David A Smart

What Makes a Good Party?

Three teenage girls decide to throw a party to introduce their college-student friend Steve to the crowd.

A Visit from St. Nicholas

Animated adaptation of "Twas the night before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore executed in a simple limited animation style including 3-D objects and cut-out animation techniques.

Rumpelstiltskin

Marionette puppet version of the tale about a little man who grants a miller's daughter the gift of spinning straw into gold.

The Nature of Light

DEMONSTRATES LIGHT AS A FORM OF RADIANT ENERGY. EXPLAINS THE PRINCIPLES OF REFLECTION & REFRACTION & SHOWS HOW THESE PRINCIPLES APPLY TO THE SCIENCE OF OPTICS. SHOWS HOW 2 BOYS ON EARLY A.M. FISHING TRIP DISCOVER PRINCIPLES OF REFLECTION AND REFRACTION OF LIGHT THROUGH SIMPLE EXPERIMENTATION. DIAGRAMS EXPLAIN THE OPERATION OF CAMERA & HUMAN EYE.

Let's Visit A Poultry Farm

Six-year-old Betty visits a poultry farm, where she helps feed the chickens, sees them at various stages of development, watches a boy clean the eggs for market, sees eggs being gathered, and watches a truck bring grain and take the eggs away.