Soooo I'm just going to boast

My first modern dance professor at BYU helped to create this film. I think this is so cool, especially as an animation - definitely helps the idea behind the dance.





Thought of You from Ryan J Woodward on Vimeo.




This is from the article by BYU:

Dance and animation collaboration produces stirring viral video

“Thought of You” will be part of Conte Animated exhibit Jan. 20-29, 2011, in the HFAC

This short animation is a creative collaboration between BYU animation professor Ryan Woodward and Dance Dept. instructor Kori Wakamatsu.

Woodward, who has done storyboards for Hollywood blockbusters (Iron Man 2, Spider Man 3 and Where the Wild Things Are), approached Wakamatsu with the concept this summer.

“Just thinking about that dynamic of relationships stirred my mind about doing an animation with dance,” Woodward said. “I knew I could not animate a beautiful, contemporary dance because I’m not a dance choreographer, and that’s where Kori came in.” See the behind-the-scenes video. (pasted below)

“Ryan gave me the back story to the piece and what motivated it and how he wanted it to be a love story,” Wakamatsu said. “I love it when the arts can integrate and find ways to connect.”

Wakamatsu choreographed a routine and chose dancers to perform the piece. Woodward then had the dance filmed so he could recreate it with animation, which he did by using 24 frames for every second.

The end result is a touching animated short that has now notched more than 400,000 views on Vimeo and another 175,000 views on YouTube.

“I hope the people that watch it do have some sort of a moving experience,” Woodward said.

Thought of You - Behind the Scenes Preview - ROUGH CUT from Cambell Christensen on Vimeo.