First Frame 2020 To RSVP, please CLICK HERE

First Frame 2020 Play Video
Vid Close
Vid Close
Intro Animation (0:43) Play Video
Vid Close
Vid Close

xgu524@gmail.com
www.xingyugu.com

Vicky Xingyu Gu, MFA 2022

Pause, Play, Repeat (4:29) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

A film that identifies the patterns that exist in the macro and micro systems around us.

ankitatapas0@gmail.com
www.ankitapanda.com/

Anim'est - International Anmyimation Film Festival, Bucharest; Supernova, Director's Choice

Ankita Panda, MFA 2020

Aura (4:32) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

A man encounters the goddess of the wind inside a deadly storm.

chunchununa@gmail.com
chunchunchang.wixsite.com/chun

Encounters Film Festival; LA Shorts International Film Festival.

Chun Chun Chang, MFA 2020

Carrie Fisher is Dead (4:23) Play Video Senior Capstone Project (Minors)
Vid Close
Vid Close

A young boy gets one last chance to say good-bye to Carrie Fisher.

ln.tffny@gmail.com
www.lintiffany.com

National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY); Bend Film Festival; Taiwanese American Film Festival; KCET Fine Cut Semifinalist

Tiffany Lin, Animation Minor 2020

Duck You (2:13) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

An uninvited duck becomes a man's pet peeve as he searches for ways to shut it the duck up.

theevahill@gmail.com
evahill.net

Eva Hill, MFA 2020

My Home of Memories (4:05) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

Experience a personal, immersive film that explores the connections between the narrator's childhood, memories and home. (VR project)

tmbyong@gmail.com
bobyong.com

(LAFA) Los Angeles Film Awards — Best Virtual Reality

Bob Yong, MFA 2020

Low-Key (8:25) Play Video Senior Capstone Project
Vid Close
Vid Close

Cal and his friend Grace traverse through Cal's memories to figure out why he had a falling out with his old best friend. By looking through the past, they hope to fix the present.

collinfschuster@gmail.com
www.collinschuster.com

Fine Cut Festival of Films - Finalist; Austin Film Festival; Progeny Short Film Festival - Audience Award; Spark Animation Festival; Independent Shorts Awards - Bronze Award; Venice Shorts; Indie Short Fest (Los Angeles)

Collin Schuster, BA 2020

The Plebiscite (1:32) Play Video Intermediate Animation Production
Vid Close
Vid Close

A race of shapeshifting aliens must work together to defeat their larger, stronger predator.

Ron Roach (6:36) Play Video Production 1
Vid Close
Vid Close

When a teenage cockroach discovers dancing, an activity his government has deemed illegal, he must decide between the life he knows and his newfound passion.

cobypali@gmail.com
cobypal.com

Supernova, Art All Night: Trenton

Coby Palivathukal, MFA 2022

Stress (1:11) Play Video Introduction to the Art of Animation
Vid Close
Vid Close

How I felt at that moment.

Vicky & Xingyu (3:44) Play Video Documentary Animation Production
Vid Close
Vid Close

Vicky (Xingyu) Gu explains the complexities of being immersed in a new culture and learning to communicate in another language.

sheilasofian@hotmail.com

Supernova Digital Animation Festival; Montana Film Festival; Factual Animation Festival; Panama Animation Festival

Eli Ayres, Shelby Chan, Yuyuan Chen, Georgina Chiou, Lexie Chu, Thomas Edgar-McNerney, Vicky Xingyu Gu, Lucy Hirschfeld, Tia Kemp, Mariam Khayat, Ruike Pan, Julianna Pantoja, Nia Sallie, Jose Guadalupe Sanchez III, Sonya Yang

Dollface (2:00) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

An obsolete stage performer's route to success is filled with love, loss and a dummy.

theevahill@gmail.com
evahill.net

Eva Hill, MFA 2020

Everything Pizza (2:17) Play Video Animation Design and Production
Vid Close
Vid Close

A bear orders too much pizza.

davidwillamberg@hotmail.com
www.davidamberg.com

First-Time Filmmaker Sessions; Big Cartoon Festival

David Amberg, MFA 2021

Bamboo Pillow (4:33) Play Video Production 1
Vid Close
Vid Close

A tired woman goes to a mattress store where she finds beds, sheets, and human-like pillows.

chathamp2@gmail.com
parkerchatham.com
chathamj2@gmail.com
jarrodchatham.com

Parker Chatham, MFA 2022
Jarrod Chatham, MFA 2022

Wild Turkey (2:15) Play Video Animation Production I
Vid Close
Vid Close

What happens when a wild turkey flies into a town with old timers hanging out on the street.

meetyoolee@gmail.com
www.meetyoolee.com

Finalist at European Cinematography AWARDS (ECA); International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival; Dublin Animation Festival; Palm Springs Intl. Animation Festival

Yoo Lee, MFA 2022

Yuan Yuan and the Hollow Monster (6:30) Play Video Senior Capstone Project
Vid Close
Vid Close

Eight-year-old Jackie is determined to protect her newest pet, a tiny turtle named Lucy, even if it means chasing down the Hollow Monster.

catrockchen@gmail.com
yuanimation.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-chen-b98393120/

Student Academy Award Semi-finalist; Best Animation for Kids, Animation Block Party, @Animation Magazine; Outstanding Animation, Tallgrass Film Festival; Best Student Film, Lady Filmmakers Film Festival; SPARK Animation Official Selection; Hollyshorts Monthly Selection

Catherine Chen, BA 2020

Kung Fu Express (3:35) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

A story about two delivery men competing to deliver the last order of the day.

guochengspices@gmail.com
guochengportfolio.com

Lift-off Global Network; Montreal Independent Film Festival; Moving Parts Film Festival; New York Movie Awards; Toronto Film Channel Festival

Cheng Guo, MFA 2020

Shower Thoughts (2:10) Play Video Production 1
Vid Close
Vid Close

My mind went wild.

xgu524@gmail.com
www.xingyugu.com

Vicky Xingyu Gu, MFA 2022

Metamorphosis (3:34) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

“Metamorphosis” reflects concerns about human memory of lost time.

wangxi833@gmail.com
https://www.jakexwang.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/xi-wang-jake-837b19187/

Telluride Film Festival 2020 Student Prints; Encounters Film Festival; Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival Semi-Finalist; The Montreal International Animation Film Festival Official selection.

Xi Wang, MFA 2020

Relax And Mallow Out (1:40) Play Video Production 1
Vid Close
Vid Close

What marshmallows do when they are relaxing.

clara841231@gmail.com
clarachou.myportfolio.com/

First-Time Filmmaker Sessions; The Lift-Off Sessions; FLICKFAIR; Here Kyiv Short Fest.

Clara (Yun-Cheng) Chou, MFA 2022

The Waste Tide (4:05) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

A female clone gradually raises her self-awareness that she is an experiment.

xiaotongwen92@gmail.com
wenxiaot.wixsite.com/xiaot'

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival Semi-Finalist; California Women's Film Festival.

Xiaotong Wen, MFA 2020

Forever (7:23) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

AI judgement causes a period of introspection.

mitchmcglocklin@gmail.com
www.mitch.cool

Telluride; AFI Fest; Raindance; BITBANG; Aesthetica; POFF

Mitch McGlocklin, MFA 2020

Aria (1:15) Play Video Animation Design and Production
Vid Close
Vid Close

A VR game trailer.

Crystal Method (2:05) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

A woman obsessed with crystals will do anything to add to her collection.

theevahill@gmail.com
evahill.net

Eva Hill, MFA 2020

Izzy's Demons (7:38) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

A young woman enters her subconscious to examine a former friendship and find a way to reconnect with a lost friend.

greg@gregdraws.com
gregdraws.com

Ontario International Animation Festival; Screen It! 2020 Award Winner; Coney Island Film Festival; Miami Short Film Festival; St Louis Film Festival; Official Latino FF.

Gregory Garay, MFA 2020

Simulacra (6:21) Play Video Thesis
Vid Close
Vid Close

An elderly Buddhist woman recalls a ritual from her past, undertaking a journey of duality expressed through her many identities.

sicongtianvisual@gmail.com
https://currytian.com/

Student Academy Awards - Gold in Alternative/Experimental Category; Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival; HollyShorts Film Festival; PÖFF Shorts; Montana Film Festival; Video Art & Experimental Film Festival.

Curry Sicong Tian, MFA 2020

For more information:
email: firstframe@cinema.usc.edu

First Frame 2020 To RSVP, please CLICK HERE