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Back
in the dark days before video, my dad used to bring out his trusty old
Super-8 movie camera to capture holidays and precious family moments.
One day when
I was 11,
my dad showed me how to use the camera to shoot stop motion animation.
And so ended any chance of me having a normal childhood. Here are a few
shorts from later in my "stop motion" phase. Believe me, there are many,
many, many more... |
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Go
Phar Productions Logo
One
day a co-worker jokingly referred to my animated film ventures as "Go
Far" Productions. I thought, why not? This was my animated company
logo.
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33
West Program ID |
| 33
West was a weekly cable access show spotlighting local music. They
aired a few music videos I produced for a friend's band. I decided
they needed some MTV-type show IDs. This was the first one I made
for them. |
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33
West Program ID #2 |
| Captain
Caveman? Fred Flinstone's degenerate younger brother? No, this is
the second Program ID I made for 33 West. What can I say. I liked
animating dinosaurs. |
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Arctic
Ice Soda |
| Long
before the beer, there was Arctic Ice soft drink. Well, not really.
We made it up for a college advertising class project. This was our
fake TV spot. The rest of the class hated our group. |
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Bumblebee's
Command |
| I
was bored one week-end. so I decided to animate some of my Transformers.
In this adventure, Bumblebee has been given command of a remote base.
He must lead his troops to fight off an evil growling critter. |
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The
Palstar Adventure |
| Clips
from an unfinished sci-fi epic. The deep space tanker "Palstar" is
attacked by pirates, drained of fuel, and left adrift. The Space
Marines on board send a strike force to the pirate planet to steal
a ship. |
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College
Daze |
| Some
college students like to party. I liked animating giant stop motion
flies regurgitating on plastic soldiers. ASCAP please note, this
was just for fun, so please don't sue me for using copyrighted music. |
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Nickel
City Scene Program ID |
| Nickel
City Scene was my own local television show spotlighting regional
music. Here is a short program ID I animated that aired during our
first two seasons on CBS affiliate WIVB-TV. |
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The
Ark II |
| My
friend Mike and I made this film in 7th grade. At the time, we really
did have a wooden clubhouse we planned to turn into a space
craft and shoot into orbit. Unfortunately, SpaceShipOne beat us to
it. |
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Evolution
or Creation: the Ultimate Question |
| My
friend Mike and I had a project due in religion class. Let's see...
write a paper or animate dinosaurs? Here the clay dinos watch as
a giant asteroid is about to kick off the Ice Age. Special guest
appearance by my dad as "God". |
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