Haven’t updated this site in ages. Behind the scenes there’s a brand new site coming but of course it’s not ready yet. I’ve cut together a new reel though and did want to get it up here so take a looksie.

I recently had the opportunity to animate some titles and on-air graphics for a new branded entertainment show Along the Way for Under Armour. Working from designs by Second World Design out of Boston, Massachusetts I was able to quickly turn out some simple, clean and effective motion graphics. The show is due to launch later this month and I will update with clips once they’re released.

My involvement in the Integrated Design Wheel project at CK spans over a year but the project as a concept is years older than that. In my time it took the form of being purely a website, then a Flash website with animation and voice over, purely a video, and then finally where it is now as a combination microsite, Frontline-esque documentary. The website is launched at designsynthesis.betterbricks.com and is slowly beginning to be promoted.

I shot the footage with a small crew, lit with 2 Diva-Lite Kino’s and for being talking head footage I’m very happy with how it turned out. Follow the link to see it all but I’ve pulled a few of my favorite clips here.

As part of Coates Kokes’ work with Clean Rivers and Streams we manage their social media program – releasing little around the house tips and tricks for keeping a healthy water system. We proposed a series of low budget videos that we’d shoot on a Flip camera and then release via Twitter and Facebook. It’s an ongoing project but I wanted to share a couple.

My first opportunity to shoot on the RED camera, this was conceived as a single shot that with it’s stark simplicity would feel unique and grab some attention. Of course it was far more complicated to execute than it appears. Shot off speed first full of stuff with the door closing, then multiple takes with the beach ball that was eventually slowed to 80% full speed, then much later in the day shot with the garage empty.

Creatively, once I was brought into the project as the director I realized in order to really sell this as being one moment we had to have some element carry over from the full garage to the empty. We shot a few different elements but ended up using a rubber ball.

Karl, the copywriter on the project, and myself shot a behind the scenes video walking through some of the complicated compositing we pulled off.

There are a series of photos I’ve never posted up here for lack of having somewhere to actually put them. At some point I’ll need to come back and reorganize these but here are 2 from a series of 6 I shot back in 2007.

As with any of the images on the site just click on the image to see it larger.

Had always meant to shoot a little something down this tunnel near my apartment. Just for fun went down with a couple friends and shot a few images.

Just because I haven’t posted in a while here are a couple images I shot for some comps for Tobacco Prevention here in Oregon. Just placeholder to get the ideas across.

The task was to show the principles of Coates Kokes at work, highlighting the capabilities of the agency. I tried to stylize it and give it some personality and pop, bringing some light on them to try to highlight the thinking that goes into the process of working through a creative problem.

Earlier this year we were working on an experimental website for PUSH Your Business, a consulting firm that helps businesses maximize their value throughout the entire life of the venture. Part of the concept for the project involved an opening animation of character pushing the letters in for the logo. We shot this footage to eventually turn into a simple vector animation but never had the opportunity to actually include it in the site.

I don’t know if it will ever see the light of day as a final project but I thought it was worth posting up here.

Coates Kokes is working with the city on marketing for the Portland Plan.

The Portland Plan is a people’s plan to help our city prioritize investments and shape what Portland will look like in 30 years. Get involved. Great things rarely happen by accident.

I shot the photo we’re calling Granny Franny. Very pleased with the personality I was able to bring through and how the color worked out. She was fantastic to work with, as well as very focused on making sure we got something to drink on the way out.