JR Inside Out Photography Project

Here's the first round of images from the JR Inside Out Project from students in Mr.Needles Photography class. The images include students, teachers, and staff and are currently displayed in the Needles AP gallery in the visitor's entrance hallway.

Halloween filmmaking

In celebration of Halloween here's a great flowchart on how to create a horror film from Gregory Ferembach for the French channel Canal+

Illustration Friday: Fuel

This week the computer art classes created digital illustrations for Illustration Friday's "Fuel" theme, here are some examples.

Japan Society's Going Global Social Networking Project

We have begun collaborating with students in Japan, Pakistan, and throughout the United States as part of The Japan Society's Going Global Social Networking Project. The Photography classes started in September and below are some examples of one part of the project.

Tintin morphing animation sequence

The Adventures of Tintin from James Curran on Vimeo.

As we are progressing on our own short animated film I thought I would share this pretty sweet morphing animation from the title sequence of the new film Tintin.

Alaphabet animation in Media Art

Here's an example of a finished storyboard and name credit from our alaphabet animation project that we're working on in Mr. Needles media arts classes as well as what the final animated segment looks like.

2011 Hampton's Film Festival

This weekend a group of students from Mr.Needles classes and the Art Honor Society and Media Art Honor Society spent time volunteering for the 2011 Hampton's Film Festival in East Hampton, Sag Harbor, Montauk, & Southampton. Students had an opportunity to meet and work with professionals from the film industry such as: Alec Baldwin, Steven Spielberg, & Alexander Skarsgard.