Intern Revolution Main End Title Credits

Intern Revolution Main End Titles from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

Is it perfect? no. Did I learn ALOT? Yes.

Final Project Update 2

This the rough version of the second half of the slides. i just need to fix the timing, add sound and compile it with the first half.

Untitled from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

FInal Project Update

Headache.


So this is what I have so far. A rough sketch of the first three (out of six) title cards. It's still pretty rough but there are a number of things I will have to improve on:

1. The timing
2. The font is temporary. I plan on replacing it with a soviet style font.
3.some of the mask work is a little rough
4. some sound effects
5. The design of the first card is quite temporary. I havent decided on how I want to change it.
6. I want to add signs of wear and tatter to the second title card since I will have bullet sound effects. ( maybe using the burn tool in PS)


I really only have one more very challenging title card and then the last two will be a bit easier. I think adding the polish will be the most time consuming.

Here it is-

FInal project first update from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

Final Project Pitch

Pitch:
I want to create an ending credits sequence to a movie I made last semester, Intern Revolution. I will be using sino and soviet propaganda posters as my main source images and inspiration. I will be including a lot of text effects, some 3-D, particles, image manipulation in photoshop, and a constantly shifting camera.

Proposal:
I will be creating slides for myself, my crew and my main actors. It will be a total of 7 credit slides that will seamlessly transition from one to another. After that, I will have the remainder of my credits scroll down in a classic fashion. It should last no longer than one minute.

It will be synced with the Red Army Choir operatic classic, My Army (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyNNLcpBMjg).

There will be no fades or cuts. I want there to be seamless and creative transitions from one credit to the next.

Asset List
1.Comunist posters
-proletariat
-Lenin
-Marx and Engels
-armed soldier
-Mao
-Lenin and Stalin
-Hammer and Sickle decal
2. soviet-style font
3.Particle Effects
- red stars
Note: will have to incorporate an actual shape within the raining stars, for the camera will follow the path of one prominent star to the next card.
4.Possible Masking Effect.
-One of the most difficult effects I have planned out at the moment is one that involved this image:




I want to start with the camera to start on the same plane as the hamer and sickle. This is where the 3-D comes in. The Hammer and Sickle will drop right in front of the camera. then each white streak will whizz by the camera to the sound of bullets firing and fall in to place to create the image of the dove. However, from the current perspective of the camera, it will not look like a dove. After all the "bullets" have whizzed by, the camera returns to its overhead, flat view to reveal the finished image. Then the DP and editor names will follow at the bottom.

I will either have to use a masking effect to have the white streaks come one at a time, or I will have to isolate them each as a separate layer and move them each in place. I believe it can be done with masking.

Schedule:
Week one- compile images, sketch out each slide and decide how they will be executed
week two- create basic layout of each slide and make sure each transition is possible
week three- finalize the animations, camera movements and effects within each slide
week four- polish to perfection

Wish me Luck

Updated Mega Man

Untitled from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

This is an updated version of my short mega man square-off. Using particles, I was able to create a more interesting and ynamic explosion when Quick man meets his swift demise.

Motion Tracking

Bat Signal from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

Here's an example of basic motion tracking. The original footage was in broad daylight, so I darkened it and put a tint on it to give it the old-school noir Batman feeling. Enjoy.

Green Screen Example

Ben Tripping from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

This is my teacher behind a green screen I took the liberty of making him look like he's tripping balls.

AE Titles

Titles from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

Here's a demonstration of the things one can do with titles in After Effects

Rainbow!

Rainbow! from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

Legend of Zelda mock Title Screen

Legend of Zelda from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

This is the intro project to masks and shapes.

Mega Man Vs. Quick Man

Mega Man Vs. Quick Man from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

A simple demonstration of transofrmative effects, time mapping, and the puppet tool.

The Tumbling Tumbleweed

This is a simple exercise for my motion graphics and animation class. This simple video of tumbleweed and clouds demonstrates the basic transformative functions of After Effects.

The Tumbling Tumbleweed from Jared Bauer on Vimeo.

First Photoshop Project

Hi again!

This is my first Photoshop effort. Although I've always known a lot about Photoshop, I never actually owned the program, so this is my first attempt at creating something. Enjoy! Interpretations welcome :)

From Me to Me!

In the last twelve months of my life, I have spent six of them out of the country. Two months studying in China, one traveling with other students in israel, and three working full time in London. As much as I love to travel, learn new languages, absorb new customs, and eat new foods, I am so happy to be back in the US. I missed Vulcan Video terribly.

In the realm of the hopeful, I am a filmmaker and a writer. But in the realm of the pragmatic, I am a merely an college students with such aspirations.

My biggest passion in life is cinema. As long as I am close to, and are contributing to the art form in any way during my professional career, i will be more than content. I love foreign cinema, especially films from South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, France, and Israel. Some of my favorite filmmakers include: Woody Allen, Milos Foreman, Nicholas Roeg, David Cronenberg,  Stanley Kubrick, Takashi Miike, Kim Ki-Duk, and Wong Kar-Wai.

In the past year, I have taken two narrative classes at UT. The final project of the Fall semester was called "The Mistake", which I shot and edited. Last semester, I took 16mm advanced narrative in which I wrote and directed my final project entitled Intern Revolution.

The Mistake

Intern Revolution

My biggest interest in film is the writing process, specifically idea-based writing. I love an intelligent, cranial, profound script. Some of my favorite scripts include The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Videodrome, and Walkabout.

I recently published an article discussing the literary, metaphysical and religious origins of The Dark Knight, which you can read here: 

http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/08/05/batman-dostoevsky/

When it comes to music, there is, and probably never will be, no greater band in the world than The Doors. I visited Jim in Paris this summer and left him a bottle of wine (see picture above). It's what he would have wanted.

Lastly, I am also very interested in working in the videogame industry. Seeing videogames become more intelligent (Bioshock, anyone?), cinematic, and artistic in the past 15 years has been quite inspiring. I think writing for a video game would be an awesome and rewarding venture.