Emre Yilmaz - Puppetry and Animation

eyilmaz at pobox dot com      http://www.digitalpuppetry.com

 
 

Nov. 2000: Puppetry Demo Reel

Hair Frizz
- Concept, Design, Character Setup/TD
- That's me on the right
- Pet project my brother Lev Yilmaz and I did in our free time
- Performed live

This Modern World: Messages
- Puppeteer, Character Setup/TD, Co-Director (w/Lev Yilmaz)
- 52-episode web series on Dotcomix
- Based on Tom Tomorrow's comic strip
Noggin: "World Run"
- Co-Creator/Director, Puppeteer, Design, Character Setup/TD (w/Lev Yilmaz)
- Lev & I were commissioned to create this station ID for new kids' network Noggin
- Finalist, 3D Design "Big Kahuna Awards," Mar. 2000
This Is School
- Puppeteer (orange-headed teacher)
- Part of "Liberty Beast," an independent film created & directed by Lev Yilmaz
- Puppets built by me
- Other bits from Liberty Beast at ingredientx.com, animationexpress.com, and myboot.com
Birthday Party / Smiletime Puppet Theater
- Puppeteer (yellow puppet on left), Character Setup/TD
- Popular web series Lev Yilmaz & I created & directed on Dotcomix
- Pulse3D format
A Scary Spider
- Director / Creator, Puppeteer
- One of the first 3D internet animations (VRML)
Max the Mouse
- Puppeteer, Designer, Character Setup/TD for Max the Mouse
- Segment on the "Virtual Ed Sullivan Show," UPN
- 3D modeling by Tracey Roberts
Blue Frog (Test)
- Designer, Character Setup/TD
- Character created for Protozoa's live Siggraph demo booth
- 3D modeling by Tracey Roberts
- I & Mike Morasky built the character in both Alive and Maya
Mr. Tube Face (Test)
- Creator, Puppeteer, Character Setup/TD
- I was proposing using this method on one of our production jobs
- Shown in my presentation, "Motion Capture and Puppetry" (Siggraph '97)
Elmo's World
- Character Setup/TD, Animation Director for furniture digital puppets
- Puppeteers for the shoot: Jim Martin, Matt Vogel, John Tartaglia, and Rick Lyon
- Demo/Test puppeteering by me
- Project done in association with SMA Video, NYC (Dave Satin & Les Rudner)