ANIMATION

A Santa Rosa Cartoonist’s ‘Fire Story’ Comes to Life

Emmy Award Winner: Public/Current/Community Affairs-Feature/Segment, 2018 for animation and co-direction

A Santa Rosa Cartoonist’s ‘Fire Story’ Comes to Life

Emmy Award Winner: Public/Current/Community Affairs-Feature/Segment, 2018 for animation and co-direction.

Just one day after his house and everything in it burned to the ground, October 9, 2017, the cartoonist, Brian Fies, bought some cheap paper, Sharpies, and highlighters, and got to work reporting what he and his wife experienced. The response was massive. In the week after the fire, an online version of Fies' comic, 'A Fire Story,' was viewed by over half a million people. KQED Arts brought his story to life. With moving animation, and with narration straight from Fies and his wife, Karen Fies, 'A Fire Story' also includes an epilogue from the artist about the long process of recovery, and the stability of home.

Narrators: Brian and Karen Fies | Director, Producer, Sound Design: Kelly Whalen | Co-Director, Animator, Editor: Farrin Abbott | Executive Producer: David Markus | A production of KQED Arts.

Motion design is almost always used in my video projects, but these are a few animation-focused projects.

What's a virus?

What are viruses? And how do these tiny infectious particles, which straddle the line between life and non-life, multiply and spread to become global pandemics?

This animation, an accompaniment to the article, What’s a virus, anyway? published in the Stanford School of Medicine SCOPE blog, delves into these questions and more. The animation was created in conjunction with Bruce Goldman, the author of the original article, and Jan Carrette, an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

Read the story: https://news.stanford.edu/2020/10/14/...

Original story, Stanford Scope Blog: https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2020/0...

Ancient skeletons used to map the genetic history of Rome

An increasing number of studies have used DNA sampled from ancient skeletons to fill in important details of human history. In a new study, Stanford researchers and their European colleagues drew on ancient DNA to construct the first genetic history of Rome. This animation summarizes their findings.

Full story here

Animation by Farrin Abbott / Stanford University

ADMIT WELCOME

Admitted to Stanford: Class of '24 Reacts

Honoring Those Lost to the Oakland Warehouse Fire | KQED Arts

KQED Arts, 2017

Producer, Animator, Illustrator

Thirty-six lives were lost in the Oakland Warehouse Fire on the night of Dec. 2, 2016. They were artists, musicians, sound engineers, DJs, events organizers, and more. They came from the Bay and from around the world. This is KQED Arts’ tribute to their lives and to the inextinguishable spirit and power of their creativity.

For more information, please visit KQED’s Memorial.

Cooking Gold to Design Tougher Materials

Scriptwriter, Animator, Producer

This video accompanied a SLAC press release for a new publication in Science.

LHC Noir

SYMMETRY MAGAZINE, 2018

Producer, Animator

Stanford's Innovative Medicines Accelerator

STOP MOTION ANIMATION

BUILDING FOR FUN:

What happens when you take over a garage with a pile of bricks and a story to tell? A passion project is born. This is a sneak peek of a short, funny narrative about a minifigure's first day on the job…

Branding refresh design project:

Designed, fabricated, and animated the stop motion set for stop motion sequences in a branding rollout for SLAC. Shot and interviewed all the video participants. Edited. | Farrin Abbott

Making Science Happen

Science that’s changing the world from the heart of Silicon Valley and the people who are making it happen.

Video by Farrin Abbott / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Udacity + Google Course Stop Motion Design

Course designer, project manager, video lead, lego brick lead, editor | Farrin Abbott