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Sound Design: Red Bull Academy World Tour

soultronick — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:07:03 +0000

To celebrate the Red Bull Academy World Tour, the Academy produced a music film that encompasses musical styles from around the world. It was produced 8 soundtracks for some of the cities where the event will take place. The Sound design work was done by Elias Arts http://eliasarts.com/.

The visual design work was done by Passion Pictures (http://www.passion-pictures.com/flash.html)

Berlin

The soundtrack for this clip is inspired by one of Hansa’s iconic album’s Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life. Like the creation of the music in the studio, the cityscape is built from the many organic, analogue musical artifacts used in the recording studio. Tape creatures climb across the concrete city jungle towards the Berlin Wall – a nod to the studio’s physical location.

Berlin: Hansa – Das Studio der Mauerstadt from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

Paris

The visual inspiration for the Parisian leg of the tour is an collision between the flesh and blood textures of the African soul and funk that comprised the concert, and the architectural backdrop of Paris – the home of the Afrobeat Picks event. Musically, the rhythm builds and the acoustics echo and bounce off the city walls as we travel across the avenues.

Paris: Questlove’s Afro-Picks from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

Detroit

Inspired by the Detroit automotive industry, from the start the viewer is immersed inside the iconic TR 909 drummachine – a nod to the intersection of man and machine central to the city’s musical innovation. As we travel through a CG circuit board city, the cyclical nature of the assembly line process is increasingly apparent transitioning us from the hey days of Motown R&B to the minimal stylings of techno. The theme of repetition was also carried through to the construction of the musical score.

Detroit: Motor City Frequencies from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

Toronto

The animation style here is directly referenced from the iconic soundclash album Scientists meets the Space Invaders. The four superhero characters battle it out across the streets of Toronto – each one representative of one of the four soundclash crews competing in this event, Afrika Bambaataa’s Zulu Nation, Mad Decent, LuckyMe and Toronto All Star. The beginning of the battle is marked by the sound of the airhorn, a nod to the dancehall musical score underpinning this piece.

Toronto: Culture Clash from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

Melbourne

The bright, visually rich palette of this section is inspired by the coastal location of Melbourne city. Like the experimental nature of the event itself, the narrative of this film explores the relationship between sound and space. The audio of the Melbourne tram chimes set off a wave of fluid illustrated animations that bounce around the screen, visually inspired by traditional aboriginal paintings.

Melbourne: Notions of Sonic Space from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

New York

When hip-hop first emerged in the 70s it was the ghetto blaster that amplified the sound of New York streets to the world. To pay hommage, the setting of this film was built from the original tape deck devices. We see a Hudson River constructed of unwound mixtapes. The trains all disappear to one of the five boroughs, a nod to the albums and boroughs celebrated in this event.

New York: Five Out Of Five from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

Rome

Italy and the Cinecitta studios are credited for producing some of the most influential cinematic masterpieces ever. To celebrate this we created a film that paid tribute to the different genres, from comedy to spaghetti western, 70s cop films & blood-filled horror flicks to psychedelic animations, in one narrative mash-up. A Spaghetti Western inspired track provides the aural backdrop as we pan across the scene culminating in a classic Sergio Leone shot. Along the way we reveal a chaotic assortment of villains, ghouls and policeman all participating in one comedic battle conducted to the tunes of a dead Mexican mariachi band.

Rome: C’era Una Volta A Roma from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

London

Inspired by the event theme, Revolutions in Sound, we wanted to create a dominating creature that visually embodies the innovative qualities of the event itself. As the camera cuts around the robot’s CG body we see it is inspired by components of modern London architecture. His head is a pulsating subwoofer, an iconic musical artifact central to London’s influential bass music scenes and inside his chest we see the magnificent London Eye, the heart of the event itself.

London: Revolutions in Sound from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.

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My name is Gustavo Guiotto, I'm from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I am an audio/sound aficionado and producer in my own studio, soultronick.com. If you have any suggestions or requests just let me know. You can contact me via email at soultronick@gmail or follow me on Twitter at @soultronick

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Beautiful Graphic and Motion Design by Plenty

abduzeedo — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:27:42 +0000

A couple of days ago while checking some Web sites for my daily dose of inspiration I came across this beautiful animation for Fox Retro, it was heavily inspired by the 80s with all those colors and light effects that we are expecting to see. I really liked that and decided to learn more about the guys behind it, then I ended up on the Plenty's Web site.

Plenty was born from the merger between Gula and Playful (Mariano Farías and Pablo Alfieri), a bureau of young professionals with a strong passion for graphic design and mothiongraphics. During the last few months they have worked on several projects in areas such as advertising and TV branding, joining the art direction and motiongraphics of Pablo, Mariano and their group of great talents. We work with clients like MTV LA, MTV International, VH1, NatGeo, AXN Japan, Schweppes, Gancia One & Pilsen. Hope you will become our next client!

Our vast experience, the fine quality of our customers, our flexibility in assembling multidisciplinary teams and our inexhaustible passion is the brand that defines us and guarantees the success of our customers.

For more inforatiom about Plenty you must visit their Web site at http://www.plenty.tv/, simply fantastic work.

Some works

Celebrate Today - Chandon

CraveroLanis BTL trusted Plenty again, this time with Chandon Argentina new campaign. After receiving Pablo Fusco's beautiful film, we edited and post-produced the commercial with cubes of glamour, a graphical resource used in the rest of Chandon's campaign print pieces.

Chandon - Celebrate Today from Plenty on Vimeo.

Fox Retro Birthday Id

Fox Retro summoned us together with our dear friend Fantasma™ in order to join forces and develop a very special piece: an Ident to commemorate its birthday. The client had imagined a one minute piece of animation, where all its series are showed in a 80´s retro-futuristic spatial Pinball. What a nice trip!

Fox Retro "Pinball" - Birthday ID from Plenty on Vimeo.

Dr. Lemon Vodka & Tequila

Coke Teens

The Magic is in the Mix

Schweppes was a Comprehensive project for George Patterson Australia Y&R, in which we were in charge of the graphic campaign art direction. The art was taken to a further step into the screen, and we produced a 3D TV spot where the printed formula (1+1=3) came into life, providing coherency trough the whole project

Schweppes "The magic is in the mix" from Plenty on Vimeo.

Plenty™ - Reel October 2010

Plenty™ Reel 2010 from Plenty on Vimeo.

Mtv Top Ten - The Race

MTV International called us to generate a 30 second Promo for its program " Top Ten ". The idea was to represent a spheres race to fame and fortune in full battle, knowing that only the best 10 will cross the threshold.

Mtv Top Ten from Plenty on Vimeo.

Mtv Only Hits

MTV Europe launched its new show called MTV Only Hits, that choose and shows to their viewers today´s Rock & Pop greatest hits. We developed the show graphic pack based on a totem built by music instruments and pop icons in motion.

MTV Only Hits from Plenty on Vimeo.

Fox international Channels Ids - Popcorns and Coins

Fox ID - Coins from Plenty on Vimeo.

Fox ID - Pop Corn from Plenty on Vimeo.

About the author

Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. You can get in follow us via Twitter at @abduzeedo

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Motion Graphic Inspiration: Imaginary Forces

abduzeedo — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 02:58:04 +0000

Imaginary Forces is a leading independent production company with offices in Los Angeles and New York. They have been creating some of the most compelling titles for films and TV series as well as other types of motion graphics. The core of their business is beautiful conceptual design and great ideas that have been solving their client's creative problems for nearly 15 years.

As our name suggests, we are a force of nature, a force of the imagination. There are no limitations to our work, no boundaries. We can wrap our creative way of working around any challenge, and in the process we challenge ourselves, always striving to do the best work and to inspire others.

For more information and to check out other fantastic works of Imaginary Forces visit http://imaginaryforces.com . Be prepared to spend a good amount of time over there, their work is fantastic.

500 Days of Summer - Film Titles

Boardwalk Empire Main Titles

2010 MTV VMAs

Mad Men - Main Titles & Marketing Campaign

The high-powered and glamorous world of advertising in the 1960s received the Imaginary Forces treatment with this award winning main titles and marketing campaign for this original AMC drama series created by Matthew Weiner, executive producer of the "Sopranos".

"Mad Men" opening sequence created by Imaginary Forces received the 2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Title Design.

Mad Men has received critical acclaim, particularly for its historical authenticity and visual style, and has won multiple awards, including nine Emmys and four Golden Globes. It is the first basic cable series to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, winning it in 2008 and 2009.

Imaginary Forces is the first company in Emmy history to receive three nominations in the Main Title Design category! We have been acknowledged for our work in Human Target, Nurse Jackie, and The Pacific. Congratulations to everyone who worked on these fantastic projects!

Human Target – Main titles

Human Target is a high octane, action show that has something for every one. It takes a brave, selfless man to make himself a "human target" in order to save the lives of those in danger. Based on the popular DC Comics comic book and graphic novel, Human Target s a full-throttle action drama centered on Christopher Chance (Mark Valley), a unique private contractor /security/ expert/ bodyguard hired to protect.

Sex and the City 2 - Main Film Titles

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Imaginary Forces Montage Reel Autumn/ Winter 2010

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Introducing Afterdepth

aloa — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:14:18 +0000

Afterdepth, the moniker of Alexandre Fumeron, is a freelance graphic & motion designer as well as photographer. I found his new identity which totally convinced me to write about him.

He will be pretty happy when you visit his webseite at www.afterdepth.com/

About the author

Aloa is the moniker of the german/greek graphic designer/filmmaker & musician Alexis Papageorgiou. Im glad to share great artistic work with the readers on Abduzeedo. Contact me on aloa@abduzeedo.com or follow my Twitter and Facebook page

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Adobe Production Premium CS5 by Seagulls Fly

abduzeedo — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 11:20:46 +0000

Seagulls Fly is one of the most creative studios I know, I simply love those guys and everything they do. They are from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and are specialized in state-of-the-art manipulation, photo retouch, 2D and 3D illustration, animation, web design and post production. We have already posted about them but we have to feature their work for the Adobe's new Production Premium CS5.

Below you can see the video and the making of showing how they came up with the idea and all the creative process untill the beautiful outcome.

Adobe CS5 - Production Premium

Making of Adobe CS5 - Production Premium

Making of edited by Luciana Fintelmam

CREDITS:

Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Producer: Yogi Graham
Creative Director: Keith Anderson
Art Director: Alex Lyman
Writers: Tom Carter and Steve Payonzeck
Production: Seagulls Fly
Writers: Anderson Gaveta, FlavioMac, Igor Maia, Luciana Jordão, Paulo Visgueiro
Director: FlavioMac
Producers: Luciana Jordão and Rafael Elia
Art Director: FlavioMac and Paulo Visgueiro
Concept Artists: Flavio Hoffe, Paulo Visgueiro, Renan Lima
3D Artists: Alan Camilo, Fabricio Moraes, Felipe Lobo, Felipe Luis, FlavioMac, Fernando Reule, Gabriel D'Orazio, Gustavo Schinner, Raoni Nery
Post-Production: FlavioMac, Fernando Reule
Music: Human
Sound Design: Henry Boy

Do not forget to visit Seagulls Fly website for more information about this project and also to check out their portfolio, be careful, you will spend hours over there due the awesomeness of their work.

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Cutting Edge Work by 2Veinte

abduzeedo — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:04:45 +0000

2veinte is a small design studio situated in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They have done works mostly for agencies and studios and freelance art directors in the US and Europe. Their expertise is in design and motion graphics, mainly for the televisin and film industries.

They define themselves as a global design studio, since it provides a wide range of design services: motion graphics, motion boards, art direction, print, illustration, branding, web design, environmental design, etc.

"2veinte’s style exemplifies the cutting edge of the new generation, with bold colour usage and a penchant for the surreal." - Computer Arts Magazine (UK), by Andy Polaine, issue #146, 2009.

For more information visit 2veinte's website at http://www.2veinte.com.ar

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Video Inspiration "Acesso MTV" by Santa Motion

abduzeedo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:38:55 +0000

We've posted about Santa Motion a few months ago and also featured some of their videos in our Daily Inspiration series. But the Santa guys have done it again. They've produced the ID of a new daily show on MTV called Acesso MTV. It has that retro style on it, a little bit 80's with neon, some pinches of surrealism and a nice typography. Definitely worth checking it out.

We at Santa Motion (www.sant.at) produced from MTV the whole ID of their new daily show called 'Acesso MTV'. We were briefed by MTV to do something related to all the information access that we have nowadays. One of the concepts that we brought up was, how people can change with informations and that was represented with transitions to different places.

The video was mainly made in After Effects. Doors and dropping frame in Maya and hands using all the quirky look from Poser.

The job was developed in 30 days by our 7 people crew.

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Credits:

Client: MTV Brasil
Creative Director: Beto Shibata/MTV
Production Company: Santa Motion
Director: Gustavo Rodrigues
Design: Gustavo Rodrigues, Filipe Zapelini, Isabela Rodrigues
2D Motion: Rodrigo Pires
3D: Lucas Kazakevicius, Daniel Bohrer
Composting and color grading: Gustavo Rodrigues
Sound: Thiago Gautéri

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Motion Design Inspiration by Osito.tv

abduzeedo — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:08:39 +0000

Motion Design is one of the coolest areas of design, you can play with the brand and tell the story mixing images, animations and sound. Osito.tv is a great example, with an impressive portfolio with amazing works to big clients such as Nike, Cartoon Network, Pepsi, Microsoft, Honda and others. Below we list some of those, but as usual we recommend that you visit http://osito.tv for more information and works.

Reel 09

Stills

Images created by Osito.tv. for more information visit: http://osito.tv

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Awesome Motion Designs by Dan Filip Radu

abduzeedo — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:48:14 +0000

As the web evolves and fast internet connections are becoming more affordable, video is getting quite popular and really helping to improve the user experience in terms of entertainment, with the so-called "WOW factor". That's the case of Dan Filip Radu, a Motion Graphic and 3D Animator from Toronto, with some really amazing animations.

My name is Dan Filip Radu and I'm a motion graphics/3D animator freelancer from Toronto. I just re-design and updated my website and demoreel : www.philipstudios.com
My portfolio includes : re-branding for Teletoon/Detour, CTV News promos and TV spots for Sick Kids Lottery, Safeway, Bell, SoloMobile, Smirnoff - just to name a few.

We really recommend that you visit the Philipstudios site, and be prepared to spend some time watching and get inspired by those really cool clips.

Reel 2009

Philipstudios | Dan Filip Radu | ShowReel 2009 from Dan Filip Radu on Vimeo.

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Stunning Motion Graphics by Mark Coleran

PauloGabriel — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:06:29 +0000

From time to time, we get to see movies that feature computer technology that we don't see much. Awesome futuristic operating systems, with touch screen tech, global positioning and all that. Today you get to know the man behind it all.

Mark Coleran, a Canadian designer is the person behind many OS' we've seen featured in the silver. Have you watched any of these: The Island, Alien vs. Predator, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Blade 2, Lara Croft - Tomb Raider, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, 007 - The World is Not Enough, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Ultimatum, Triple X 2, 13th Street, Deja Vu, Children of Men, Mission Impossible 3? If you did, then you know his work. But cooler than just reading movies names is actually watching his showreels. And here are 2 of them. You'll really like it! Cheers! ;)

Mark Coleran - Showreel 01/2006 from Mark Coleran on Vimeo.

I couldn't resize this next one, there was a lot of distortion, so watch it at Vimeo for a bigger presentation. ;)

Mark Coleran - Screen Showreel 06/2008 from Mark Coleran on Vimeo.

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Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil, born in 1984. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.

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Inspiration and Video of the Week: Santa Motion

abduzeedo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:01:08 +0000

It's always nice to know that there are good designers in the city where you live. At least I really like, even more when they are very good. That's the case of this studio from Porto Alegre, my town, Santa Motion. Their work is simply awesome and it's definitely worth checking their site out, the URL is http://www.sant.at/.

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Sound Design: Red Bull Academy World Tour

To celebrate the Red Bull Academy World Tour, the Academy produced a music film that encompasses musical styles from around the world. It was produced 8 soundtracks for some of the cities where the event will take place. The Sound design work was done by Elias Arts http://eliasarts.com/.

Berlin

Paris

Detroit

Toronto

Melbourne

New York

Rome

London

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Beautiful Graphic and Motion Design by Plenty

Some works

Celebrate Today - Chandon

Fox Retro Birthday Id

Dr. Lemon Vodka & Tequila

Coke Teens

The Magic is in the Mix

Plenty™ - Reel October 2010

Mtv Top Ten - The Race

Mtv Only Hits

Fox international Channels Ids - Popcorns and Coins

About the author

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Motion Graphic Inspiration: Imaginary Forces

500 Days of Summer - Film Titles

Boardwalk Empire Main Titles

2010 MTV VMAs

Mad Men - Main Titles & Marketing Campaign

Human Target – Main titles

Sex and the City 2 - Main Film Titles

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Imaginary Forces Montage Reel Autumn/ Winter 2010

About the author

Sponsored Links:

Introducing Afterdepth

Afterdepth, the moniker of Alexandre Fumeron, is a freelance graphic & motion designer as well as photographer. I found his new identity which totally convinced me to write about him.

About the author

Sponsored Links:

Adobe Production Premium CS5 by Seagulls Fly

Adobe CS5 - Production Premium

Making of Adobe CS5 - Production Premium

CREDITS:

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Cutting Edge Work by 2Veinte

2veinte is a small design studio situated in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They have done works mostly for agencies and studios and freelance art directors in the US and Europe. Their expertise is in design and motion graphics, mainly for the televisin and film industries.

Demo Reel

Stills

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Video Inspiration "Acesso MTV" by Santa Motion

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Motion Design Inspiration by Osito.tv

Reel 09

Stills

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Awesome Motion Designs by Dan Filip Radu

Reel 2009

Some Works

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Stunning Motion Graphics by Mark Coleran

From time to time, we get to see movies that feature computer technology that we don't see much. Awesome futuristic operating systems, with touch screen tech, global positioning and all that. Today you get to know the man behind it all.

About the author

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Inspiration and Video of the Week: Santa Motion

Santa Motion Reel

Some Work

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