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Alien Target

Nien — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:20:24 +0000

An After Effects movie starring JCVD.

After Effects Snowman

Nien — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:18:46 +0000

An small movie done in After Effects to help get into the holiday season. I found the snowman illustration online.

The Neighbors

Nien — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:50:13 +0000

A short movie made by Soo Yun Yun, Alexandra Kuechenberg, Lucas Werthein, Adib Dada and myself.

Storyboard for “The Neighbors” aka “Scary Nuclear Website”

Nien — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:50:36 +0000

Alex Kuechenberg, Sooyun Yun, Lucas Werthein and I are developing a 3-5 minute movie for our class. The title, which we didn’t pick, is Scary Nuclear Website.

Click on storyboard for larger image

1min Soundscape – End of World Chant

Nien — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:43:33 +0000

The sound piece Monica Krishnan and I put together. The chanting was performed by Monica’s cousin who is a Buddhist monk.

EndOfWorldChant

Stop Motion Animation – Spam Wars

Nien — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:21:49 +0000

Comic Strip – Predator Redux

Nien — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:09:54 +0000

Couple of web pages using CSS

Nien — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:34:41 +0000

For homework this week I created a couple of very simple web pages using cascading stylesheets. The pages have photos loosely related to Gabe’s favorite subject mater. The pages also link to each other.

Check my web pages

Response to “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster

Nien — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:27:21 +0000

I really enjoyed this short story. It touches on many themes used in both old and new science fiction. The theme that seems to come up again and again is that in mankind’s attempt to attain perfection, we screw something up along the way. Think of all the movies where overuse of technology creates a dystopia. Logan’s Run, The Terminator, and The Matrix to name a few.

In this story, the main characters are Vashti and her son Kuno. Vashti is an older women who is content with her existence and conforms to the norms of society, while Kuno believes that their existence is a mere illusion put on by “The Machine”. The Machine is the omnipresent technological force that sees and controls all. Kuno decides to break free from the machine as he believes their is more to living outside of the world he has always known.

What’s really impressive about this story is that it was written in 1909, and it foretells of technology ranging from teleconferencing to information on-demand. If you wish to dive deeper and try to interpret the many ideas in this story, you’ll get different conclusions depending on who you ask. Though what’s certain is that there is some E.M. Forster in most present day technology.

Leap Frog

Nien — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:18:50 +0000

A short we created during class.