Ben Young

San Francisco, CA 94107

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My Sites

Summary

I am currently head of production at a small production house in San Francisco. We build multi-media projects for corporate, film, and game clients. As a part of a small team, I have many responsibilities including, shooting, editing, comping, animation, motion graphics, directing, and organizing the production schedule. My strength lies in my understanding of the production process and leveraging my skills in many different areas of production allowing my employer or client to hire only one person instead of five to do a small project.

Animation & Visual Effects Montage

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Director, Animator, VFX Artists/Animators

Animation & Visual Effects Montage

This is an animation and visual effects montage from some of the projects developed for myself, my company, and for clients. See more work at www.byoungstudio.com and www.silkmotion.com

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Beijing Olympics: Virtually There

Beijing Olympics:  Virtually There

A virtual peak into the Beijing Olympic Green using 3D modeling in Maya and motion graphics in AfterEffects. I researched hundreds of architectural drawings and visited the construction site in Beijing to gather reference for recreating the idea of the finished green before it existed.

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The Legend of the Moon Festival

The Legend of the Moon Festival

This is a visual peak into the legend behind the Chinese Moon Festival. A film by Ben Young and Phil Gedarovich with music by Pinar Aybar. We created all elements as flat illustrations in photoshop and arranged and animated in 3D using Maya.

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Animation Reel

Animation Reel

Credits -The Reel Intro (Animation, Modeling, Lighting/Rendering, Compositing) -The Culinary Conspiracy (Animation, Modeling, Lighting/Rendering, Compositing) -City Battleground (Directing, Animation, Rendering, Compositing) -Video Game Test (Environment Modeling, Animation, Rendering, Compositing, Particles) -Asthma (Animation) -Damn Toilet (Animation, Lighting/Rendering) Music - Yuna Lee

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Equipment / Technology

Camera/Lens Sony HVR-Z1U
Camera/Lens Panasonic AG-DVX100B

Credits

Credits Project Collaborators
Director, Animator, VFX Artist/ Compositor City Battleground- Video Game Cinematic
Producer, Editing, Titling/Motion Graphics Silkroad Institute - Mandarin Learning Series
Animator Hurt - Music Video

Collaborators

Education

Academy of Art University San Francisco

MFA, 2001 - 2004

Areas of Study
Masters in 3D Animation & VFX