Liquid Bounce

Bada-bing Bada-boom...
Attention Ladies and Gentlemen! For your viewing pleasure I bring you a true treat. I've followed a few bands while I was a resident of Denton, and this just so happened to be one of my favorites. The Denton sound is like nothing I've ever heard of. A number of students come to the University of North Texas to study music and its because of this that Denton bleeds upbeat eccentric musical artists. There may not be many extremely popular bands, but as a whole I can honestly say they are the best around. The atmosphere and genre's that Denton has produced are completely new and different than anything I've ever seen. To see and watch a band perform online is one thing. To see them live, among their friends and other fans is another. Liquid Bounce is a band that must be experienced. They are an inspiration to me and a few other like minded individuals. Enjoy...

Jones Soda Finished Product

And there ya go...
Below are the finished commercials that I helped to add animation to. They turned out pretty good in the end. The girl did not do as good as the guy did on camera. Believe it or not the girl was an actress that they hired for the shoot. They spent 3 hours giving her fake tattoo's before the shoot, which really didn't show up that well in the final commercial. I went to the final screening of the commercials and ours definitely stood out. In a class of amateur communication design students there were a few notable commercials that were produced. Namely it depended on the production budget. One crew dropped a few thousand bucks on a high end camera production company, which produced an awesome Levi's commercial. All and all I learned that advertising is a very simple way to make a great deal of money. With a descent concept, a few bucks and a mediocre crew, a quality commercial is not that difficult to make. Anyway check out the clips, they're only 30 seconds a piece.

Here are are a few of the other entries that were submitted by other students.

• Barney's New York
• LEVIS 501 Rain or Shine
• LEVIS 501 100%
  

Jones Bottle Animation

Ch-ch-check it out...
I was suggested by a friend to do some animation for a Jones Soda commercial. Below is a small clip from the commercial that I animated. It took me a few days to pull it off, cause I really didn't have much to work with. The background that they filmed in front of was very dark and had a blue tint to it. I had to change the color of the background and animate the label so that it looked a bit more natural. I'll post some examples of the rest of the process. It came out pretty cool in the end.

Press Photo's take 2

This time I think we got it...
I took these photo's a few weeks back so that Rhett and Nathan could finish making his press pack. I think we can still get a few more photo's. It was a bit cloudy the day that we were trying to shoot these. Hopefully we'll take another crack at it sometime really soon.

We've been eagerly brainstorming ideas for a kids television show. It's been tough trying to figure out where to begin, we are still having difficulty trying to figure out a solid theme for the show. Our best idea right now for a theme is imagination. Through this theme Rhett can imagine himself as a pirate and he will start singing the song, or with a roommate that is a walrus and then break into song. I've been concentrating on creating characters for the show. So far I've thought up a mad scientist who creates a robot and a few other things for Rhett and and the band. I've also thought up a character named Mr. Grin who has been in the business of adding a laugh track to televisions show since the beginning of time. Also I've thought up a character named Corporal Punishment who is Rhett's uncle. Corporal Punishment is a retired drill Sargent who always has a temper, constantly makes Rhett do push-ups, he is loud in inappropriate places, and he has a soft side for kittens. All and all its coming along. I hope that by the end of this year we have a good idea where we want to take this show. In the mean time check out these photo's...

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