Design-O-Matic [NYC] : Blog & Archived Projects » Video & Motion Graphics http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog Recent work, archived projects and other info about Design-O-Matic [NYC] : www.design-o-matic.com Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:34:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Proud to have been a part of the 2011 Tony Awards http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/06/proud-to-have-been-a-part-of-the-2011-tony-awards/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/06/proud-to-have-been-a-part-of-the-2011-tony-awards/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:25:22 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=556 The 2011 Tonys was an amazing show to work on, and we’re very proud of how it turned out! We were responsible for all the performance graphics which were displayed on massive LED panels during each song from the nominees.

 

We started the process by shooting thousands of photos and many gigs of video inside the theaters, in order to capture lighting changes and set elements. The photos were then carefully mined for textures and scenic pieces that we needed. Then the final video-based “sets” were painstaking constructed from this bank of images.

 

Lots of hard work & long hours were put into separating & layering the video content so that we could do things like dynamically shift color during the performances. Pretty cool stuff!

 

To see what we mean, here are some videos that other folks (not us!) have uploaded to YouTube :

 

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]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/05/546/feed/ 0 UPDATE: New clients & recent projects http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/04/update-new-clients-recent-projects/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/04/update-new-clients-recent-projects/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:39:30 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=524 For the third year in a row, we’ll be working with the Robin Hood Foundation at their annual Javitz Center Gala. As usual, we’ll be building and performing live interactive Motion Graphics for the Donations & Auctions portion of the event.



This year promises to be as fun and worthwhile as ever, with Brian Williams hosting the evening that wraps up with a performance by Lady Gaga. Last year the evening provided a whopping $86 MILLION for fighting poverty in New York.



Stay tuned for more…

 




We also recently wrapped up some HTML5/CSS3 design consulting with Fancy Pants Interactive for their snappy new site, which should be live very soon. They’re an amazingly capable development team that has powerful technical know-how with an unheard-of creative sensibility– if you need your creative concepts translated into superb interactive, you should get in touch.



In other news, we’ve been working on Interactive and Online Advertising for some pharmaceutical and financial clients, new videos for the World Bank, logos for the set/environment guys at Seth Easter Design, helping out with Malevolent Creation‘s new music video, and working with Uffindell Group on some digital for Ameriprise….among other things!




Been a busy start to the year. More news soon…

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2011/04/update-new-clients-recent-projects/feed/ 0 Music video for Willie Heath Neal http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/09/music-video-for-willie-heath-neal/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/09/music-video-for-willie-heath-neal/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:57:44 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=480 Completed in our, um, spare time as a favor for our dear friends at Chicken Ranch Records, this is a low-fi music video for Austin singer/songwriter Willie Heath Neal. It’s a terrific rockabilly cover of an classic old C.W. McCall country song (“Classifieds”), and it was a blast to work on. Footage was DIY, shot by Ranch staffers using barebones equipment.

It was also a pleasure to find that we never tired of hearing the song in the office, which is an extreme rarity when working on projects with audio.

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/09/music-video-for-willie-heath-neal/feed/ 0 Need more motion graphics wizards! http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/06/need-more-motion-graphics-wizards/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/06/need-more-motion-graphics-wizards/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:44:49 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=465 We’re looking to expand our roster of Motion Graphics resources on a project basis, so if you (or someone you know) is a highly-skilled, reliable and easy-going motion designer, please get in touch.

After Effects (CS4 and/or CS5) wizardry is an absolute must, and 3D knowledge is a big plus but certainly not required. We work with folks both on- and off-site, but we generally start new resources off at our office until we’re all comfortable with workflow. NYC-based is preferred, but don’t necessarily let that stop you from giving us a shout; you never know.

Let us know what your standard rate is and what sort of availability you generally have. (Obviously, if you haven’t had a vacation in years because you’re always far too busy, then it might not be a good fit. But really, take some time for yourself on occasion. Jeez.)

Email us here with rate, availability, CV and link to your reel/site.

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Apologies for the very grainy (iPhone) photos. We hope to have proper production shots soon. In the meantime…

The event was obviously a huge success: $87+ million dollars raised in one evening! It was a pleasure to see Sting play Message In A Bottle, as well as a full concert by Stevie Wonder. Brian Williams hosted (along with help from Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas, Uma Thurman and Rex Ryan), with comedy by Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon.

All in all, a wonderful experience. Robin Hood sure knows how to throw an amazing gala…and to contribute meaningfully to the fight against poverty in NYC.

(Our graphics can be seen on the large projection screens…more soon.)

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/05/robin-hood-gala-event-at-javitz-center-raises-87m-to-fight-nyc-poverty/feed/ 0 Robin Hood Foundation 2010 Gala event: video/application redux! http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/03/robin-hood-foundation-2010-gala-event-videoapplication-redux/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/03/robin-hood-foundation-2010-gala-event-videoapplication-redux/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:52:47 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=437 We’re very excited to be working with Alex Coletti Productions and Brian Oakes on this year’s Robin Hood Foundation Gala. We fully expect it to be as fun and as much of a challenge as last year!

See last year’s interactive motion graphics application.

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We also recently completed some sound design for an Augmented Reality game for Pepsi, in partnership with Bajibot.

]]> http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2010/01/youtube-channel-update/feed/ 0 Starting several new projects this week http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/12/starting-several-new-projects-this-week/ http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/2009/12/starting-several-new-projects-this-week/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:32:03 +0000 admin http://www.design-o-matic.com/blog/?p=383 …Including a new iPhone app (and possibly 2), a desktop database app, and 2 fun video-based projects.

We should also be launching one or two new websites this week as well!

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