"Taking the Long Way" is a short cartoon about a wiener dog who goes on a very long journey. Instructor: Dermot MacCormack. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnfpUIZyFgU

Animal shelter workers across the United States report having greater difficulty placing dogs and cats with predominantly black coats into permanent homes. Inspired by her own experience adopting a shelter dog, Krissy looks at the disputed phenomenon of Black Pet Syndrome in this motion graphic. Instructor: Abby Guido. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v9BoBUXJpY

Sustain: Refections of a Tired Grad Student is a deeply personal video compilation in which I look back on my time as a design graduate student and on the creative process in general. The video features a series of poems derived from a wide variety of source material. A series of videos act as visual metaphors for each of the poems, stringing them together using silent film era typography, music, and effects to further emphasize the nostalgia of self-reflection. Instructor: Kelly Holohan. Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek1uUShpNxg