BeAM@CAROLINA Introduction
Promotional and informational overview of the BeAM Makerspaces at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Featuring the voice of Sae Smith.
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
西谷 (Nishiya)
Presented at the Media Arts Panel for the 2025 COMM Day at UNC Chapel Hill
3D Animation inspired by the 10th anniversary of my immigration to the United States in 2024 and modeled after my shared childhood bedroom. Explores themes of world-building from memory, fragmentation of spacetime, and nostalgia.
Blender
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
“Connected”
Stop-motion animation expressing the nuances of technology in the workplace using hand-crafted puppets and real-life footage.
Dragonframe
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe After Effects
Life Signs
2D animation produced frame-by-frame during a time of grief.
Procreate
Adobe Animate
Adobe Premiere Pro
Moon Seed
Short film of my alien character growing a moon seed.
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects
Fruit Morph
Frame by frame morphing animation exploring the abstraction of form and color for fluid visual transitions.
Adobe Animate