Welcome to Belief's Homework page. The projects on this page are designed to spark creative inspiration and to illustrate the endless ideas that can be generated from a single starting point. Some of the projects on this page require downloading files. If you have trouble downloading the files or if you have questions, email us at
homework@belief.com and we'll try to arrange sending the materials. When you have completed a project please send the results to the following address:

Belief
Attn: Pollinate 2005
1832 Franklin St.
Santa Monica, CA
90404

Feel free to post the link for this page. Pass this information along to others who you think might be interested. Thanks.

*Non video files between 5-10MB can be emailed to
homework@belief.com
*LOW-RES Sorenson videos as works in progress can be emailed to homework@belief.com if you'd like feedback.
*All video pieces should be sent on DigiBeta, Beta SP or digitally as a Quicktime file(720x 540/ square pixels/ 29.97 Frames Per Second).
*feel free to add audio to any video pieces you create.
*don't worry about clearances as none of these pieces will be used in any profitable venture.

Some of the resulting creations will be featured in Pollinate 2005, a multimedia lecture/ session that Belief is presenting at the Promax & BDA Conference in New York in June. Pollinate 2005 is a follow up to last year's session at Promax & BDA. If you are interested in seeing last year's session, it is archived on our site under the
Experimental Projects heading.

Project 1: Interpretation
Due Date (extended): May 22nd
Materials: Popsicle Sticks (you could use tongue depressors instead)
Assignment: Create a piece using 150 Popsicle sticks. Document the piece. Send us clear photos of the results, and describe your inspiration. Enjoy.

Project 2: Derivation
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: downloadable image (108KB)
Assignment: Use the download image as reference and create three images inspired by it. Do not use the downloaded image in your piece. Send us the results. Now try Project 3.

Project 3: Motivation
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: words, wit
Assignment: Create a motion design Haiku about what makes you want to get out of bed in the morning. Haiku-poems consist of respectively 5, 7 and 5 syllables in three units.

Example: I sleep in color
At night I dream in pixels
Day is my canvas

*Animations should be no longer than 10 seconds and can include typography or voice over as a means of communicating the Haiku. Send us the results. Enjoy.
*All video pieces should be sent on DigiBeta, Beta SP or digitally as a Quicktime file(720x 540/ square pixels/ 29.97 Frames Per Second)
*If you are not a motion designer, send us a written Haiku and we will try to assign it to a designer.

Project 4: Personalize
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: skills, identity
Assignment: Create a 10 second motion design self-portrait. Send us the results. Pat yourself on the back.

* All video pieces should be sent on DigiBeta, Beta SP or digitally as a Quicktime file(720x 540/ square pixels/ 29.97 Frames Per Second)

Project 5: Origin
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: downloadable image (240KB)
Assignment: Use the downloaded image as reference and create three images inspired by it. Do not use the downloaded image in your piece. Send us the results. Enjoy.

Project 6: Rollie Fingers
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: camera, facial hair
Assignment: Grow and groom a mustache. Or if you are a woman, grow a fake mustache. You can also grow and record multiple mustaches. Record the growing of your mustache using time lapse or stills. Send us the results. Shave. We recommend the Mach 3.

* All video pieces should be sent on DigiBeta, Beta SP or digitally as a Quicktime file(720x 540/ square pixels/ 29.97 Frames Per Second)

Project 7: Re-appropriate
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: downloadable Quicktimes
(WIDE SHOT) (67MB)
(CLOSE UP) (102MB)
Assignment: Download these Quicktime movies and use the footage to create a new piece. Pieces should be no longer than 30 seconds in length. There are two Quicktimes that correspond to the posted still images. These two Quicktimes are rendered straight with alpha channels. If you find you need more images email us at homework@belief.com and we can arrange to send you more. Send us the results. Enjoy.

Sample Low Resolution QuickTimes
(WIDE SHOT) (2.8MB)
(CLOSE UP) (1.3MB)

* All video pieces should be sent on DigiBeta, Beta SP or digitally as a Quicktime file(720x 540/ square pixels/ 29.97 Frames Per Second)

Project 8: Colorize
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: Camera
Assignment: Take a picture of something that, to you, represents each primary and secondary color. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple. Send us the pictures. Maybe try Projects 9, 10 and 11.

Project 9: Visual Audio
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: downloadable audio (5.6MB)
Assignment: Download this audio clip and create or edit visuals for the audio. Animations should be no longer than the length of the audio download Send us the results. Enjoy.

*All video pieces should be sent on DigiBeta, Beta SP or digitally as a Quicktime file(720x 540/ square pixels/ 29.97 Frames Per Second)

Project 10: Redesign Yourself
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: camera, yourself
Assignment: Take before photos of yourself from different angles. Redesign yourself, and take after photos of yourself from the same angles. Transformations could include but are not limited to weight, hair color, attitude, fashion, henna tattoos, mental state. Send us the results.

Project 11: Sixty Dots
Due Date(extended): May 22nd
Materials: downloadable image (132KB)
Assignment: Create a drawing by connecting the dots. Each dot can only have three lines coming out of it. You cannot add new dots. Try to create a figurative/ non-abstract composition. Send us the resulting piece. The maximum number of lines you can have is 180. Okay, now go.