Behind the Scenes with the Moon's Milk
A behind the scenes video created for Henri Crawford. Henri is the Director and stop motion animator for the work, he also shot the behind the scenes footage. Kira did the storyboarding, editing, color correction, image stabilization and original music for the sneak peek video.
The final feature The Moon’s Milk can be viewed here.
SCIENCE HACK DAY - 2 design awards
Save the Whales by Building a Better Crab Trap
Kira Hammond and Mark Forgette designed two reasonably priced, easy to use, crab traps that would either increase line visibility or eliminate the line entirely. While neither were sea-worthy yet, the designs and prototype won medals for an engineering job well done. This was part of Science Hack Day San Francisco 2014. Check out the projects here.
Science Hack Day Press: KQED | BoingBoing
PERSONAL PLANETARIUM
Universe for one please! Prototype for the Personal Planetarium was created for Science Hack Day September 2013, San Francisco, California USA. Team members include Kira Hammond, Bilal Mahmood and Tess Mayall. Kira Hammond was the creative director for the project and presented the final design. The Personal Planetarium won an award for Judge's Choice, project the judges most want to take home with them.
soul broker - video game jam
Collaborated on a Game Jam with Ri Crawford and Terran Olson. I arranged some basic sound tracks and sfx for the Game Jam Submission- Soul Broker. You can download it and play it here.
After that event did a mix down loop for the game from a live recording session with Sam Gutterman, Terran and Ri. All of them are clearly amazing musicians and so much fun to mix their tune. Resulting in Soul Broker video game mix 04 just in time for a stop motion festival in Canada. Screen shot of the game below.
The Baseball
Legitimate or not, Barry Bonds is baseball's new home run king and when Sergeant Tim Scott catches his historic home run ball it seems like luck is on his side. When it is time for Sergeant Scott to defend his country his loving wife makes him pack the ball for luck, but when this war hero doesn't return and the valuable ball goes missing a spiritualist is on the case!
Independent film released in 2009, and a partnership between Kira and EPI Productions. Kira was also the production and post production sound engineer completing the SFX, music mixing, and mastering. Co-written by Edward Rosenblum and Kira Hammond.
Robanimals - "Moonstar" music video
Collaboration project of Tha Spyryt & Kira Hammond. Filmed using a 2k DSLR and gimbal rig in Northern California by Kira Hammond.
Iceland: Music Video
Kira Filmed, photographed, and composed the music.
Landscapes
One of the first ever real-time internet based art collaborations, Landscapes was performed in 2003.
A live collaboration over i2, a fast dedicated internet streaming technology, between UMBC and Johns Hopkins University. Students created poetry, music, and dance which they shared in real-time in two remote locations using the i2 technology. Kira was a technical and creative director on the Johns Hopkins location for the event.
This documentary created by University of Maryland Baltimore County details the collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland Baltimore County required to produce this show.
Interactive Stage Design
Kira created this interactive video projection set for a theater production called Female Parts, directed by Melissa House in 2004.
non profit work: trigger change
From 2009-2012 Kira taught community groups around the world how to shoot, edit, and distribute videos about their local projects. The following videos were created by people participating in these projects.
Fair Share garden: community garden to empower the poor in florida
Learn about the Fair Share Garden in Daytona Florida that empowers the poor by providing a place for them to grow their own food. Special thanks to Joel Tippens from Fair Share Gardens, Beth Ryan the interviewer, and Jason Giraulo the cameraman.
microlending
Kira met with micro-lenders, borrowers, government officials, economics experts, and NGOs to understand the full scope of micro lending today and how it can be leveraged around the world.
trigger change: urban renewal part 1
Kira conducted the interviews for this video, volunteers edited it together.
trigger change: urban renewal part 2
Kira conducted the interviews for this video, volunteers edited it together.
10 easy ways to reduce your carbon footprint
The 2012 Trigger Change project focused on finding 10 easy ways an individual can reduce their carbon footprint.
10 tips for conserving water
Kira taught a class of students how to create motivational videos. The class created this video in one day, each group tackling a water conservation topic.
Water Conservation: Smart Gardening using Native Plants
Check out this native plant garden in California created with drought tolerant plants. Special thanks to Granada Native Gardens, friends of the Arroyos, and Louann Tung.