NYC School of Visual Arts

A documentary about George A. Romero's films, with a behind scenes look at Dawn of the Dead.

The senior thesis film of Elyssa DiGiovanni

“The Moon Is Essentially Gray” is a 3-minute CG animated short about a young child, her makeshift rocket, and her fantastic flight to the moon. The film explores the role escapism plays in the lives of children who suffer some form of neglect or abandonment by their caregivers. It is ultimately about the struggle to gain (or regain) personal power, joy, and freedom.

It's scorching hot, and a breathless frog is delighted at finding a pond where to cool down. Its joy is short-lived as the pond happens to be a family pool, and the family happens to be super-scared of frogs.

A seemingly ordinary man seeks out a sagacious druggist in search of an undetectable poison, but winds up getting more than he bargained for.

An accidental encounter with an uninvited guest disrupts Alice's life. As her husband Tom's hidden secret gradually surfaces, Alice finds herself one of the bio-mechanical substitutes of his deceased wife.

Desperate for fast cash, Briggs Sheridan finds work in the underground world of human trafficking. A routine child abduction goes awry when his final victim cries out for his guardian "Popsy." Mr. Sheridan learns the hard way that sometimes...debt is better.

In the vast galaxy, there is one robot planet where natural life is extinct, where only machines and robots live. One day, one robot finds a piece of organic life in his world. He's very excited about his discovery and wants to preserve the organic specimen located in a dangerous and restricted area of the planet. Finally, he decides to rescue the organic specimen. Then his adventure begins.

Caricature versions of George W. Bush and Colin Powell, each resembling nothing so much as a bobble head doll on a mission, rock out in a very funny send-up that manages to poke fun at the political powers that be, rock musicians of a certain ilk, and the music video genre itself.

"The Eyeball Chase" is Jeremie Duval's SVA Animation Thesis from 2007.

A Michael Ruocco Cartoon

Two girls on their quest to finally play Dance Dance Revolution.

A thief attempts a museum heist in the middle of the night, only to encounter a peculiar tourist with a love for photography.

On the eve of accepting a lucrative Wall Street job, a young musician wrestles with leaving his jazz band behind forever.

Two siblings attempt to get along in a fictional black and white room.

If you couldn't die, what would happen? “AGAIN” is a 2D short animation that explores the idea that life is a series of meaningless routines.

It's time for finals again but Lita would rather do anything than her project. Leaving it for later won't be a bad idea, right?

After an unknown apocalypse, our small protagonist searches for a seemingly unattainable item.

A blueman adopts a small human as a pet, but finds the responsibility more than he expected.

A film by Brad Rose.