LabTV is a web series aimed at encouraging more teens to pursue a science curriculum.
It is produced by Vanderpool Films, and completed two seasons.

I do all the graphics and animations for the series.
Generally per episode I get a single-day budget, though usually go at least two days,
and sometimes more, to make sure that my work fulfills the needs of the show.
These examples are not meant to demonstrate the upper limit of my skills, by any means,
but to show what I can do with a challenge to communicate an idea on a tight budget.
Usually I am trying to cram in at least 3 animations into that box.
All voiceovers were temporary, and many are omitted because I didn't keep the originals,
so, not so much to go on as to what it was I was trying to illustrate. Oopsie.

At first my client asked that I keep things super simple so their client (US Department of Defense)
wouldn't get too addicted to stuff that was too nice, i.e. too expensive to do all the time,
but after a while it became clear that my graphics added a special sizzle
that really made the DoD folks very pleased. Sometimes you go the extra mile and it counts.
Kids = easily bored, so anything to make it a little more bright and shiny = good.

All the full episodes can be viewed at LabTV.

Titles: opening to every show
Conduct: how electrons move between atoms when current flows
Doppler: why sounds are higher as objects approach,
and lower when they recede
Fission: splittin us some atoms
Foot Move: 3D model of bones and skin, all tendons and ligaments added and animated in AE
Fuel Cell: how to put fuel into a box and get power out
Hurdles: various strategies for making packaged foods have a longer shelf life
MPod: a military version of the iPod
MPod Hands: considering various ways hands use PDAs
Perfect Fit: stages in the process of creative solutions
Plate Break: temperature shock in ceramics
Power Station: how power is generated and transmitted to the home
Runner: rotoscoped a figure from found video into a loop, including downsizing the curvy parts
Ship: thrust vs. drag
Space Ring: satellite innovations. real rocket science.
Boule: the process whereby silicon wafers are created
TentBinocs: designing tents with minimal heat signature
Space Sail: photons pushin pushin
Van Allen: rather harshly radiant up there

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