Vladimir's Film Work--->

Crazy About the Movies: Vladimir Sierra's Early Films

Aurora (2001)
Length 2:18

This, my first film, was entirely done in pastels and shot under an original Oxberry animation stand at UCLA's Animation Workshop. The film tells a love story between the earth and the sky culminating in a radiant sunrise...Ahhhh.

Celeste (2002)
Length 4:15

Celeste is an abstract film that explores the cycle of birth, life and death using animated brush strokes. With this film, I also began to experiment with the mosaic form, which I would later revisit with my ukiyotile digital paintings.

A Boy And His Robot (2002)
Length 2:26

This is a silly, crazy movie featuring some fine acting by yours truly. It's the classic story of boy dreams up a robot, boy builds a robot, and boy falls subsequently in love with his creation. The kicker of this film is that I had actually built the featured "robot" to do another film, but when I was faced with a looming deadline because I spent so much time building this prop, I decided to make it my protagonist.

Worlds Apart (2002)
Length 6:20

This film is decidedly the most serious, complex, and inadvertedly, the most brooding that I did while I was in film school. It tells the story of a failed mission to Pluto, and its effect on the female protagonist. I spent a few days shooting the film with a small crew and a talented DP (Vanessa Holtgrewe), and then, I spent over a year animating it and editing it. Overall, it was a terrific learning experience, however, if I could do it again, I would make it a more uplifiting film.

Astronomical Proportions (2003)
Length 4:05

My thesis film is an homage to Los Angeles of a much lighter tone than my previous film. The protagonist is a culture-weary, traffic-hating guy who is just trying to get to work. Watch out for lots of cartoon cleavage, and an unexpected twist at the end!