Project Background

"Vitruvius' Toybox" started as a project in a summer animation workshop that was given at Temple University.

This film explores the relationship between motion graphic techniques, typography, electronic music and the use of traditional graphic design ideas from print media as a way of creating and visually organizing an animated film.

The look of the film combines both traditional card stock animation with animation done in the computer using commercially available software packages such as After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, Flaming Pear and Painter. I composed the music in Finale and then re-orchestrated the melodies in Pro Tools to create the final soundtrack. The objective of the soundtrack was to compliment and anticipate the rhythmic movements of the geometric forms on the screen.