Creative Multimedia Studio
Animated and graphically expressive moving image is where all of my interests collide, including design, characters, stories, sound, and music. This section includes personal and commissioned short films and music videos as well as collaborations with friends.
Director: Aldous Harding + Chris McD
Animation / Design: Chris McD
Animation Color: Angela Visconti + Austin Pettit
Composite: Harvey Benschoter
Producers: James Doolittle + Laris Kreslins
Production Company: All Ages Productions (PHL)
Made with the support of NZ on Air
The Melting of the Sun is the second single off of St. Vincent’s new record, Daddy’s Home. I designed, animated and edited the video with a written treatment and direction from Annie Clark and Bill Benz. The live action was shot by Kylie Hazzard and the video was produced by Loma Vista Recordings.
The music video is an official selection in several festivals, including the 2021 editions of the Happy Valley Animation Festival in Pennsylvania, the LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine, the ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival in Syros, Greece, and the Denver Film Festival in Colorado.
I designed and led animation on this informational original music video produced by WeTransfer. It’s currently approaching 1.5 million views on YouTube!
Executive Producer: WeTransfer
Creative Agency / Executive Producer: Doubleday & Cartwright
Executive Creative Director: Aaron Amaro
Creative Director: Matthew Reed
Producer: Adam Argersinger
Production Assistant: Cary Nakamaru
Animation Director: Chris McDonnell
Singer/Songwriter: Adam Roth
Music: Granted, Allen Blickle
Sound Design: Granted, Allen Blickle
Animation Assistant: Colton Barto
Animation Assistant: Angel Kawash
Animation Assistant: Gia Pedicone
Produced by Goal Achievement Club
Directed by Chris McDonnell
Featuring: Par Holmberg, Liam Baranauskas, Kendra Urdang, Jack, Quinton, Felix
Camera: Jenny Drumgoole, Chris McDonnell
Sound: Ben Cady, Chris McDonnell
In 2015 the City of Philadelphia needed a new mayor, so Soxx ran on a platform of caring about the city’s trash collectors and trying to address their issues. Soxx is an ongoing multimedia performance and video work created by Jenny Drumgoole, and Jenny and I created this episodic series centered around Soxx’s run for mayor in real-time, leading up to the actual election.
I led the design on title credits, animated elements, shot a good portion of video and did some editing. Each video ultimately went through Jenny’s editing and direction final pass, as this is centered around her creation.
Also embedded below are additional Soxx videos that we made with friends, including Soxx’s Urban Expressions, a Soxx dance experience featuring a dance number choreographed by me that rivals Janet Jackson any day.
Old friends, old jams, and a load of old VHS-C and Hi8 video cassette tapes and sketchbooks came together in this frenetic music video for a band that recorded hundreds of tracks and played three shows.
A self-initiated love letter to those frantic teenage years. I’ll include most of the 20-something year olds in that too.
Is it possible to make a low budget (no budget) six minute music video exclusively with video sources commissioned from fiverr? The answer is yes. Directed, edited by Jenny Drumgoole and Chris McDonnell for our pal Eric Copeland.
Ms Pretzel by Eric Copeland
p+c 2014 DFA Records
directed by Goal Achievement Club (Jenny Drumgoole, Chris McDonnell)
Featuring:
http://www.fiverr.com/violet777
http://www.fiverr.com/beautifulbacon
http://www.fiverr.com/funnymad
http://www.fiverr.com/youtubefun
http://www.fiverr.com/elimattis
http://www.fiverr.com/amber20xxx
http://www.fiverr.com/coolandcute
http://www.fiverr.com/ribbonstheclown
http://www.fiverr.com/varun_karkhanis
http://www.fiverr.com/bookreviewstew
http://www.fiverr.com/joeyperezwest
http://www.fiverr.com/elvisinstacute
http://www.fiverr.com/badbeehavior
http://www.fiverr.com/kennedylondon
http://www.fiverr.com/voiceoverpete
http://www.fiverr.com/yourawesome
http://www.fiverr.com/jaskaran7
I designed and animated the “Story Time” jingle segment for Yo Gabba Gabba on Nick Jr., featuring the music of fellow Philadelphians, Dr. Dog!
Because of a mix up on the production, I had half the original time allotted and half the budget to make the whole thing by myself. It’s limited in some areas but holds up in others, for me, anyway, and of course… it’s got Dr. Dog! Definitely a reason to keep this in the portfolio.
McD Workshop 