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Jacob Ferguson, Adrian Pumarejo Reveal “The Invisible Truth”

Completed over the course of four months as their senior thesis film, Ringling College Motion Design students Jacob Ferguson and Adrian Pumarejo capture the mind-altering terror of child abuse in this atmospheric and visceral jolt of stylized CG called “The Invisible Truth.” [Watch]

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The Long Trail of Slain Snails: “Escargore”

If you watched the animated short “Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou” from Ringling College students Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon last year, you know the gap between student and professional character animation work has vanished. Here’s evidence the same has happened for character-driven VFX. [Watch]

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Nudity, Censorship, Handcuffs! We’ll Have “None of That”

Great story, pacing, and character work from Ringling College of Art and Design students Anna Hinds Paddock, Isabela Littger de Pinho, and Kriti Kaur in their 3D-animated short “None of That”. [Watch]

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Best of Stash 2014 Preview #3: “Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou”

Ringling College students Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon hit every beat perfectly in their graduation film, a stellar four-minute romantic comedy called “Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou.” [Watch]

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Marisabel Fernandez and Alexander Bernard: “Listen”

With their senior film “Listen,” recent Ringling College of Art and Design grads Marisabel Fernandez and Alexander Bernard take on the challenge of “envisioning a reality that we have never experienced,” interpreting the world of an autistic child through a fractured mix of abstract and illustrative animation. [Watch]

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Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon: “Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou”

Ringling College students Michael Bidinger and Michelle Kwon hit every beat perfectly in their graduation film, a four-minute romantic comedy called “Jinxy Jenkins, Lucky Lou.”

The refined character design, animation subtleties and clever story arc (combined with the breezy original core by Mason Self and sound design by Nick Ainsworth) make it easy to forget you’re watching a student film and not the trailer for a new Disney feature. [Watch]

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