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Film & Video

Cinematic studies, edits, animation, and short-form storytelling — the part of the archive devoted to moving images, atmosphere, rhythm, and visual narrative, from analog 16mm to 3D and motion graphics.

Section

Film & Video

Series

8 sub-sections

Works

31 films & videos

Years

2017 – 2026

Series 001

16mm Film

A set of analog films shot on a Bolex 16mm camera in RISD’s Film Practices course with Professor Ramón Rivera-Moret and TA Carter. Working on real film — finite rolls, hand-metered light, and no digital undo — taught me to make every frame a decision.

Each piece pairs a short look at the idea and the process with the finished film and a longer reflection.

Series 002

Award-Winning Films

Short films made for international youth and environmental film contests — UNAOC PLURAL+, Bow Seat’s Ocean Awareness Contest, RFK Human Rights’ Speak Truth to Power, and the One Planet, Many People video contest.

They span climate, migration, diversity, and the ocean, and several were finalists or award winners. Each page links to its competition.

Series 003

Blender 3D Animation

3D animations made in Blender for RISD’s Computer-Generated Imagery 3D course — creature studies, constraint experiments, and speculative worldbuilding.

Each piece is part of learning lighting, modeling, and animation from first principles.

Series 004

Motion Graphics

Broadcast-style animated intros and bumpers for a recurring Spanish-language morning segment, “Anuncios de la Mañana.”

Short exercises in branding, rhythm, type, and mood in motion — each opener gives its segment a distinct character.

Series 005

Experimental Film

Process-driven experiments where the design exercise itself is the subject — using repetition, the body, and constraint as mark-making systems.

Series 006

Puerto Rico Cinematic Stories

Recent cinematic shorts — confrontational, atmospheric character studies that look directly at feeling. Currently shown as works in progress.

Series 007

Short Films

Narrative shorts made in and around RISD’s Film/Animation/Video program — personal, character-driven, and quietly observational.

Series 008

2D Animation

Hand-built 2D animation — allegory and internal struggle made visible, frame by frame.