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Jim Keeshen Productions Short Animated Film:
The Day of the Dead
(The Spanish title is "Dia De Los Muertos")
All screenshots are taken from various phases of production.
While I was a student at SMC's Academy of Entertainment & Technology,
Professor Jim Keeshen hired me in 2004 to work on his "Day of the Dead" project.
DOD Screenshot Quick Links: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07
JIM KEESHEN'S "DAY OF THE DEAD" ORIGINAL ANIMATION
(Note 1: These screenshots are taken from a quicktime movie called "DODTEST1.MOV")
(Note 2: To the best of my knowledge, these are Jim Keeshen's original drawings.)
(Note 3: Compare these crude drawings to the work others did on the project.)
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"DAY OF THE DEAD" WEBSITE ARTWORK
(Note 1: This was part of a slideshow I made for Jim Keeshen's "Day of the Dead" website.)
(Note 2: These color illustrations were drawn by Isabelle Decenciere.)
(Note 3: Decenciere also worked for Keeshen on the SMC Title VI-A animated language modules.)
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"DAY OF THE DEAD" MISCELLANEOUS ARTWORK
(Note 1: These first drawing was done by AET Professor Dave Fontana.)
(Note 2: This is a photo of Jim Keeshen from the website I made for Jim Keeshen Productions.)
(Note 3: The third drawing is from an animatics clip for the "Day of the Dead" website I made for Keeshen.)
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"DAY OF THE DEAD" KOREAN ORIGINAL ANIMATION
(Note 1: These screenshots are taken from a quicktime movie called "DOD.avi")
(Note 2: The animation work was done by John Petrovitz's Korean Animation Studio "NIC Entertainment.)
(Note 3: The character design and original animation was allegedly done by AET student Cecilia Aranovich.)
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"DAY OF THE DEAD" KOREAN ORIGINAL ANIMATION
(Note 1: These screenshots are taken from a quicktime movie called "DOD.avi")
(Note 2: The animation work was done by John Petrovitz's Korean Animation Studio "NIC Entertainment.)
(Note 3: The background watercolors were allegedly done by AET Professor Diane Coco.)
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"DAY OF THE DEAD" KOREAN FINAL ANIMATION
(Note 1: These screenshots were provided by John Petrovitz's Korean Animation Studio "NIC Entertainment")
(Note 2: To the best of my knowledge, this is the final version of the film.)
(Note 3: Compare these drawings to Keeshen's originals shown below.)
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JIM KEESHEN'S "DAY OF THE DEAD" ORIGINAL ANIMATION
(Note 1: These screenshots are taken from a quicktime movie called "DODTEST1.MOV")
(Note 2: To the best of my knowledge, these are Jim Keeshen's original drawings.)
(Note 3: Compare these crude drawings to the final ones shown above.)
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DOD Screenshot Quick Links: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07
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