Motion Graphics

Living by the Newspaper Titles

Sunday, 19 February 2012 by Christian

Living By The Newspaper Titles

After the success of our BAFTA award winning titles for Living by the Book, production company Cwmni Da commissioned us at Dinamo to make a title sequence for the follow-up show Living by the Newspaper (Byw yn ol y Papur Newydd in Welsh). This time exploring how Welsh people lived in the 1920s we wanted to keep a similar style to the first series titles, but update it to include silent movies and the more modern transport of the time. We shot presenters Bethan and Tudur against greenscreen taking part in various ’20s activities, which I then composited using After Effects. I then used photos provided by Cwmni Da, and some we took of Penarth Pier to build the newspaper editor’s desk and the paper itself. The train was modeled in Maya by Dan McCarthy and animated & rendered by Llyr Williams.

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BAFTA Success!

Tuesday, 31 May 2011 by Christian
BAFTAs 2011

Llyr, Me and Ro with our BAFTA!

I’m delighted to announce that Dinamo Productions won a Welsh BAFTA award for Best Titles! I was at the ceremony on Sunday 29th May, to accept the award with my boss Owen, and my two main CG guys Romano and Llyr. A great night was had by all, with gallons of free champagne – just the ticket as it was technically a third-night extension to Llyr’s stag weekend – and a smattering of Welsh celebrities thrown in for good measure.

Check out the titles here!

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Living By The Book Titles

Saturday, 26 March 2011 by Christian

Living By The Book Titles

Last year I worked on this title sequence for S4C programme Living By The Book (or Byw Yn Ol Y Llyfr to give it its Welsh title). Presenters Tudur Owen and Bethan Gwanas had to experience life according to the rules laid out in a Welsh Victorian handbook. We were tasked with creating a title sequence that represented both the Middle-class Victorian era, and the book that featured throughout. The opening shot was created entirely in After Effects using photographs and elements created from scratch. I handled all of the compositing and 2D graphics in After Effects, while the CG elements (paper street, houses & train) were made by Llyr Williams and Romano Marenghi, my colleagues at Dinamo Productions.

The sequence was so successful we’ve been commissioned to produce another for the show’s follow-up due later this year.

UPDATE! We’ve been nominated for a Welsh BAFTA for this title sequence! The ceremony is on 29th May, so fingers crossed for a good result!

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Cine 8 Ident

Thursday, 18 February 2010 by Christian

Cine 8 Ident

I was recently commissioned by Croydon-based wedding film company Cine 8 to produce this ident. As their name suggests, they shoot mainly on Super 8 to produce unique vintage-look 10-minute films. Using a piece of their own footage I recreated a Super 8 print strip in After Effects and simulated it being projected in the background. I also designed the end logo.

Although the finished piece was delivered in HD 16:9 (Cine 8 also shoot in HD), it was designed to work within the 4:3 ratio of the Super 8 frame.

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Smarta Ident

Thursday, 18 February 2010 by Christian

Smarta Ident

I responded to a Shooting People advert from Business support website smarta.com, who wanted a short animated ident made for their growing online video library. After designing a number of options, Smarta settled on the neon version above, which segues into their clean logo on white.

The end piece was delivered in HD. It was made in After Effects, using Trapcode Particular for the spark effects.

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Iceni Cape Town Animation

Tuesday, 16 February 2010 by Christian

Iceni Cape Town Animation

I was commissioned by award-winning video production company Iceni to produce this graphic showing a plane travelling from the UK to Cape Town in South Africa for a corporate film. The animation was done using After Effects.

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Jovian Corporate Graphics

Monday, 15 February 2010 by Christian

Jovian Animations

I have been commissioned four times by Worcester-based production company Jovian to produce graphics for their corporate video productions. In each case I’ve created intro sequences, as well as section titles, and Astons (name captions). This video shows a few of the intros, and a brief map tour of the UK showing a timeline of Selco stores opening.

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Older Motion Graphics Work

Thursday, 11 February 2010 by Christian

Old Stuff

This reel shows a number of my early motion graphics work, for both corporate videos and personal projects during 2006 and 2007. In order they are:

  • Ready, Set, Go – a personal project made using After Effects
  • big and clever films Logo – I made this using Maya for my (now defunct) film production company big and clever films
  • Birmingham Map Tour – this After Effects animation was made to show all of the drug treatment centres in Birmingham for the Birmingham Drug Action Team (part of the NHS and Birmingham City Council)
  • Express Awards – this animation introduced each nominee for National Express Group’s Express Awards 2006
  • Leadership DNA – all of the directors of National Express Group asking the question “what are you made of?” zooming out to the DNA of the title

One-or-two of them are a bit cringeworthy now (I was learning After Effects as I went!) – I’m only putting them up here for posterity; Rather than showing off my skills, they’re more for inspiration!

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