alex jeffries’ portfolio

An effort to make a viral video, not promoted or anything, just the style of Cloverfield or some other monster movie.

Sharpie Shoes 2 from jeffreezy17 on Vimeo.

This is the second Sharpie Video I’ve done. The first can be seen over here, and though I have fond memories of making that one, I am much more impressed with this one. It took a while longer to make, but what I had learned in the year between the two animations really makes for a better product in terms of video quality, tripod control, and even the idea is a little more fun.

This series was made from December 2007-March 2008 based on the idea that Einstein has figured out how to travel through time. It was done entirely with green screen, stop motion animation and Final Cut Pro. I used the AT&T Text-to-Speech program for the voices.

This was drawn by hand and if memory serves, it was about 170 frames. Then I imported it into the computer and cropped each frame, put it in FCP, played around with the speed a little more and what you see is the final product. It became the intro to our television station’s show, “The Competitive Spirit”, a game show about competition.

This is a stop-motion advertisement for resTV, the UCLA television station that I work at. It involved about 300 frames.

I was enrolled in an animation class a few months prior to making this animation and decided that I would do this for the final animation, but even though I ended up dropping the class the idea stuck with me. Completely hand-drawn!

The Misfit from jeffreezy17 on Vimeo.

This was my Spring Break of 2007. I spent a great deal of time crafting this all by hand and moving each piece individually (construction paper does that to you). I have since forgotten the number of frames involved, but it’s a fairly hefty amount.

Also, all the voices are mine.

This is the first Sharpie Shoes animation that I’ve done, and I’m pleased how it turned out. Inspired by a brown spot on one of the shoes (the result of a melted brownie falling on it), I just took a picture every so often to capture the transformation. It was my first time using the mini-tripod, so the technique isn’t quite perfect.

This was my first construction paper animation, a gift for a girlfriend. Though the technical challenges are fairly apparent, I still think the story is solid. I learned to use a tripod/same light source for future construction paper projects to maintain consistency.