matthew buccambuso

Biography.

Biography.

Curriculum vitae.

Curriculum vitae.

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This was the result of my final project for Digital Media. I liked the idea of a machinima, but was also interested in stop motion animation, so I decided to create a hybrid medium. This is based on a scene from Garden State, with animations done using action figures.  Click here for high resolution version.

Review of Interprojections reception, featuring works from students in the Digital Media Department at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Review of Interprojections reception, featuring works from students in the Digital Media Department at the University of Nevada, Reno.

second life avatar: This image was the result of my second life avatar project, where I used the appearance controls in second life to create a close representation of myself.  The project is interesting, I think, because it makes the viewer think about identity in the digital age, where anonymity is the norm, and things like second life exist as a place where someone can change their identity.

second life avatar:

This image was the result of my second life avatar project, where I used the appearance controls in second life to create a close representation of myself.  The project is interesting, I think, because it makes the viewer think about identity in the digital age, where anonymity is the norm, and things like second life exist as a place where someone can change their identity.

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the superbowl:

This is my chindogu infomercial for my spoonless cereal bowl.  I tried as best as I could to mimic the obnoxious late-night infomercials that advertise these types of products.  Full resolution version can be viewed here.

the spoonless cereal bowl: This project involved the creation of a chindogu concept, an almost useless invention.  This is the proposal.  My original idea was to create a simple apparatus to hold a cereal bowl on one’s neck.  The idea evolved to include an oversized straw, as shown in my fake infomercial.

the spoonless cereal bowl:

This project involved the creation of a chindogu concept, an almost useless invention.  This is the proposal.  My original idea was to create a simple apparatus to hold a cereal bowl on one’s neck.  The idea evolved to include an oversized straw, as shown in my fake infomercial.

enough in motion: This is the collaborative animation that my digital media class created using the images from the text/object/image montage project.  My animation is the last one, immediately before the credits beginning at 2:04..  My goal was to create a more involving sense of the chaos and drama than the original montage was able to convey, using manipulated audio of Barack Obama saying “enough”.

enough in motion:

This is the collaborative animation that my digital media class created using the images from the text/object/image montage project.  My animation is the last one, immediately before the credits beginning at 2:04..  My goal was to create a more involving sense of the chaos and drama than the original montage was able to convey, using manipulated audio of Barack Obama saying “enough”.

where is the light?: With the final image from my montage project, I chose to take powerful, violent imagery, and make play of it. Something as innocent and harmless as a baby, placed in such a brutal setting is bound to confuse the viewer about the intent of the image.

where is the light?:

With the final image from my montage project, I chose to take powerful, violent imagery, and make play of it. Something as innocent and harmless as a baby, placed in such a brutal setting is bound to confuse the viewer about the intent of the image.

a little threat: The second result of my montage project, a little threat conveys, in stark visual language, the hostile and untrustworthy world we often find ourselves in.

a little threat:

The second result of my montage project, a little threat conveys, in stark visual language, the hostile and untrustworthy world we often find ourselves in.