Emre Yilmaz - Puppetry and Animation

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

 
 

Aug. 2001: Technical Reel

Noggin: "World Run"
- Co-Creator/Director, Character Setup/TD, Designer, Puppeteer (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 Modern World: Trademark Infringement
- Puppeteer, Character Setup/TD, Co-Director (w/Lev Yilmaz)
- 52-episode web series for Protozoa's web site
- Based on Tom Tomorrow's comic strip
Max the Mouse
- Character Setup/TD, Puppeteer, Designer for Max the Mouse
- Segment on the "Virtual Ed Sullivan Show," UPN
- 3D modeling by Tracey Roberts
- Programmed mass-spring lattice plugins (c++) for secondary motion
Bad Night
- Concept, Design, Character Setup/TD
- Applying motion capture to cutout animation
- Honorary Mention, Prix Ars Electronica 1999
- Pet project my brother Lev Yilmaz and I did in our free time

Blue Frog
- Designer, Character Setup/TD
- Character created for Protozoa's live Siggraph demo booth; demo of Alive/Maya conversion
- 3D modeling by Tracey Roberts
Puppet tech: Face Tracker hookup
- Character Setup/TD
- This was a character building gig, for "The Fantastic Corporation", Sweden
- Created a new face tracker hookup methodology for robust real-time use
Puppet tech: Tube Face
- Concept, Character Setup/TD, Puppeteer
- I was proposing using this method on one of our production jobs
- Shown in my presentation, "Motion Capture and Puppetry" (Siggraph '97)
Puppet tech: Chocolate Letters
- Character TD, Puppeteer
- For Dan Hanna's "Chocolate"
Some more real-time characters
- Character TD
- Robot was for a London-based restaurant chain
- Virtual Bill Clinton was for a series of MTV specials and interstititals (1997)
This Is School
- Puppeteer
- Part of "Liberty Beast," an independent film created & directed by Lev Yilmaz
- Puppets built by me
- More of our puppetry work at ingredientx.com and animationexpress.com
Dr. Science
- Director, Character TD, Animator/Puppeteer
- 52 episode web series (Pulse3D) for Warner Bros.' entertaindom.com
- Animated Dr Science's face, and the hand puppet
Sesame Street: Elmo's World
- Character TD, Animation Director for furniture digital puppets
- In charge of digital puppetry effects on Elmo's World.
- Developed performance method, programmed custom capture UI and take management system.
- Project done with SMA Realtime and the Muppet performers.