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Taking still images to video

  |  Filed under Design Motion Graphics Movies Typography

One of my co-workers asked for our help in coming up with some examples of how to take still images to video. So my coworker Kim and I came up with a quick list. Thought it’d be nice to share with everyone looking to do the same thing.

“Ken Burns Effect Demonstration”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNTiyRDhlRY[/youtube]

“Moving Pictures”

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/2362167[/vimeo]

“Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY[/youtube]

“Dark Knight Kinetic Typography”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL2IIpNkSKs[/youtube]

“Photo Effects for Video 10″

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/13920529[/vimeo]

“Make Any Photo Look 3D”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgJHkqkdcY&feature=related[/youtube]

“Italian Deli After Effects Photo Animation”

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfYQ-Cp7atw[/youtube]

My visit to DK

  |  Filed under Commentary Design Motion Graphics

Back in February, I visited Digital Kitchen, one of the foremost digital production studios. They’re known for the intros to shows like Six Feet Under and Dexter and most recently the new BMW ads about their 3-series. Thanks to a AIGA’s Small Talk, I spent two hours learning about them. Here are the quick notes:

  • Crazy hours. It’s not uncommon to be pulling multiple all-nighters.
  • They have a great relationship with the client
  • 20 to 30 concepts presented!!!
  • To get things done, they need boundaries
  • An average project could take 2 months
  • In terms of getting the best and most ideas, they spend most of the time thinking, last minute putting tight comps together
  • Really tight comps sell the idea (especially in this day and age)
  • Most of the workers are comprised of a super-flexible team of outside people freelance, 30 in Chicago office
  • I noticed that the deck they’re presenting from is gorgeous, black & white deck with video popping
  • Their reel is done in fashion model idea
  • Production and designers work tightly together in a circle
  • EVERYONE HAS A 30″ SCREEN!
  • Most people who work there are musicians
  • However, clients usually bring in music to design to

Heading to Digital Kitchen for a Small Talk

  |  Filed under AIGA Design Motion Graphics

I LOVE the AIGA for putting these visits together. You’ll recognize Digital Kitchen for putting together some of the best intros in the business. Motion graphics at its finest. From the AIGA site:

Digital Kitchen is a digital agency and production company that demands consumer attention by disrupting their existing perceptions of marketing and media. They believe that credibility is the cornerstone of post-modern communication and strive for authenticity in everything they do. They achieve this by erasing the lines between commerce and art and agency and content producer. This hybrid capacity has allowed them to move effortlessly between the entertainment and marketing worlds and provided them with the tools and talent to craft innovative, effective, and award-winning solutions in both.

This time, February 2 will see the Small Talk at Digital Kitchen. I signed up and you should too — quickly.

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