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We want to send everyone good vibes for 2021. So we made a little film that hopefully resonates with you. Happy New Year! May it be filled with good news coming in at the right frequency.
2020. Unforgettable. It was many things, critically important, life altering, transformative and also, of course devastating. Our hearts break for the loss of life and financial hardships on so many of our friends and families, members of our communities. We are also grateful for the social upheaval that points to critical changes that need to happen in order to usher in a more fair and just world. Skycar pledged 1% of our profits to important work that reflects this value, with funds going to groups like the Bail Project, BLM, Direct Relief, Richmond Emergency Food Pantry, Complete Pictures as well as other environmental groups.
We partnered with Nigerian and Parisian film crews to capture footage for a company that we are excited to work with, the Stellar Development Foundation. We zoomed in the dead of night to direct the crews and witness these beautiful places thanks to robust Wifi, coffee and fancy technology. It’s a new world, very small, and surprisingly productive.
We had the great pleasure of making the IPO Closing Video for Luminar Technologies. It was a really epic collaboration online c19-style involving upward of 12 artists/ animators/ editors and production team telling the story of their lidar enabled autonomous driving. It was so much fun to work with the Luminar marketing team, they are truly phenomenal people. Excited to see these cars coming out in 2022!
We set a Skycar record recently with the number of deliveries for this very cool series of films/tutorials. For this Dream It, Design It series, we produced 96 distinct deliveries. 96! I know, right? Emotion Studios shot this beautiful footage that we cut together for the opening of the main films, and our LARGE team of animators jammed on these in a synchronous dance of revisions and deliveries. Shoutout to Sade McDougal, a new producer on our team who managed this entire effort along with our Senior Producer Andy Miller, and James Curtis, our Senior Animator leading the charge.
For the launch of Illustrator on the iPad, Adobe asked us to make a short film for their MAX conference Keynote. We set out to show how Illustrator on the iPad could unleash imagination and joy onto even an empty pandemic world. The smokey orange days and intense COVID filming restrictions pushed the creative in ways that wound up really serving the story. The whimsical art of Jhonny Núñez was such a fun palette to transform the streets of San Francisco.
Adobe and Microsoft have partnered up to get your marketing, sales and customer service teams to have a complete view of the entire customer engagement life cycle. If that’s not enough engagement for you, get engaged with this sizzle of silky animations we produced for the occasion.
One of our favorite projects of the year. Not just because we shot in Hawaii and managed to get there right before COVID shut it all down, and not because months later we pulled off a distanced shoot against all odds in the middle of a pandemic with our protagonist swimming in the middle of a freezing cold bay on an empty city day. Not even because she gifted us beautiful products for thirsty skin. Nope. It was Jasmine’s story that made us love this film. The chance to tell a story of an amazing woman who found a way to heal herself and is now gifting the world with her beautiful products. That’s why. Ok, maybe Hawaii WAS part of it, but for now please enjoy a trip to Hawaii and let’s celebrate the launch of Kūlia!
Check out the good news! Little Point Richmond garnered some press for its play at the SF DocFest. Our friend and client Dan Cowles, whose film ‘Ride Slow Take Pictures’ is playing at the festival, is also featured in the article.
Hey friends! We thought it was time to share another tutorial we animated for Adobe. Here’s a recent favorite showing how to make high-fashion face paint with Photoshop. Check out all of the others on the Create website.
We were honored to help create this year’s 3% Conference bumper for presenting sponsor Adobe. Special thanks to the talented Angela Yu and team for their outstanding work!
We recently made a video about what’s new in the latest release of Adobe Illustrator. Watch below to learn about new features like cloud documents and real-time drawing/editing.
Check out Adobe’s new homepage, we did a liquid simulation to fill the banner background – we call it a rainbow (or gradient) sploosh!
It’s April 2020, deep in the COVID Shelter-In-Place order. Kids are trapped in their homes and parents are stuck in little virtual meeting boxes all day. Skycar Creative Director Aaron Barry had a fun and challenging idea for a short film. So, he worked out the details with his wife, bribed the kids to act in it (nine scenes over two and a half days), and his oldest son composed and performed the music. Hope you enjoy!
During this COVID19 lockdown, a little bit of good news goes a long way. We have been inspired by a few people in our neighborhoods and social circles who are doing good in interesting and creative ways. Or just hard things, but handled with grace. Please share any stories you know that would make for a good installment of WTWNN!
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