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Exclusive: Daily Planet Interview

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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[ More ] November 3rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in After Effects, Chicago, Cinema 4D, Featured, Graphics, In Game Feature, NHL, Sports, case study |

2008 ESPN NFL

Some great work from Prolouge. Check out their site for a lot more videos.

[ More ] September 12th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Featured, Graphics, Inspiration, NFL |

Prologue for ESPN Sportsnation

I was lurking around mograph.net, thanks to the detectives who found out who created this spot.

Very cool work from Prolouge. While you’re there, check out Prolouge’s other work for ESPN. Great stuff!

[ More ] August 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Featured, Graphics, Inspiration, Sports |

DRIVE for Big Ten Network

I’d have to say this is as close to “classic” as it gets for sports graphics. Drive did a fantastic job. Great camera moves, animation. Big glossy 3D. I think there is a lot to learn from here.

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[ More ] May 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in Featured, Graphics, Inspiration, Sports, college football |

Daily Planet for WNBA

More great work from Daily Planet for the WNBA. Nice works guys and thanks for the contribution Brad.

[ More ] May 1st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in After Effects, Chicago, Featured, Graphics, WNBA |

Behind the scenes of Blackhawks open

Awesome behind the scenes video of the making of the Chicago Blackhawks opening video. Thanks Brad and Daily Planet for the video.

[ More ] April 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in After Effects, Chicago, Featured, In Game Feature, Inspiration, NHL, case study |

Michael Blank

Some great work from Michael Blank done mainly at CBS College Sports CSTV. Thanks for the contribution Michael. Are you a C4D user?

[ More ] April 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in After Effects, Featured, Graphics, In Game Feature, NCAA, Sports, college football |

Troika redesigns SportsCenter

Troika has updated ESPN’s SportsCenter. Probably the most recognizable sports graphics in our industry.

ESPN has such a distinctive look and changing it would be considered blasphemy by some sports fans. I think Troika did a fantastic job updating SportsCenter looks like an incredible amount of work and I believe this is the first HD version of the show, but I don’t have cable so I wouldn’t know.

Watch it here.

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[ More ] April 14th, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Featured, Inspiration, Sports |

DesignTypes.tv

Zack from DesignTypes.tv was kind enough to email about his site. DesignTypes.tv is a fantastic site dedicated to TV graphics for sports with great interviews with some of the leaders in sports graphics. Be sure to bookmark them.