I’ve worked extensively with various types of media production. My favorite is video production and post-production, as I find video to be the most captivating form of media available. However, I also thoroughly enjoy working with video games, animation, and computer graphics.
Category: Media Production
Computer Graphics Projects
These videos demo a few of the projects that I created to teach CS 4731: Computer Graphics. All of these programs were written in JavaScript and OpenGL Shading Language, collectively known as WebGL.
Project 1: Polibook – This is a simple 2D drawing program that allows the user to either draw shapes natively or import predefined vector files.
Project 2: 3D Wireframes (No audio) – In this program, the user can import vector files that describe 3D wireframes and then apply some simple animations.
Final Project, Part I (No audio) – This is a simple 3D modeling program where the user has constructed a mobile and can adjust the lighting. It also exemplifies hierarchical modeling.
Final Project, Part II (No audio) – Building on Part I, this program adds textures, reflections, refractions, and shadows, all of which can be toggled on and off.
Computer Programming Videos
These are a few videos that I created in 2018 that cover some of the basics of computer programming.
Digital Media Lecture Videos
Digital Media Lecture Video Playlist
For my Digital Media class, I created a series of online lecture videos as part of a flipped classroom experiment. This effort has met with great success, as the students love having the lectures as a point of reference when working on a project or studying for a quiz or exam. I’ve shared this list with other members of the GGC faculty so that they can use them in their classes as well, if they wish.
Predator Trailer
This is a mock trailer created for DragonCon TV, the production crew that makes short films to air before DragonCon panels. I performed all of the editing, and I constructed the beginning splash screen and end credits in Photoshop and the flying text and images in Flash.
Earl Grey Wedding
Earl Grey Wedding is the wedding website I set up to share details, photos, and links with family and friends who would be involved in the event. The entire site is hand-coded from scratch and uses responsive web design. I also hand-crafted the banner image. The website is W3C compliant.
Hg RepositoryVox: A Science Fiction Video Archive
My Masters Project was the creation of a digital archive prototype of moving image science fiction–including films, television shows and ancillary materials–for science fiction researchers. Users have the ability to search for and cross-reference films, episodes, documentaries and individual scenes, to compare two videos side by side and to queue videos for easy playback.
Momentum (1980s Tribute Video)
This video is a tribute to the educational films common in public school classrooms during the 1980s and 1990s. It has the aesthetic of a well-worn VHS tape with era-appropriate production values and music. Achieving this vintage effect required running the video through a VHS player and transferring the content back to the video editor. I constructed the text animations and effects in Flash.
100 Years of Georgia Tech
This interactive map helps users explore the growth of the Georgia Tech campus from 1910 to 2010. The map is part of a larger website that explains the background research and construction of this project in more detail.
PaperBots
PaperBots is a 2D Flash turn-based battlebot simulator. The player constructs a robot out of the various pieces, then pits his or her creation against a computer-generated opponent. I handled all of the ActionScript coding and assembly in Flash while my partner provided the art assets.
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – The Lost Chapter
This is a fictional “lost chapter” to the popular Game Boy Game The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. The premise is that it was created to wrap up some story threads in the original game but was abandoned mid-production for being too controversial (hence the imperfections during gameplay).
Braitenberg Vehicles
This is an arcade-style game loosely based on the Cell phase of Spore. The various creatures in the primordial ooze are all Braitenberg vehicles.
St. Paul’s Presbyterian
This is the final project for a video production class I took in college. It examines the history and culture of St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. We filmed this video with professional camera, sound and lighting equipment on loan from Georgia Tech’s video production room, and my partner and I shared in filming, equipment setup, and editing duties equally.
CampusMovieFest – Heroes of Avongard
I was a co-producer, camera operator, and co-editor for this video for the 2010 CampusMovieFest competition. This competition requires all participants to create, film and edit a video within one week.
From the video description: Four friends play a tabletop role-playing game that spills over into real life. The game master uses the game as a metaphor for the lives of two of the players, while the third player just wants to play.
Remediation Video Editor
This is a Flash-based video editor where users can drag and drop clips to form a changing story. This project explores the concept of remediation by showing how the editing process can change the narrative structure in film. I handled the programming of the editor while my partner handled production of the video clips.
Passage
My Project Studio was focused on the creation of an experimental MMO called Passage, which explores New York during the Ellis Island immigrations of the first half of the 20th century. I was one of two programmers who constructed this prototype, designed to serve as a proof of concept during the first phase of the project. I handled all of the client-side coding, including character movement, the chat box and the passport overlay, eventually serving as Lead Programmer on the project.
CampusMovieFest – Duct Tape Assailant
I was the executive producer and director, camera operator and editor for this video for the 2006 CampusMovieFest competition. The entire production was shot with a single camera.
From the video description: The Duct Tape Assailant combines elements from both a crime drama and an action movie. We begin with an unknown Duct Tape assailant attacking innocent victims, which leads to the police to call on the services of Beck Armakai, the Duct Tape Knight.
Georgia Tech Astronomy Club Promotion
This is a promotional video I created to help advertise the Georgia Tech Astronomy Club during freshmen orientation.