Presented by: Melton Center for Jewish Studies; Production Company: Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design at The Ohio State University
CONTEXT: The Other Men In Black: The Hasidic Movement, Past and Present is the first production of the Jewish History Media Project, an enterprise of the Melton Center for Jewish Studies at The Ohio State University. The goal of the Project is to create a series of docu-drama films about Jewish history that will serve as ignition points for a curriculum of Jewish history studies. This multi-layered educational film that utilizes various styles, including narrative, documentary, and 3D and 2D animation.
MY ROLE: House Models, House Concept Art, Layout, Character Animation and all Shaders/Textures.
COLLABORATORS: Matt Goldish - Executive Producer; Phil Garrett - Director, Producer, Editor; Todd Delman - Creative Oversight; Alex Esber - Director of Photography; Maria Palazzi - 3D Animation Director
ACCAD GRA Students: Joshua Fry - Character Modeler and Rigger, Lighting and Animation Compositer; Iuri Lioi - Story Design, Storyboards, Digital Production, Character Design; Mary Twohig - Character Rigger, CG Modeler, Layout Artist, and Lead Animator; Cheng Zhang- Effects Animator
Scene Layout and Textures
The animated story is about the Jewish 5th Heaven. Humans on earth do good deeds to build homes in heaven. Satan and his demons try to corrupt human life on earth to wreck their homes above.
Character Animation
Character UV Layout and Textures