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2011 already
So 2011 is already two months old. It’s been a busy few months which shows a good healthy up turn across the board. Already this year has seen us delivering a number of live action virals as well as animation projects. In addition there have been a number of new projects for which we’ve produced illustrations the most fun being for the Blue Peter Book Awards. Here is a round up and some links.
Blue Peter. This was an interesting one as the brief was to provide illustrations for several books for which there is already an established style for the front covers. Great fun though.
The first viral to make it out the door this year was for the excellent new Alfa MiTo. Great brief from a trusted client and we got to work with some of the best production talent Bristol has to offer.
Here’s the behind the scenes film
and here’s the finished article
Enjoy!
One cool animation project was working with the team putting together a great new web site for a luxury yacht search facility
Although our element isn’t live yet the brief was to design and then animate a cartoon fish that guides the user through the search engine process.
Another job yet to see the light of day but which is already in post production is for a range of beauty treatments. More details to follow when this is complete but we managed to get into the studio with the very talented and lovely Julie Lowery for some cool elements. Here is a monitor shot of Julie with one of our fav make up artists Inma who also worked on our Alfa viral.
More to follow but already this year we’re seeing that Bristol is the place to be?
Summers here already
It’s been some time since our last post and thankfully this is as a direct result of being busy. Certainly a welcome change from the latter half of 2009. This year has seen us involved in a range of projects from live action and animated corporate production through to broadcast development and production management.
The longest project started at the tail end of last year and was a series of four animated films produced with the help of a group of young people aimed at young people. The series is yet to be launch and unfortunately until that time we’re unable to give too much away. The concept was to use a simple 2D animated solution to tackle a range of issues from teenage pregnancy through to depression. This was a great project to work on as it saw us working once again with one of a favorite and funniest Producers.
We’ve also been involved with collaborating with long term friends here in Bristol who already enjoy an international reputation within the Natural History program making genre. We’ve been pleased to assist with the production management of a stunning new two-parter commissioned by National Geographic which shows in graphic representation some of the more unusual aspects of the worlds oceans. More details to follow.
We’ve been pleased to have been involved in the return of the renowned Bristol Animation Festival as part of the Encounters Film Festival this year. The line up promises to be a stunner and there’s still time to take a look and get involved.
Like kids in a sweet shop the upgrades to some of our favourite software has been too irresistible with Smith Micro Software really cranking up the competition with version 7 of Anime Studio Pro our favourite 2D animation software. Powerful features such as a bone rigging system, integrated lip-synching, 3D shape design, physics, motion tracking and more make life just that little bit easier. We’re pleased to have supported this from it’s earliest beginnings.
Our live action, corporate output has seen us working on subjects as diverse as student volunteering programs to high end motor vehicle marketing.
Latest Project
Back in December Green Lit Media where commissioned by the leading integrated advertising and marketing communications agency in the South West, McCann Erickson Bristol to create a series of in house films for iconic furniture manufacturer G Plan upholstery
The overall message for the client was ‘Great Past. Great present Great future’. The brief was to break this down into three separate films to highlight the heritage, craftsmanship and actual comfort of the clients products. The final creative solution was to amalgamate some of the beautiful and iconic images from G Plan’s great past as well as the modern designs now available. in addition we also went into the studio for a shoot for additional material. It was genuinely useful working with a great client team who understood the disciplines available to us. The whole team put in a lot of effort to produce the films to the client’s requirements within an ‘interesting’ schedule.
Steve & Amanda (Cameraman & Photographer)
Tough day for Sarah
The real star of the show
