You wait ages for a blog post to come along and wehey, another one ... Here's a low-fi motion graphics video I just made for Virna Lindt's new track "Avant Garde".
For this track I was asked to make a simpler kind of music video with a tighter production schedule. I only had the vinyl record and a couple of still photos of the artist Virna Lindt to work with. The track has a certain pulsing shuffle to it, so I used lots of 'dust' and 'noise' in the graphics to keep the imagery buzzing and alive throughout the track.
My old friend Marcus Hearn has directed a new feature length documentary all about Hammer Horror films from the late60s/early70s. Fans of these classic movies should definitely look out for "Hammer Horror the Warner Bros Years" coming soon. I had great fun providing some motion graphics for this in a somewhat retro styley adding plenty of film weave, light leaks and dodgy 'opticals', all rendered in a suitably diabolic palette of red and black of course .... Mwa ha ha. Taste ze trailer here ...
I'm proud to now reveal the four product videos I have just made for new client Nevion which the company have just published on their YouTube channel.
It was also great to be working again with my old colleague Philip Pepper as my Agent/Producer on these.
Nevion produces tech equipment for the TV & Broadcast industry. Nevion's innovative systems are used by content broadcasters worldwide to transport media streams from one location to another and to ensure the quality and reliability of such links.
I was asked to make four product videos highlighting key features for three hardware products and one software product in the Nevion range.
First up, here's the Nevion Sublime X2 Router for switching audio and video signals in tight situations...
For these videos the client had already written the Voice-Over Script.
I sourced suitable VO recordings, and meanwhile set-about storyboarding the visuals for each video.
This is the TNS4200 Monitoring Probe for ensuring the quality of video streams...
I presented the client with a fairly thorough storyboard for each video within the first four days of each production to enable discussion and feedback.
This is the NX4600 Media Gateway for encoding and decoding media streams across IP networks...
This is the VideoIPath software solution for monitoring and controlling video networks including Nevion's hardware and 3rd party products too...
I particularly enjoyed making these videos and always love the challenge of presenting complex or highly technical subject matter with maximum precision and clarity.
The Nevion team are showing their products from their booth at the NAB Show for the TV industry in Las Vegas this week. I wish them an enjoyable and productive time at the show.
Now online at the Hali Publishing website, here's the arts/history documentary film I have just made. This film was specially commissioned for an exhibition of fine Ottoman-era artifacts now taking place at The Palazzo Lomellino in Genoa. The film is in Italian with English subtitles.
