Film & Video

Media Studies Time-Based alumnus Nate Reese (2005) and Advertising & Graphic Design alumna Chavilah Bennett (2012) worked on a new CCAD recruitment video with S77, a Columbus-based creative design studio.

The video will be shown to prospective students during admissions presentations.

Densil Porteous, director of Admissions, said having alumni work on the video behind the scenes added another layer of excitement to the process.

Round up the kiddos and head to the Cazani Center Auditorium on Nov. 16 to catch Media Studies Time-Based alumnus Ben Neidenthal's (CCAD 2006) animated film A Sphere in Boxland.

The whimsical tale about a character who is the only sphere in a place made entirely of boxes will join other cartoon films during the Saturday Morning Cartoons event of the 61st Columbus International Film and Video Festival.

Columbus-based creative design studio S77 is at it again, thanks, in part, to a couple of talented CCAD alumni.

Media Studies Time-Based alumni Scott Ulliman (CCAD 2010) and Andrew Mark (CCAD 2007) worked on the special effects team for Travie McCoy's latest video, Rough Water, featuring Jason Mraz.

The video was directed by Ethan Lader and produced by John Latham.

CCAD alumni worked on Pearl Jam's newest music video, Mind Your Manners, through S77, a motion graphics company in Columbus, OH.

Working on the special effects were: Media Studies alumni Sean Conner (CCAD 2005), Nate Reese (CCAD 2005), Chris Meister (CCAD 2006), Chris Schoenman (CCAD 2008), and Scott Ulliman (CCAD 2010) and Advertising & Graphic Design alumna Chavilah Bennett (CCAD 2012).

CCAD alumni have been leaving their mark on the music video industry lately through their work with S77, a motion graphics company in Columbus, OH, whose clients include CeeLo Green and Michael Bublé.

Media Studies alumnus Steven Weinzierl (CCAD 2005) is a director for Favorite Color, a motion graphics studio in New York City that recently created a promo for HBO’s film Behind the Candelabra.

Still from "Life of Pi," courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

The awards season is upon us, and the Oscar nominees have been announced. With so many of our alumni working in the film and animation industry, it's no surprise that some of the nominated films include CCAD talent in their credits.

Media Studies alumnus Steve Hubbard (CCAD 2010) worked on the animation for Life of Pi, which was nominated in eight categories, including Best Picture and Visual Effects.

Still from Joaquin Baldwin's animated film "Sebastian's Voodoo"

The movie Life of Pi, which opened last week, has received rave reviews, including "it is quite possibly the greatest CGI ever rendered for film" by Slant Magazine, and we have animators such as Media Studies alumnus Steve Hubbard (CCAD 2010) to thank for that.