Michelle Cao
Filmmaker and Fine Artist Carnegie Mellon's School of Art May 2023+
Short Films
Yoo and Ai (Spring 2021)
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Collaborative film made over a few weeks for class at CMU. I was director, project manager, and overall implementer (rigging, animation, compositing, etc.). A journey through a fantastical landscape with the characters Yoo and Ai as they, just maybe, learn something about life. All collaborators credited at end.
Away (Spring 2021)
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Another collaborative film I led over the course of about a month. I was director, project manager, and overall implementer. Exploring feelings of isolation, generation relationships, invisible labor, and loss of history for diaspora. All collaborators credited at end.
Story Work
Beat Board assignment for Hillary Bradfield's CGMA storyboarding class. The prompt was to choose and board an Aesop's fable, allowing for creative liberties. I chose The Goose that Laid Golden Eggs, and allegorized the fable with the story of two young individuals navigating friendship and romance.