Psyop created this really cool spot for sprint. I love this tiny scale/tilt-shift lens look.

I found this article particularly interesting. Most sports teams have video production and graphics teams. But rarely do we think about the team management as an arm of the video department. It’s separated. In the Laker’s case, the daily game footage is edited next to Phil Jackson’s office… it’s team management, not game day entertainment.

Let me put it this way, I’m sure we’ve all been working in after effects and our editor or 3d guy was busy when our boss needed a short edit or 3d intro. It becomes apparent that you’ve got to learn a little bit of some of those other programs. Maybe you’ve even taken a Avid or Cinema 4D crash course online. So, I can understand a scout, looking at the FCP interface and thinking “I can do this”. They may not be the best Editor in the world, but they don’t have to be. It’s just game footage spliced together right? Maybe, but expanding your skill set beyond the obvious program updates and cool new plugin to more substantial skillsets like management, scouting and maybe typography is a great way to be ready for those new hybrid jobs in sports that technology will reveal. Look around, there may be an office in your stadium with a rack of DVR’s, 8 Macbook Pros and you didn’t even know it.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-kobevideo31-2008dec31,0,3226134.story

Garus Booth – MLB Playoff Edition from Garus Booth on Vimeo.
Gotta love that Ambient Occlusion.

Game Day Package for Indianapolis Colts from Keyframe on Vimeo.

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The Lineup from Brase on Vimeo.
I’m a sucker for hand drawn animation. Black and white hand drawn style reminds me of that ‘take on me video’… actually it reminds me of the family spoof of the ‘take on me’ video.

http://braseface.com

http://vimeo.com/brase

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Wordpress, the blogging software we use here at GraphicsMafia was updated to version 2.7 recently. I haven’t installed it on GraphicsMafia yet, but on some of my other blogs it is running great. The back end interface is gorgeous.

Chris DiNicolas Reel 2008 from Chris DiNicolas.

I stumbled upon Chris’s work while searching Vimeo. I recognize his NFL network interstitials. Beautiful glossy, reflective, lens flares… he’s got it all. I’m guessing Maya, what do you guys think? Fantastic work.

www.chrisdinicolas.com

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World Series ‘08 show open [HD] from FoxSportsGFX on Vimeo.
Very nice job on this.

Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama united to help narrate an opening to the World Series telecast Wednesday highlighting how baseball — America’s pastime — has drawn the country together in challenging times.

Academy Award winning actor Michael Douglas provides the lead narration.

Design/Animation:
Jason Bognacki & Clay Lipsky

Writer/Producer:
Michael Hughes

Sound:
Jim Mitchell

Nice spot from Mode here in Chicago. Also, turns out they work with Sol Sender to come up with the 2008 Obama Campaign logo.

Roman Farias along with Justin Tuazon and everyone else at the Chicago White sox did a great job on this in-game video for game one of the Cubs/Sox series last season. 

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