As I depart highschool I face the pressure of meeting the expectation of the community, family, and friends. This video is an assurance to me that I am choosing the right path (this video was made using all adobe products; Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro)
Tess Denham
I am a senior at San Marino High School. I have been making films and animations for about four years. I signed up for the Regional Occupational Program Computer Animation class for my first semester as a freshman in high school. Although I had been drawing for several years before then, I had never created a film until I took that class. My very first projects were stop motions where I drew the characters and backgrounds, later putting the pictures into After Effects to make the final film. I entered two stop motion animations into competitions and won medals for them. In addition, I started filming football games, dance recitals, and other school activities and editing them for publication on the city’s public access Channel 9. During my freshman year, I explored and experimented with the Adobe Creative Suite CS5. I especially loved the cool things I could do in After Effects. I also discovered that the true satisfaction of making a film is the process of transforming the stories in my head into animations or movies which I can share with people around me. I started to notice, especially when filming sports and dance events, that certain motions, such as a twirl or a reach for a football, would set up the direction of an entire film. I would then connect the movements to the feelings and emotions that I wanted to express in the story. Film and animation have caused me to see details in the world that I never noticed before. I love making films!
I am a senior at San Marino High School. I have been making films and animations for about four years. I signed up for the Regional Occupational Program Computer Animation class for my first semester as a freshman in high school. Although I had been drawing for several years before then, I had never created a film until I took that class. My very first projects were stop motions where I drew the characters and backgrounds, later putting the pictures into After Effects to make the final film. I entered two stop motion animations into competitions and won medals for them. In addition, I started filming football games, dance recitals, and other school activities and editing them for publication on the city’s public access Channel 9. During my freshman year, I explored and experimented with the Adobe Creative Suite CS5. I especially loved the cool things I could do in After Effects. I also discovered that the true satisfaction of making a film is the process of transforming the stories in my head into animations or movies which I can share with people around me. I started to notice, especially when filming sports and dance events, that certain motions, such as a twirl or a reach for a football, would set up the direction of an entire film. I would then connect the movements to the feelings and emotions that I wanted to express in the story. Film and animation have caused me to see details in the world that I never noticed before. I love making films!
San Marino high School
Oakland, California
USA
