The Animated Brotha from Another Mutha

Happy New Year, y’all! Ready tear the f*cking dance floor.

My reaction to every time I hear that damn song or see someone dancing to it. #TransporterRefueled #whip #naenae #film

Spent Friday night filming for an upcoming documentary short! #Dodgers #LA #Fireworks

I can't believe we are still waiting for a good video game adaptation. Well, the struggle continues. #video games #hitman #agent47

It's official. I finally moved on from USC School of Cinematic Arts! I will miss my time here.

More posts on my thesis film coming soon. 

It's been a while, but I'm finishing my last year at USC and my animated short. More to come soon. Happy Holidays!

It was a great class. My classmates and I learned a lot about setting up VFX shots and working with actors. All the given shots had challenges, which students have to tackle. For my shot, I had to film a giant interact with a little person. 

 This has been a journey. I finally completed my final project. I learned a ton about the cg workflow and how to incoporate it with live action. I'm glad I went through the process, but now I'm on to bigger things, my Thesis....

I have been working on this project since last semester, and I finally got to the rough layout stage. Still need to add more models, add lighting, and composite the final 35 second piece. In hindsight, I really underestimated the time to complete a CG short.

Synopsis: With the introduction of tablet devices in the technology industry, the computer industry is being revolutionized. Over the years, the convention has shifted from desktops to laptops, and now tablets while becoming evermore portable. But what if instead of making computers traditionally out of silicon, we went outside the box and made computers out of DNA? Although very unorthodox, it is still very much possible create a computer by applying fundamental computer science theory in the field of biology. This sort of interdisciplinary work is what Leonard Adleman worked on back in the 90s and also what we see today as researchers from UC Berkeley are stilling working to find a breakthrough that would allow DNA computing to be incorporated into our daily lives. Director/Animator: LaMar Ford Jr. Screenplay & Concept: Demi Nguyen & LaMar Ford Jr. Narrator: Robert Calcagno © 2013 University of Southern California. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

For more information on the USC Science Film Competition check out the link to the event: http://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=13234

Thanks. Nice to meet you too.

I made this film a year ago. Looking back, I didn't know any animation technique, I fought a cold with Robitussin and DayQuil, drunk a couple of beers, watched Breaking Bad for the first time, cursed at things not working when I was on the down shooter, cursed for my clumsiness, messed up my sleep cycle, slept in the cubicles for no apparent reason, stressed out on a number of occasions, I was full of grumpiness, and I didn't know how this thing was going to turn out.  In the end, WTF I was thinking?

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Previous Blog about the video shoot: http://lamarfordjr.tumblr.com/post/28188079320/you-are-on-my-mind-music-video-production-i