2022 Senior Exhibition Artists 2022 Senior Exhibition Artists: Bridget Bannon

Bridget Bannon headshot
2022 Senior Exhibition Artists 2022 Senior Exhibition Artists: Bridget Bannon
Bridget Bannon

Art + Design: Animation + Game Arts | Film + Media Studies Minor

About Bridget Bannon

Bridget Bannon is currently the only student on campus academically pursuing Stop Motion Animation. She dreams to one day work for Laika, Arch Model Studio, or have her own independent studio. While initially wanting to do 3D animation, COVID sparked her love for stop motion again during an independent study with Professor Michael Swartz. During her senior year, she made an old dark room into her studio, for the use of her stop motion studies. After her independent study, she has worked closely with Professor Shawn Towne to explore photogrammetry and other alternative methods of creativity. Speaking of alternative methods of creativity, Bridget is heavily involved with 20 Cent Fiction, a theater group on campus that prides itself on being obscure, where she directed Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street this year as well!

Walk Cycle, 2022, short video of a preliminary walk cycle

Statement

Bridget Bannon’s senior capstone work revolves around her love for stop motion. She has explored ways to make armatures, walk cycles, commercial based work, and dove deep into the world of prop making. She takes inspiration from directors such as Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, Edgar Wright, and Guillermo del Toro for their quirky and distinct styles. While her final work involves her short film, her capstone project is a synopsis of all her stop motion progress so far. Her final short film titled The Tenants can be viewed on her YouTube channel along with her other works.

Contact

Email: bbannon@umassd.edu
Website: bbannon.myportfolio.com
Bridget Bannon
Bridget Bannon
@bridget.bannon

Armature Build, 2022, a time lapse look into the making of a ball-and-socket armature
Clay and Wire, 2022, time lapse process of building Marguerite’s armature
Homemade, 2022, slow motion video of Marguerite’s final armature build
Fitting Room, 2022, applying clothing to Morrison’s armature
Heads Up, 2022, practice in replicating models heads

More Videos

Over the Moon
Prop Build
Storyboard

Lighting, 2022, lighting practice in the stop motion studio
Armatures, 2022, a ball-and-socket armature beside a homemade clay and wire based armature
Stuffing, 2022, a close up on adding foam to create form on the puppets
Marguerite, 2022, image of one of the main characters in stop motion short The Tenants
Marguerite Close Up, 2022, image of one of the main characters in stop motion short The Tenants
Morrison, 2022, image of one of the main characters in stop motion short The Tenants
Morrison Close Up, 2022, image of one of the main characters in stop motion short The Tenants
The Tenants, 2022, split image of neighbors Marguerite and Morrison
Set Pieces, 2021, an image of set pieces used in multiple works
By College of Visual & Performing Arts
Posted Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Updated: Thursday, April 28, 2022
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