UEFA EURO 2012 – POLAND/UKRAINE from bikini filmes on Vimeo.

The Brand Story of UEFA EURO 2012 LOGO.

Agency: Brandia Central
Animation / Post production: bikini
Sound Design: Vitor Ruas

bikini . pós produção de filmes . 2009

Great work from John Dickinson and Brett Morris. I love these sort of case studies that break down how they did it. Also, if you’re not familiar with motionworks, check it out. It’s been a fantastic resource for the motion graphics community for years.

via http://www.motionworks.com.au

Check out more from this spot and more of Job Hall’s work
http://work.jobhall.tv/#295303/Adidas-Energy-Spot

Click more for information and credits from lead designer David Barton

Complete broadcasting design package created for the 2010 WInter Olympics in Vancouver on the Networks of NBC Universal (NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, USA). Package includes all insert, athlete and talent lower third graphic elements, titlecards, locators, scoreboards, replay wipes, studio transitions, over the shoulder elements, menus, opens, bumpers, studio monitors, etc. The entire design package was derived from a single shape – the four point diamond. More info to follow. Applications used: Maxon Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects.

Personnel:
Mark Levy (Creative Director)
John Schleef (Art Director)
David Barton (Senior, Lead Designer)
Matt Celli (Producer, Graphic Playback)
Craig Wilkie (Chyron Duet Pre-pack Build and Integration)
Ian Bonilla (Designer)
Borys Jarymovych (Designer)
Victor Ruano (Designer)
Jon Berry (Designer)
Cathy Krebs (Designer)

Intro Olympic Games, Vancouver 2010, for SVT from Dogday design on Vimeo.

This is the official intro for SVT (Sveriges Television) and their coverage of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. I did all the modeling, texturing, lighting and animation while SVT took care of the music, timing and editing as well as all the post effects.

This clip shows the intro and some of the wipes they will use when announcing specific sports.

I used CINEMA 4D and the MoGraph module, the SVT guys used After Effects.

The Chicago Bulls DIVAS is an in-game featured video which originally aired at the United Center on February 10th 2010. With the help of the crew at the UCTV who edited the spot, I created all the visual effects for DIVAS in Cinema 4D and After Effects.

Thanks to everyone at the United Center and especially the Chicago Bulls for giving such hilarious performances. I’m glad they don’t play basketball like they sing.

Daily Planet recently completed the 2009 Chicago Blackhawks Hit the Ice in-game video and the folks there were kind enough to answer some questions about the process. Be sure to check out their other great work.

Chicago Blackhawks – 2009 Game Opener from Brad Chmielewski on Vimeo.

Daily Planet ltd. is a Chicago based editing and motion graphics studio. Recent works have included design, visual fx, claymation and cgi for local and national commercial advertising campaigns, broadcast television shows, music videos, web-based viral media campaigns, and brand identity packages.

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You’ve worked on the Blackhawks Hit The Ice video for the last couple of years, how is it working with the Blackhawks organization? Was this year different from last?
Working with the Blackhawks is a great collaborative process.  The organization allows us a good amount of creative freedom.  This year varied from last in that we always attempt to add something new while keeping the concept consistent over the years.  This creates the challenge of finding creative ways to top ourselves.

Did you start the project with style or storyboards?
We started out the project with five or six different style boards and a rough outline of a story.  From there, the Blackhawks requested animation tests of a couple of the different styles.  Once a style was locked down, we wrote a script and drew storyboards.  It was crucial that the style selected leant itself to telling a story within it.  It had to go beyond a graphic highlight reel.

How long did it take to complete the project from start to finish?
From the concepting stage to final delivery, the project took about two months.

Did Daily Planet handle the production as well?
Daily Planet did handle the production as well.  It included one full day of an on-ice green screen shoot and two half days of shooting in the locker room.  Since we’ve been on set with some of the same players over the years, there was a nice familiarity on set this year.

How many people worked on the project?
For the post-production phase, we had a team of about fifteen rotoscopers / animators as well as an editor and a sound designer.

In terms of the post production, was it all done in After Effects? What was your workflow like?
The bulk of the work was done in After Effects with prep work in photoshop and some effects work in Cinema 4D.  With so many animators and a tight deadline, consistency was key.  We had a style guide that people used, and we carefully checked what the scenes around each one looked like.  All of our animators worked from Daily Planet, so we easily were able to collaborate and check everyone’s progress.

Did you experiment with a technique or plugin that you hadn’t used before?
This year, we used Cinema 4D to have the players break into pieces when checked by a Blackhawks player.  This took some experimentation on our part to get it to look effective.

What kind of challenges did you meet that you didn’t foresee in the planning stages?
Our biggest challenge was having tight deadlines.  We compensated by bringing in extra freelancers when necessary.

If you could change anything, what would you do differently to Hit the Ice?
We are very fortunate to have worked on this project for a few years now and are very pleased with the process and result this year.  We really feel like we’ve streamlined the execution of the project and actually wouldn’t do much different.

What advice would you give a beginning or struggling moition graphic artist who is trying to create better work?
Study and replicate different  techniques and styles as much as you can.  Ask for feedback on your work as much as possible, and learn to address comments on your work.

‘Super Sunday’ 09/10 on Sky Sports from Justin Bates on Vimeo.

This is also a good time to ask, would you readers be more interested in seeing tutorial/resource posts or in seeing whatever cool inspiring sports related graphics I come across?

Cinema 4D: CS Tools – Cluster from Nick Campbell on Vimeo.

Download CS Tools for C4D

Check out all Nick’s great videos.

Here are a few techniques that work great in these spots and I’ve linked to some tutorials that cover similar topics. Not to say this is the way Rezn8 created these spots, but at least you can play around with ONE way to get it done.

3D text in after effects

Ah the million dollar question. Well the oldest way that I know of is duplicating your layer and moving back -1px in Z-space about 40times and then pre-comping the layers. However Zaxwerks makes a very popluar plugin called 3D invigorator that allows you to manipulate simple 3D shapes, extruded splines and text right in After Effects. John Dickinson of Motionworks just posted his 3d invigorator tutorials to get you started. But I like Chad Perkin’s Shatter trick simple and doesn’t require any plugins.

Reflections

Try Video Copilot’s 3D reflection tutorial. Pretty simple tutorial, even adds a little blur to the reflection.

Compositing and tracking

Another Video Copilot tutorial, HUD (or Heads up Display) covers a similar subject. Except in March Madness video you would track the background (perhaps a chair) or any static element in the scene.

As always, nice stuff from Rezn8. Got to love that glossy 3d. I really like this fighter interstitial.

Check out some of his other work below.

FOX SPORTS Info Graphics from c wargin on Vimeo.

WARGIN REEL v1.8 from c wargin on Vimeo.

WNBA On ESPN2 from c wargin on Vimeo.

SKY SPORTS SOCCER Cubist Open from c wargin on Vimeo.