Vampire Clowns

http://vampireclowns.com - Volume 2 of the adventures of Bob Idakaar's character Alphie the crime fighting Vampire! In this episode entitled VAMPIRE CLOWNS, Alphie and his girl defend the local town from a Circus of blood thirsty Vampire Clowns!

This video took about five months to create. I was involved with the storyboard, script, and character design. I also created the backgrounds and sculpted all of the clowns. I animated all the armatures using a Canon 7D digital camera and used Dragon Stop Motion. Some of the backgrounds were created using Maya 2011 and the visual effects were done using After Effects CS5.

I was assisted with the animation, character design, and set design by Bertha Torres and Bob Idakaar.

Welcome to Prudential Real Estate

After working on the video for Bob Idakaar, the manager of his Morristown, NJ office was very interested in what I did and wanted a video of his own. This video was targeted towards those experienced in real estate and to interest them in working at the Morristown, NJ Prudential Real Estate office.

The footage was shot in his office and I created the special effects using After Effects CS5 and Photoshop CS5.

Prudential Real Estate Agent: Bob Idakaar

This is my first employer for the start of my freelance gigs. He wanted a video to attract potential home buyers, how easy it is, and who to trust.

Mr. Idakaar was shot in front of a green screen and I worked the rest of the magic using After Effects CS5, Photoshop CS5, and Illustrator CS5.

Vampire Stomp

This is a story about a Vampire named Alphie, who is getting used to the idea that he's a vampire. Venturing through the city, he's trying to find his niche in life and he eventually finds it.

This is the first major project I ever worked on with Muzik Studio (Ascape Promotions). My primary job was to compile all the footage into Final Cut Pro and output the final product. There were a few problems with the individual footage, so I offered to rotoscope some of the bare wires, dirt/dust/smudges, and any other artifacts in the footage using both Photoshop CS5 and After Effects CS5.

Vampire Stomp was finished and uploaded on October 22, 2010.

Alien Girlfriend

Alien Girlfriend is a cute little story about a couple getting married and the groom's best friend is trying to tell the groom that he should reconsider the marriage because the girlfriend (Cookie) is a dangerous alien.

This was the second major video I did with the company, but the first time I was involved with the storyboard, creating and modeling the characters. I modeled the Groom and his family, Dad, Mom, and sister (brown hair). I also did the special effects such as UFOs flying around the scenes, shooting the laser out of Cookie's eyes and hitting the father, and many other effects. Finally, I compiled all the footage and edited the cuts.

The programs involved were basically Photoshop CS5, After Effects CS5, and Dragon Stop Motion.

Alien Girlfriend was finished and uploaded March 14, 2011.

Ascape Promotions Demo Reel

I wanted to save this for last, but this is the demo reel for the video editing business that I'm involved with.

It's still in beta form, but the next update will have a break down list.

Demo Reel credits:

Demo Reel Music Performed by Go With Me
Audio Recording and Mixing by Bob Idakaar
Video by Jason Hata and Bob Idakaar
Edited and Designed by Jason Hata

Demo Reel for Ascape Promotions from Jason Hata on Vimeo.

~Info on Senior Thesis

This was the work in progress blog for my Senior Thesis for School of Visual Arts. It'll have concept art, pictures of the models and clay armatures and other works:

http://oldfriend86.blogspot.com/

This is also a link to my finished Senior Thesis, though I still consider it a work in progress (may take a while to load):

http://www.svacomputerart.com/JasonHata10.html