Cobra Dash Cam Simulator This 3D animation was created for an installation at the CES trade show designed to mimic the POV of a driver as it illustrated the benefits of a Cobra Dash Camera. Along with a few purchased stock models we drew on our extensive library of streets, buildings and cars to populate …
Biamp Networked Media System We were provided storyboards and layered vector files for this motion graphics animation illustrating the advantages of Biamp’s networked audio solutions. Our task was to create a seamless, flowing animation lasting over five minutes, precisely timed to the VO. Production Company: Heaping Teaspoon Director: Curley Johnson Animation: Shawn Marshall
Portland General Electric – Simple Superpowers https://vimeo.com/506623836 Simple superpowers is the overall theme for this PGE promotional video for their Peak Time Rebates program. Rather than producing a straight edit of stock footage we proposed and created a framing element that echoed comic book panel borders to add visual interest to the video. Agency: Strategy …
HP NASA Fulldome Experience https://vimeo.com/496529741 This animation, celebrating HP’s partnership with NASA, was created to run on a hemispherical dome at the Panorama music festival in New York City. The original plan was to simply repurpose and reformat existing NASA video for fulldome projection, but we soon determined that unless the video was shot for …
HP ENVY USB Hub https://vimeo.com/493155655 Portability is the theme of this promotional video, a combination of live-action and 3D animation. We used a special line-art rendering technique to transition between video of the HP hub and its 3D equivalent created from a CAD file. Several shots required motion tracking and rotoscoping to insert the screen …
Matrix Holiday Messages “Trinity” Message Start “Neo” Message Start Working under a tight deadline and limited budget, we turned to the Element 3D plugin for After Effects and their Metropolitan pack of building models to create the cityscape used in these Matrix-themed holiday messages. Managers from Intel, channeling Neo, Trinity, and Agent Smith from the …
Portland Ghostbusters Opener https://vimeo.com/800747255 This 3D animation began as an 8′ x 5′ printed banner to be deployed by the non-profit Portland Ghostbusters at their appearances. I thought it would be fun to bring the poster to life using fluid camera movement to peek into various rooms that reference iconic elements from the Ghostbusters franchise, …
Tru-Point by John Bean https://vimeo.com/534234200 This video presentation of the Tru-Point ADAS calibration system combines greenscreen compositing, 3D animation, and motion graphics to demonstrate its features. In preproduction I mocked up stage design and lighting approaches, produced animatics, and helped tweak the script to improve visual flow. On stage I worked with the director and …
Microns to Miles https://vimeo.com/505472667 This fast-paced animation combines 3D stock models, CAD files, scratch-built models, and stock clips to propel the viewer through a seamless story of how Intel’s hardware and software touches multiple stages of connectivity, from the microscopic traces on a processor to 5G networks spanning miles. Creative Director: Mark McCarthyArt Direction: Matthew …
HP Coachella Dome 2018 “Abstraction” https://vimeo.com/506252985 We contributed three distinct animations for this immersive fulldome experience installed in the HP Antarctic Dome for Coachella 2018.0:00 – “Breathe/Burst” The hexagon ceiling subtly starts pulsating before exploding into hundreds of pieces.0:25 – “Evolution of Thought/Synapse” Crystals fly towards the audience, colliding and exploding before the last pair merge.1:32 – …