Forever

Mitch McGlocklin

MFA Thesis 2020

Judgment by an AI algorithm leads to personal introspection.
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Go, More, Faster

Eli Ayres

MFA Thesis 2021

Three interlocking vignettes of motorized mayhem
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Sports Day

Jessica Wu

Sports Day

A girl struggles for her mother’s approval at a lively school sports event
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Camp Kona

Adriel Meka

Camp Kona

A lonely kid finds an unexpected friend when forced to attend a summer camp with a dark secret
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Re-animated

USC Collaboration

A behind-the-scenes look at the immersive "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Re-animated," featuring original animation by USC students projection mapped onto Doheny Library.
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Perfect City: The Mother

Shengwei Zhou

Perfect City: The Mother

Shush.…Mommy loves you
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My Number One

Ros Fiol

My Number One

Two brothers fight over (and within!) a kiddy racing video game
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Sunset City

Junwen Yu

MFA Thesis 2022

An experimental animation about a woman and her friend communicating through dreams in the afterlife
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MIXTAPE

Kaitlyn Leewing

MFA Thesis 2020

Jorrie explores the beauty and complications of love while awake and dreaming
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Restless is the Night

Yuehan Tan & Xiaoxue Meng

MFA Thesis 2022

This is a 2D narrative animation that tells the story of two women of different ages trying to take control of their own lives.
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There Were Four of US

Cassie Shao

MFA Thesis 2019

A dream journey that travels through a room where four characters are trapped, through moments in their lives and through the symbol of death that connected them together
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Abhaile

Kaisey McCallion

Abhaile

A pocket watch sends an Irish migrant back to a surrealist expanded moment in his homeland
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Circles of Care

Ana Carolina Estarita

MFA Thesis 2019

Interactive Installation. An experience that takes the visitors on a journey following the life cycle of a living system
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Pause. Play. Repeat

Ankita Panda

MFA Thesis 2020

Identifying the patterns that exist in the macro and micro systems around us
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Perfect City: The Bravest Kid

Shengwei Zhou

Perfect City: The Bravest Kid

Mom? Dad?
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Together / Apart

David Amberg

MFA Thesis 2021

Together/Apart is an animated queer melodrama, about a couple weathering the aftermath of a homophobic attack.
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The Menace From Above

Mariam Khayat

MFA Thesis 2021

In the shallow waters of the Red Sea, a happy-go-lucky fish sets out to save sea creatures from a soulless monster.
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Last Stop

Shelby Chan

MFA Thesis 2021

In a single day, we follow a girl growing up through childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood, in the transitory space of a bus (SF Muni)
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What They Left Behind

Vicky Gu

MFA Thesis 2022

Several years after her grandfathers had passed away, a young woman recollects her memories of them.
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Trueself.exe

Victoria Cruell

Trueself.exe

A young woman becomes obsessed with the perfect alter ego living inside of her computer and must embrace her insecurities in order to free herself from the ego’s overbearing pull.
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Thread

Yuri Jang

MFA Thesis 2019

A former comfort woman must overcome her past trauma to find her voice.
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Simulacra

Curry Sicong Tian

MFA Thesis 2020

An elderly Buddhist woman recalls a ritual from her past, undertaking a journey of duality expressed through her many identities
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Perfect City: The Bravest Kid

Shengwei Zhou

Perfect City: The Bravest Kid

Mom? Dad?
Watch Clip

Forever

Mitch McGlocklin

MFA Thesis 2020

Judgment by an AI algorithm leads to personal introspection.
Watch Clip

Perfect City: The Mother

Shengwei Zhou

Perfect City: The Mother

Shush.…Mommy loves you
Watch Clip

Together / Apart

David Amberg

MFA Thesis 2021

Together/Apart is an animated queer melodrama, about a couple weathering the aftermath of a homophobic attack.
Watch Clip

MIXTAPE

Kaitlyn Leewing

MFA Thesis 2020

Jorrie explores the beauty and complications of love while awake and dreaming
Watch Clip

What They Left Behind

Vicky Gu

MFA Thesis 2022

Several years after her grandfathers had passed away, a young woman recollects her memories of them.
Watch Clip

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Re-animated

USC Collaboration

A behind-the-scenes look at the immersive "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Re-animated," featuring original animation by USC students projection mapped onto Doheny Library.
Watch Clip

My Number One

Ros Fiol

My Number One

Two brothers fight over (and within!) a kiddy racing video game
Watch Clip

Trueself.exe

Victoria Cruell

Trueself.exe

A young woman becomes obsessed with the perfect alter ego living inside of her computer and must embrace her insecurities in order to free herself from the ego’s overbearing pull.
Watch Clip

There Were Four of US

Cassie Shao

MFA Thesis 2019

A dream journey that travels through a room where four characters are trapped, through moments in their lives and through the symbol of death that connected them together
Watch Clip

Camp Kona

Adriel Meka

Camp Kona

A lonely kid finds an unexpected friend when forced to attend a summer camp with a dark secret
Watch Clip

Thread

Yuri Jang

MFA Thesis 2019

A former comfort woman must overcome her past trauma to find her voice.
Watch Clip

Simulacra

Curry Sicong Tian

MFA Thesis 2020

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

Sports Day

Jessica Wu

Sports Day

A girl struggles for her mother’s approval at a lively school sports event
Watch Clip

Last Stop

Shelby Chan

MFA Thesis 2021

In a single day, we follow a girl growing up through childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood, in the transitory space of a bus (SF Muni)
Watch Clip

Abhaile

Kaisey McCallion

Abhaile

A pocket watch sends an Irish migrant back to a surrealist expanded moment in his homeland
Watch Clip

Pause. Play. Repeat

Ankita Panda

MFA Thesis 2020

Identifying the patterns that exist in the macro and micro systems around us
Watch Clip

Circles of Care

Ana Carolina Estarita

MFA Thesis 2019

Interactive Installation. An experience that takes the visitors on a journey following the life cycle of a living system
Watch Clip

The Menace From Above

Mariam Khayat

MFA Thesis 2021

In the shallow waters of the Red Sea, a happy-go-lucky fish sets out to save sea creatures from a soulless monster.
Watch Clip

Restless is the Night

Yuehan Tan & Xiaoxue Meng

MFA Thesis 2022

This is a 2D narrative animation that tells the story of two women of different ages trying to take control of their own lives.
Watch Clip

Sunset City

Junwen Yu

MFA Thesis 2022

An experimental animation about a woman and her friend communicating through dreams in the afterlife
Watch Clip

Go, More, Faster

Eli Ayres

MFA Thesis 2021

Three interlocking vignettes of motorized mayhem
Watch Clip

 

Expanded Animation Research + Practice
School of Cinematic Arts
University of Southern California
900 W. 34th St., SCA 250
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211
U.S.A.
 
 

voicemail: (213) 764-3332

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USC Expanded Animation official logo
 
 

voicemail: (213) 764-3332

 

Expanded Animation Research + Practice
School of Cinematic Arts
University of Southern California
900 W. 34th St., SCA 250
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211
U.S.A.
USC Expanded Animation official logo
 
 

voicemail: (213) 764-3332

 

Expanded Animation Research + Practice
School of Cinematic Arts
University of Southern California
900 W. 34th St., SCA 250
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211
U.S.A.
 
 

voicemail: (213) 764-3332

USC Expanded Animation official logo