Finished Short Film

One Helluva Nightmare from Travis Drahozal on Vimeo.

My semester final for Spring 09. This was derived from my final the previous semester, which had less content and was lacking color and sound. This is mostly hand drawn 2D animation that was scanned and colored in Photoshop and compiled in After Effects. I wanted the Hell segment to be creepy and uncomfortable, which gave me a lot of freedom to experiment with animation techniques. There is some charcoal animation which was fun but hard to control. On the whole I wanted it to be an enjoyable yet visceral experience.

Emotion

Emotion from Travis Drahozal on Vimeo.

Weekly exercise putting a song to animation in attempt to evoke an emotion. I used a selection from John Williams' E.T.

Memory

Memory from Travis Drahozal on Vimeo.

Weekly exercise exploring memory.

Dreams

Dreams from Travis Drahozal on Vimeo.

Weekly exercise demonstrating how we perceive dreams. Lots of experimentation with this piece, fun and different.

Energy

Energy from Travis Drahozal on Vimeo.

Week long exercise demonstrating our interpretation of energy. All animated digitally in photoshop.

Rhythm

Rhythm from Travis Drahozal on Vimeo.

A more experimental piece, we were supposed to animate and showcase rhythm without any sound or music, representing it instead through timing, visuals, etc.

The Elements

The Elements from Travis Drahozal on Vimeo.

First exercise from my second semester- fire, smoke, and water.