The 2004 project was the development of 3 animated shorts for High Definition (HD). The subject was to teach science to fourth, fifth and sixth graders through entertaining animation. The subjects, “Chemistry in the Kitchen”, “Baseball Science” and “Batteries”, introduce kids to science with easy to understand dialogue, creative animation and engaging questions.

Because of the scope of the animation, the project has had the opportunity to continue throughout the 2005 year with the continued employment of 3 of the 6 summer students to complete the "Chemistry in the Kitchen" segment.

The summer portion lasted 10 weeks and employed 6 students from Fayetteville, Rogers, Eureka Springs and Lowell. These students were Kent Walker - U of A, Ryan Love - U of A, Aaron Linkous - NWACC, Heath Gehlhausen - Rogers High School, Samantha Bratton - Fayetteville High School and Corey Teffetalor - Eureka Springs High School.

The project involved designing and developing 7 characters, 3 sets, editing 3 seperate scripts, motion capture acting/clean-up and voice acting. One of the benefits of the 2004 project was the opportunity to travel to Ohio State and use the ACCAD's state of the art motion capture facility.

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From left to right: Chemistry in the Kitchen's Stewey making his entrance, Samantha Bratton participating in facial motion capture, Baseball Science backyard.

"Chemistry in the Kitchen" - Watch it on YouTube

For more information about the project visit the Gallery, Motion Capture and FX Team links.