Here are the graphic’s and HUD design’s that myself and Steve Gilbert created for Panasonic’s Pancom : Espionage film.

Designs where all produced in Illustrator and animated in After Effects, with Iron man, Spy games and Mark Coleran’s work in mind.

Music featured by Dan Watts taken from the Pancom : Espionage film.

an info-graphics film showcasing Myriad.

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Brief

Myriad “Numbers” was created as an internal communication video set to educate the company as a whole about how they operate. Myriad are a big, expanding communications company their facts and history are simply mind-boggling. Unfortunately, very few people within the business recognize this and the big contribution Myriad makes in to the market – which they are part of.

With this in mind the brief was to create an engaging film which not only was fun and upbeat, but also to showcase the facts and figures Myriad provide to the communications industry, but also the company itself.

Style

With a long list of numbers and figures, the challenge was to keep the film interesting and exciting…

One huge brain-storm later and few more lists, a scripted sequence was complied and designer Pete Rix went to work creating a simple clear style, which gives the film it’s aesthetic.

During this stage, based on Pete’s early designs an animatic was made to gauge rough timings and pace, ready for animating. Steve Gilbert and myself then went to work in After Effects and Cinema 4D until completion of the final sequence.

Graphics – Pete Rix

After Effects/3D – Dean Harris and Steve Gilbert

Sound design – Dean Harris

Music – Dewolfe / Love Grows By William Henries & Steven Haller

Voice Over – Melissa Lloyd (Calypso)

Mixed @ The Farm

Development

Developing each of the personas into a sequence which would flow from one to the next, making the film easy to follow. Several storyboards where then created to present the scenarios working along side each other. From an early stage it was decided using live action would prove to be very costly and using a 3D animation style would be more cost effective.

The storyboard was then animated to get rough timings for each scene and where given to a 3D house who then developed the scenes as wire-frames ready for the client to approve.

Animation Development

Once each scene was approved for style, texturing and colouring, the rendered 3D files where then compiled in after effects and graded. Final stages included adding a voice over and a suitable soundtrack that wasn’t to over powering.

Directors Cut

As with most creative projects the original ideas and concepts sometimes get stripped down to thief bear minimum due to budget constraints or lack of time to completion. Due to some of these restraints The Cloud texturing process was limited and the figures where not animated fully. To get around this it was decided from an early stage to use silhouettes separating these users from the 3D world. This is not to say the final film didn’t answer the brief.

The Cloud – Directors Cut

The Cloud – Final version

Pre-production ran for several months’, with principal photography taking place over three long February days and nights on location at Nottingham Science Park, Chemistry Digital’s office and the local area. Everything was shot entirely on the Canon D5 giving the final film it’s sharp and filmic look, as well as the fantastic depth of field. A significant amount of motion graphics sequences were created for the various screens and projections within the film, all designed and created by Steve Gilbert and myself before principal photography. This enabled us to run the sequences live on set on the days of filming. These sequences were created with a nod to Mark Coleran’s movie work, completed in Illustrator and then animated in After Effects.

The film was edited and graded in Final Cut by myself with post production effects in After Effects. The music featured an original composition from composer Dan Watts with voice effects, folio and mixing completed by award winning composer Tim Wright. The project was created and written by Steve Gilbert, and produced by Claire Davies who adopts a hands on approach to ensure a smooth project progression.

Film Credits

Cast
Harvey – David Shackleton
Benton – Jeremy Drakes
The Operative – Mika Hockman
Dewar – Bruce Lawrence
Security Guard – Andy McKay

Receptionist 1 – Chris Bailey
Receptionist 2 – Claire Davies
Office Worker 1 – Terry Hughes
Office Worker 2 – Danielle Wing
Office Worker 3 – Mark Evans
Operatives Voice – Emma Lacey

Crew

DOP/ Cameraman – Paul O’Callaghan
Sound – Grant Bridgeman
Operative Stunts – Stand In Steve Gilbert / Claire Davies
Storyboards – Teagan Ball
Motion Graphics –  Steve Gilbert / Dean Harris
Editor – Dean Harris
Music – Dan Watts
Audio Mixing – Tim Wright at Tantramedia
Created and Written by Steve Gilbert
Screenplay – Cosmo Wallace / Steve Gilbert

Special Thanks to

Dominique Woods - Centre Manager for Nottingham Science Park
Producer - Claire Davies
Director - Cosmo Wallace

The project was quiet a big challenge, completion to be within the week. With filming taking just a day and a couple of long nights editing, the client was very pleased with the final result.

Camera and Sound – Steve Trinder

Director – Steve Gilbert

Using traditional post-production techniques in conjunction with the software the film short went onto to win several categories in the MovieStorm Machinima awards @ moviestorm and has over 12 thousand hits on YouTube.

Created By Dean Harris and Steve Gilbert

Music and audio mixing by Cold Storage

Sound Design by Dean Harris

Shot on location in Norfolk and Nottingham with Music from Cold Storage. This was one of those projects that went like clock work with directing to editing completed in less then two weeks.

Many problems can accumulate across the network and as this film explains. With the introduction of a “smart meter” to every home, these problems may soon become a thing of the past.

Director - Steve Gilbert
DOP/camera man - Steve Trinder