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Jon Gutman & Matt Clausen - Memorial

Director : Jon GUTMAN & Matt CLAUSEN

Film : Memorial

Genre : Animation

Year : 2005 - 2006

Country : U.S.A.

Total Time Running :   06:17

Original Language : No Dialoge

Music & Sound : Cosku Turhan

Cast : Emily Lucas

URL (web): www.memorialthefilm.com

Synopsis : After witnessing the death of her father, a young girl's reality blurs with her memories as she journeys into the layered walls of her urban landscape. Struggling to fill the void of her unresolved feelings, she colors in her father's chalk outline and enters a world of grief and reconciliation where her fear and sadness take the form of painted and pasted street art characters.

Participation in festivals :

USC First Look 2006                                                              Los Angeles, CA - April 2006

Anima-Mundi International Animation Festival                           Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - July 2006

Avanca 2006                                                                         Avanca, Portugal - July 2006

            International Meeting of Cinema TV Video and Multimedia

Hiroshima International Animation Festival                               Hiroshima, Japan - August 2006

            Stars Of Students Program

Siggraph 2006 Computer Animation Festival                             Boston, MA - August 2006

            Animation Theater

Tahoe-Reno International Film Festival                                    Lake Tahoe, CA - August 2006        

            Eye On Discovery Program

Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films                   Palm Springs, CA - August 2006

Portland Indy Animation Festival                                            Portland, OR - August 2006

Temecula Valley International Film Festival                            Temecula, CA - September 2006

Milano Film Festival                                                              Milan, Italy - September 2006

China International Cartoon and Digital Arts Festival               Changzhou, China - September 2006

LA Shorts Fest                                                                    Los Angeles, CA - September 2006

Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya            Sitges, Spain - October 2006

San Francisco International Animation Showcase                   San Francisco, CA - October 2006

Ojai Film Festival 2006                                                         Ojai, CA - October 2006

Prizes and awards :

Stash 2006 Global Student Animation Awards - Animation Category Runner Up Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films - Best Student Animation Award Angelus Student Film Awards - Animation Category Finalist

PS : Premiere for TURKEY - FEST-i KÜLT 2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biography :

MATT CLAUSEN BIO

Matt Clausen is a third year graduate student in the MFA Animation and Digital Arts program at the USC School of Cinema-Television.  From 1997-2003, while completing his BFA in Media Studies at The Columbus College of Art and Design, he directed the award winning not for profit art collective, Firexit, was Associate Creative Director at Scale Inc. and also created first film, A film for Exit Music, which exhibited  internationally.  At USC Clausen was production designer for the award winning films, The Flood and Memorabilia.  He also created animations for the Labyrinth Project and collaborated on animation and visual design for The Chant of the Universal Flowering, which debuted at the Getty Institute in 2005.  Another collaborative piece, Deconstuction, was included on the Gnomon Workshop DVD Digital Sets 4: 3D Image-Based Terrain, and was exhibited by Gnomon at Siggraph 2005.  He is currently continuing work on his thesis film, The Godling.  After graduation Clausen hopes to direct animated music videos and commercials as well as create storyboard/development for feature live action and animated films.

FILMOGRAPHY

A Film For Exit Music, 1998

Memorial, 2006

The Godling, 2006 (In Progress)

 

JON GUTMAN BIO

Jon Gutman is a third year graduate student in the MFA Animation and Digital Arts program at the USC School of Cinema-Television.  In 2003, he received his BFA in Computer Art at the University at Buffalo in his home state of New York.  While at USC, he has created visual effects for several award winning student productions including Sacrifice, The Tao of Pong, The Taking and Outside a Dream. Another collaborative piece, Deconstuction, was included on the Gnomon Workshop DVD Digital Sets 4: 3D Image-Based Terrain, and was exhibited by Gnomon at Siggraph 2005.  He is currently in his final semester at USC and working on completing his thesis film, Stuck With U.  Upon graduation, Gutman hopes to pursue a career in Visual Effects Direction for feature live-action and animated films as well as music videos.

FILMOGRAPHY

Memorial, 2006

Stuck With U, 2006 (In Progress)

 

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