Changethethought

Agency: CHI
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Director: Kristofer Ström
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Producers: Blink Ink, Nicholas Wakeham, Björn Wahlström, Bart Yates
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Music & SoundFX: Minilogue.com

written by Christopher | tags: Advertising, Animation, Carphone Warehouse, CHI, Motion Graphics

Invasion! E.L.A. is a young girl in love back in home planet Earth. But the power of her love is too big to be limited to solely one being. An extremely bizarre love triangle unravels an invasion of epic proportions, and E.L.A. is set on an adventure to save planet Earth from the evil claws of Havra the Merciless!! Will she succeed on such risky endeavor? What´s the secret weapon that will help her defend us all from utter evilness and total destruction? It´s up to us to find out, on this high-paced special-effects driven adventure ride through space, low compression rates, pixels and love.

Credits
“E.L.A. in Love at First Byte” – Short Film
Starring: Paula Kohan, Emanuel Zaldua
Narrated by: Sid Whatley

Directors: Fernando Sarmiento, J.F. Mackeprang and Federico Quiros
Executive Producers: Fernando Sarmiento, Federico Quiros
VFX Supervisors: Flavio Bianchi, Federico Quiros, Fernando Sarmiento
Creative Consultants: Tomas Garcia, Alejandro Sarmiento
Music by: PULL ( pullpullpull.com )
Edited by: J.F. Mackeprang

Official website: peppermelon.tv

written by Christopher | tags: E.L.A., Motion Graphics, Peppermelon

Beck – Gamma Ray

More about the making of here. Great song, good video. You gotta love Chloe. I know I do.

written by Christopher | tags: Beck, Gamma Ray, Modern Guilt, Music Video

UPDATE: SORRY BUT WE HAVE OUR 2 WINNERS ALREADY. 

I have two free tickets to FITC’s Pause NYC event next week. All you need to do is answer the following question correctly in an email sent to hire[at]changethethought.com:

“What was Mark Romanek’s first feature film and who was the lead actor in that film.”

The first two people to email the correct answer, your name and email address will receive the tickets. 1 ticket per person only. So two people will win. I must have the answers, names and email addresses in to FITC by Wednesday this week to confirm the tickets, so act fast or miss your chance.

This is going to be a great event for anyone involved in the motion graphics side of the creative industry so don’t miss a chance at a free seat, especially if you already live in New York City.

Here is a little more about the event:
FITC is on the move with an imaginative new event for the broadcast and film community. PAUSE: Ideas in Motion debuts November 10 – 11, 2008 at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Centre in NYC. From 30-second commercial spots to feature films and experiential design, PAUSE NYC examines the concepts, techniques and principles that drive the world’s leading creative studios.

The two-day event features 12 one-hour presentations, a panel discussion, special screenings, and nightly socials as only FITC can deliver. Confirmed presenters at release time include: BTRY, Brand New School, BUCK, Digital Kitchen, GMunk, HUSH, Joseph Kosinski, MK12 and UFO.

PAUSE NYC is open to anyone who works with 3D and motion graphics technologies — whether After Effects, Combustion, Maya, Motion, or a combination of these and other bold new toolsets. Delegate passes range in price from $59 to $249 US (Student and Regular). Early bird discount rates apply now through October 10, 2008. Go to www.pausenyc.tv for details or to register.

written by Christopher | tags: Events, FITC, Free Tickets, Motion Graphics, Pause NYC

“We are a Copenhagen based motion graphic studio. With a subtle balance of design, animation and live action, we create commercials, corporate branding, music videos, title sequences, short films, broadcast design and network branding.”

Thank you has just been updated.

written by Christopher | tags: Copenhagen, Denmark, Motion Graphics, Thank You

New website and updated portfolio from talented Designer/Director Alex Turvey.

written by Christopher | tags: Alex Turvey, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics

3D motion graphics wizards, Umeric have finally updated their site and wow was it worth the wait. Absolutely amazing work.

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Umeric

“FullScream is the work of Ced Pakusevskij, Motion Artist based in Milan, Italy.
He is a winner of 3 Promax BDA World Gold Awards, and various others.
“I believe that design is, above all, a tool to communicate a concept. The style should be the appropriate grammar to deliver the message. That’s why I like to be involved in every part of a project, from concept and direction to illustration, compositing, and 3d.

Motion design is the most exciting way to do all my art at once.”
Besides being a Motion Artist he draws, does photography and composes music under the alias “SkengChan”.”

Striking, colorful, bold, frenetic and exiting work.

written by Christopher | tags: Ced Pakusevskij, Fullscream, Italy, Motion Graphics

One of my favorite design and illustration firms, I Love Dust, has been breaking some new ground in the world of motion graphics animation. It is really no surprise when considering the amazing detail in their hand-rendered illustrations and their amazing ability to master whatever media they choose to use. They have two new experimental motion pieces on display at Ultimate PC. Sorry Mac people (that would include me).

Be sure to click on the smaller thumbnails to see both of the animations.

written by Christopher | tags: Animation, Graphic Design, I Love Dust, Motion Graphics

From the source:
“Animated light paintings of a little piano player performing. Filmed at night with the lovely I-5 and San Diego skyline in the background. Frames were photographed with a Canon Rebel using 20-30 second exposure time. A small green LED keychain light was used to draw each frame. Once all the positions were photographed they were strung together and synchronized to the music in After Effects.”

written by Christopher | tags: Light Piano, Motion Graphics, Music, Vimeo

My friends at Lifelongfriendshipsociety recently released a new spot for MaxMara that is quietly beautiful and every bit as original as the rest of the work in their portfolio. We have been working with them here at the agency I work (Cactus), and I just can’t say enough good things about them. They just kick ass. We shared some good times in NYC together and they have just been doing an awesome job on the series of spots they are producing for us. It didn’t take my writing partner and I long to feel like we had honorarily joined their ‘friendship society’. As good as things have been going, I would love to work with them again sometime in the near future. In short, we love them and if you are in the market for a top notch motion firm, you would be hard pressed to find someone better.

Above you can see an older promo they produced for Lost at E Minor that shows off exactly the kind of sensitivity to style, production, sound and artistic integrity that I was talking about. They pour themselves all the way into everything they do and that’s why we love them.

written by Christopher | tags: Cactus, Lifelongfriendshipsociety, Motion Graphics

Really interesting music video. Full credits below.

Artist: Thomas Feiner & Anywhen
Record name: “The Opiates – revised”
Song: “The Siren Songs”
Record label: Samadhisound (cd ss013)

Animation: Aubo Lessi vs. Thomas Feiner.
parkink.net | thomasfeiner.com

written by Christopher | tags: 3d, Motion Graphics, Siren Songs, Thomas Feiner

Chandler Owen and William Boyer recently formed a new motion studio called Signal, in Charlotte, NC. Signal writes, concepts, sketches, designs, produces, directs, shoots, animates and edits for projects created for all screens including film, television, video, internet and DVD.

They have some big named clients already in their book, no doubt from prior experience. Their production is top quality though and I would say they are definitely off and running already at a sprinter’s pace. Excellent work.

written by Christopher | tags: Advertising, Direction, Motion Graphics, Signal

Interesting work from Nicolas Lesaffre who works as an animation director and graduated from Supinfocom in France. While studying there he codirected a film called Hernando that has been shown in several film festivals including Imagina, the Siggraph, So Short Film Fest and Anifest. He has worked for several companies in the capacity of either director or 3D artist.

written by Christopher | tags: France, Motion Graphics, Nicolas Lesaffre, Niko

Metamorphosis is programmed entirely in Processing, it’s the follow up to Glen Marshall’s ‘Music is Math’ video. The music is by Boards of Canada. The track is ‘Corsair’ off of the Geogaddi album.

You can find more info on this video at butterfly.ie

And you can see more of Marshall’s work here.

written by Christopher | tags: film, Glenn Marshall, Metamorphosis, Motion Graphics

I am really loving this title sequence for the Mad in Spain conference by Helio Vega. Expertly done.

I so wish I could make it to Mad in Spain this year. I would love to attend and it would be super cool to speak there sometime in the future. Maybe someday. I can dream.

written by Christopher | tags: Conference, Graphic Design, Helio Vega, Mad In Spain, Motion Graphics

Well, I apologize but I haven’t been able to write for the blog the past few days. I was in Nebraska for a family affair, then back to Denver and now I am in New York, Brooklyn to be exact working on a new set of television commercials with Lifelongfriendshipsociety.

So, while I am working check out their work because they are amazing and I will try to get back to you all tomorrow or by the end of the week.

written by Christopher | tags: Brooklyn, Graphic Design, LFS, Lifelongfriendshipsociety

Melbourne-based XYZ Studios has updated with a new website full of really stunning work for motion. Top notch all the way.

written by Christopher | tags: Australia, Melbourne, Motion Graphics, XYZ Studios