead All Along’ is also screening tonight at the UCLA Animation Prom as part of the 2010 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work. The special guest will be Randy Cartwright (The Princess and the Frog, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast). Animation Prom is the festival screening the work from the UCLA Animation Workshop within the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

‘Dead All Along’ is the title track from Ceri Frost’s debut album CUI.

The screening is at the James Bridges Theater on the UCLA campus, at 7:30pm, Saturday June 5th.

Big thank you to Jenny Sherman and the Animation Students Organization (ASO) for all their hard work and effort to organize Prom <3

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‘Dead All Along’ has the wonderful honor of screening tomorrow night, on the opening night of the 2010 UCLA Festival of New Creative Work. The special guest will be Director Joe Russo (You, Me & Dupree, Arrested Development). I’m a huge fan of Arrested Development, so I’m really excited that Joe Russo is our guest :)

‘Dead All Along’ is the title track from Ceri Frost’s debut album CUI.

The screening is at the James Bridges Theater on the UCLA campus, at 7:30pm, Friday June 4th.

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The above is a still from one of the animated sequences I illustrated and animated for Jeffrey Blitz’s new documentary, Lucky. Lucky premiered at Sundance 2010. I was fortunate to work again as an animator and illustrator with Bill Barminski from Walter Robot on this production and it was also great working with Jeffrey Blitz. I found Jeffrey to be a very intelligent and challenging director. The sequences were animated in After Effects, with the illustrations drawn and colored/textured in photoshop.

The reviews of Lucky have been positive and it seems people also liked the animated sequences, as this review from Scott Weinberg testifies “with nifty animated interstitials full of interesting jackpot stats.” You can read Scott’s full review here:

http://www.cinematical.com/2010/01/27/sundance-review-lucky/

I’m excited to see the full film. Please leave a comment if you’ve seen the film and let me know what you thought, thanks.

Manifestations is screening at the Anchorage International Film Festival.

Thanks ever so much to Teresa Scott :)

Manifestations is screening agian this coming weekend at the 18th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival. Here are the details for the second screening.

Where: Tivoli Theatre, Animated Shorts Program 1
When: Sunday, Nov. 22, 9:30 p.m.
Link: http://www.cinemastlouis.org/2009/short_programs.html#sp10

Manifestations was created within the UCLA Animation Workshop at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Music by Ceri Frost

Manifestations is screening twice at the 18th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival. Here are the details for the first screening.

Where: Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Animated Shorts Program 1
When: Saturday, Nov. 14, 5 p.m
Link: http://www.cinemastlouis.org/2009/short_programs.html#sp10

Manifestations was created within the UCLA Animation Workshop at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Manifestations, my animated short film, is an official selection of the Rockport Film Festival. The RFF looks like an awesome fest – would love to visit Texas for this one (have never been to Texas). Below is the screening information.

When: Sat, Nov 7th at 7:30pm
Where: Main Street Arts, 902 E Main, Rockport, Texas 78382
Film Link: Manifestations, Rockport Film Festival, 2009

Big thanks to John Aasp and the rest of the Rockport Film Festival crew :)

Manifestations was made at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television

I’m really excited that Manifestations is screening at The Revenge of the Freakishly Short Animation Festival. The trailer is brilliant and it looks like an awesome fest. The fest includes such amazing films as David O’Reilly’s, ‘Please Say Something’ and Jake Armstrong’s, ‘The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!’ I would love to go to this.

Where: Akron Art Museum, Ohio
When: Thursday, Oct. 29th at 7pm and Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2:00pm
Site: http://www.akronfilm.com/

Thanks ever so much to Steve Felix :)

Manifestations was made at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television

‘Manifestations – An Animated Tale of Love’ is screening at The Other Venice Film festival, here in Los Angeles, Oct 15-18th.

When: Sunday, October 18th in the 2:30pm to 4pm, ‘Abra-Cadavers’ Shorts Block #3
Where: Beyond Baroque Theater, 681 Venice Blvd Venice, CA 90291

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This should be a great fest and I’m really excited as ‘Manifestations’ is playing in the ‘Abra-Cadavers’ Shorts Block #3 which features Tim Burton’s, ‘Vincent’ short.

Music by Ceri Frost
Manifestations was made at the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television

Manifestations is screening tomorrow, Sunday, September 27th at the Galaxy 12 Theater as part of the awesome California International Animation Festival (CalAniFest) 2009. Manifestations will screen in the 1pm to 2pm slot. To find out more about the festival and for ticket information, visit this link: http://www.calanifest.com/index.html

Manifestations is an animated tale of love in which Mr. Chip seeks anime love in a psychedelic, ever-morphing virtual world. Music by Welsh Composer Ceri Frost

The California International Animation Festival is an excellent fest that “is dedicated to a recognition that animation, gaming and filmmaking are not separate businesses, but fingers on the same hand.” If anyone is in the Modesto/Riverside area tomorrow I urge you to go and support the California International Animation Festival.

Thanks to Dr. George A. Baker and Louise E. Baker.

Additionally, if anyone sees Manifestations at the festival, please leave a comment to let me know what you thought. Thanks!