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The Bars + Tone Experiment Raleigh, NC

The Bars & Tone Experiment is a series of five short experimental films with soundtracks by local bands.
Experiment 002 - The film combines still images of birds to create motion pictures through persistence of vision.Experiment 002 features the music of Wembley from Hillsborough / Durham / Raleigh. http://www.myspace.com/wembleystadium

Experiment 003 - The main characters in this stop motion animation are pieces of wire that dance over changing backgrounds. Experiment 003 features the music of The Octobers from Raleigh. http://www.myspace.com/octobers

Economic Sense Raleigh, NC

Husband and wife, their two children, and the husband’s parents share a modern American home life. But times are always changing, and so is the economy! And even the most nuclear of families must adapt. This is the story of one such restructuring, executed when the family sits down for the routine family meeting.

Directed and written by Rob Underhill, DOP Aravind Ragupathi, music by Wes Allen, starring Jason Caselli, Bob Barr, Shelby Spillers an Joan Schuermeyer.

Benchwarmers Raleigh, NC
You forget what it’s like to play the field, when you’ve been sitting the bench a long time.

Directed and written by Rob Underhill, DOP Aravind Ragupathi, starring Elizabeth Moore and Jeremy England Morris.

untitled (goat) Houston, Texas
Set in a post-apocalyptic landscape, a petting zoo goat morphs into the scene while an ominous presence off camera paces nearby.
All production (shooting, editing, sound) by the artist, Allison Hunter. http://www.allisonhunter.com

Chakra Prayer
Flipbook to Photoshop to Flash and 3D Studio Max. A journey through your chakras, using a Tantric map of symbols, shapes and colors, Buddhist Metta Prayers and Bija Mantras. A Moment of Mindfulness.
Lea Peace. http://ompeaceworksom.net

La Vita Del Pozzo Durham, NC
La Vita del Pozzo tells a story of a medieval well featured in Boccacio’s Decameron. An American tour guide and two Italian antique dealers reconstruct Boccacio’s story of infidelity, as documentary and scripted reenactments merge. The video was produced at the Accademia Dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy by Duke University and Davidson College students.
Course Instructors: Josh Gibson, Shambhavi Kaul. Filmmakers: Alex Ripley, Ian Howland, Jessica Dreyfus, Matt Tolson, and Nick Weisner. Cast: Christie MacDonald and Ben Bashinski.

NC State College of Design Raleigh, NC
Selected animations from the Art+Design program at NC State University, College of Design.

A Boy Creates Raleigh, NC
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