Summary

Students:
Amber Cecil, Design
Matt Bird, CSE
Dan Brooks, CSE
Mark Geise. CSE
John Fontaine, CSE

Faculty:
Maria Palazzi, Design
Rick Parent, CSE

Summary:
From droplets of rainwater to a single flake exiting its maker, The First Snowmaker is a Rube Goldberg inspired animation about a machine that exists within a cloud to produce snowflakes.

This film was completed in the Animation Production course at ACCAD. Students from the design department collaborated with computer science & engineering students to create procedural elements in the animation.

Storyboard / Animatic

3D Preliminary Layout

Completed in 2009.