“Wild Dogs” by Ringling College of Art and Design
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2009 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2009:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 32
Title:
- Wild Dogs
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Ringling College of Art and Design
Description:
Things become complicated when two wild dogs discover the remains of a giant dinosaur skeleton in the African plains.
I created this film for my senior thesis project at Ringling College of Art and Design. I wanted to explore the challenges of clarity in sophisticated pantomime and subtext acting using non-speaking characters. Eight months were devoted to building the film from the ground up.
I was inspired to create “Wild Dogs” one day during my junior year of college, when I watched a dog struggle to gnaw a car tire. The basic premise that drove me along during the story process was the idea that a little thing in hand is better than a great thing in prospect.
Hardware:
HP workstations
Software:
Autodesk Maya 2008, RenderMan, Shake, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, Tsunami
Additional Contributors:
Director: Catherine Hicks
Voices:
Runt: Alex Willman, Catherine Hicks
Big Dog: Charles Vallely, Beavan Blocker
Story/Animation: Catherine Hicks
Composer: Chris Haigh
Sound Mixing: Charles Vallely
Production: Ringling College of Art and Design
