UCLA Animation Workshop

A jazzy exercise in pure movement.

Animation of a poem from Edith Sitwell's "Façade".

Okimura's take on the classic Sesame Street song "One of these things is not like the other".

This is one talented grenade!!!

In this animated reverie, ambient sound and poetic narration evoke the experiences of a young boy in the forest at twilight. Accompanied by a friend, the boy walks past vigilant rocks and a sentinel tree, hears the grasses' silent plea ("don't tread on us, leave us be"), espies a spider in his web and two worms snug in their leafy bed. In the darkening sky, they watch clouds billow by tickling the snoring moon. Arriving home, the boy wonders where the path of the nearby river flows.

'Symphony' portrays a sentient creature trying to escape from a reality of being swept away and assimilated into the mainstream, regardless of its own will. The topic of this abstractedly crafted animation applies to anything that struggles to be free. It can be a phenomenon occurring deep within the mind, or an individual confronting the standardized masses. There is no concrete answer to these questions; the only role I play is to showcase reality. The solution and conclusion of the story is open for interpretation.

The Jockstrap Raiders takes place during World War I in Leeds, England. A group of underdog misfits are excluded from the war due to various abnormalities. Threatened by the invading German Kaiser and his army, they must learn to become a team and overcome their deficiencies in order to save Britain and the world.

Papiroflexia (Spanish for “Origami”) is the animated tale of Fred, a chubby man with a passion for paper folding, who wants to change the world with his art.

Short animation by Po Chou Chi about a grandson want to make his grandmom's wish come true

A nurturing farmer in is danger of losing his crop of windmills when he struggles against the cyclical forces of nature.

A child grows into a man, but cannot open the door in his own room trying to figure out what's in it.

At a lab, the three scientists are attempting to cure a mysterious creature of the unknown sick. With a series of chain reactions, the medical aid becomes emergent. In the end, through a carefully investigation, they finally find out the cause of the unknown sick but it is out of their expectation.