Heads up that VFX/PDX, the local visual effects artist user group, has a meeting on tap for today (April 17) featuring David Jahns of Joint Editorial, Wieden and Kennedy’s in-house post production facility. He’ll be showing off the editing software Smoke from Autodesk and his workflow for the great work coming out of Joint.
Also we have Mary Poplin from Imagineer flying in to demo the popular tracking software Mocha, which won a Sci-Tech Oscar last year and is nothing short of amazing. Continue reading... “VFX/PDX User Group Meeting Today – W+K, Mocha & Nuke!”
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May 12-18, 2014
Join us next month for the biggest animation festival in the United States
Northwest Animation Festival
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Portland, Oregon USA |
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Hollywood Theatre |
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$5-$15 single shows |
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$60 all-festival pass ($114 value!) |
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International Shorts
Friday-Sunday May 16-18
See 174 of this year’s best short films from around the world. Hilarious, dramatic, strange and inspiring… Have you ever watched the Oscars and wondered where those nominees for Best Animated Short are coming from? This is the place to find out! | | | | |
Continue reading... “The NW Animation Festival is Coming Up: May 12-18”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/86377166[/vimeo]
Inspired by Jamba Juice, the Hinge creative team developed this delicious and fun all-CG spot, featuring cinematic camera moves, dramatic lighting and exploding cosmic fruit, uniquely blended to perfection.
Fruit! In! Space!
After our success creating a foodscape of fruits and vegetables for NVIDIA, our team here at Hinge Digital was inspired by Jamba Juice to create a whole universe of fruit juice. We wanted to build on their existing name recognition, but expand the brand’s appeal to a younger, tech-savvy, science-fiction audience and exploit the natural beauty of both natural fruit textures and outer space. Continue reading... “Hinge Digital: Fruit! In! Space!”
December 6, 2013 – Portland, Oregon – Oregon Story Board, launched earlier this year by a consortium of research, private, and state groups, today welcomes its inaugural Executive Director Nicholas de Wolff, after a comprehensive national search. Nicholas will be responsible for developing and overseeing the organization’s strategic and operational mission.
“We were incredibly impressed with the quality of candidates that applied for this position,” said Vince Porter, Executive Director of the Oregon Governor’s Office of Film and Television, one of the groups involved with the initiative, “and it became clear early on that Nicholas was at the top of the list. Continue reading... “Oregon Story Board Appoints Nicholas de Wolff Executive Director”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/77453295[/vimeo]
dunkin’ donuts
“bakery series”
Hinge, Blind and Michael Schrom teamed up to create these mouth watering spots for the Dunkin’ Donuts Bakery Series campaign.
View the other two spots on Hinge Digital’s website: http://hingedigital.com/projects/dunkin-donuts-bakery-series/
Credits
Client: Dunkin’ Donuts
Agency: Hill Holliday
Creative Direction: Blind
Creative Director: Greg Gunn
Executive Producer: Amy Knerl
Project Manager: Bridget Carroll
Compositor: Lawrence Wyatt
3D artist: Hao Cui
Post Production: Hinge Digital
Executive Producer: Roland Gauthier
VFX Supervisor: Michael Kuehn
Production Manager: Tiffany Navarro
Modeling: Josh LaFayette
Look Development: Jonathan Beals, Tyler Kenworthy
Lighting: Jonathan Beals
Compositing: Tom Burney, Terell Seitz
Table Top Director: Michael Schrom
Color Correction: Nice Shoes Continue reading... “Hinge Digital’s New Spots for Dunkin’ Donuts”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/75882787[/vimeo]
renault
“mégane”
What car powers through all seasons? The Mégane by Renault, perfectly envisioned using full CG and VFX – no live action shoot needed.
In collaboration with directing team Andrew Nawrot and Sonja Jasansky, the Hinge creative team developed this all-CG spot for the Renault Mégane in just under two weeks. The spot features dramatic lighting as well as naturalistic visual effects of water, smoke and haze.
More pictures of the design process and storyboards can be seen on Hinge Digital’s website: http://hingedigital.com/projects/renault-megane/ Continue reading... “Hinge Digital’s All-CG Spot for Renault”
Award-winning motion graphics and design house, Cardboard Castle, proudly presents an evening of wonder featuring an immersive video installation inspired by the ethereal beauty of the deep sea.
Infusing digital animation with the ghostly movements of underwater creatures, viewers will float through a vivid ocean dreamscape buoyed on an ambient musical score.
Animators from Cardboard Castle will be on hand to discuss the exhibit and answer any questions from guests. This will be a casual and informative event designed to provide the local community with a window into the creative process at Cardboard Castle. Continue reading... “PixelSea – An Animated Video Installation by Cardboard Castle”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/74696545[/vimeo]
carrington college
“park”
In the third spot of our integrated campaign for Carrington College, Hinge continued our partnership with BVK to bring Blue and Goldie (and squirrel) to a city park to help another student soar into a new career.
View the animatic and see character sketches here…
Credits
Client: Carrington College
Agency: BVK
Producer: Allison Lockwood
Art Director: Ryan Smith
Copywriter: Seth Gordon
Creative Director: Gary Mueller
Creative Production: Hinge Digital
Executive Producer: Roland Gauthier
Post Producer: Amanda Anderson
Director: Alex Tysowsky
VFX Supervisor: Michael Kuehn
Production Manager, Storyboarding: Tiffany Navarro
Production Design: Tyler Kenworthy
Animation: Keith Sizemore, Justin Mai
Look Development: Jonathan Beals, Tyler Kenworthy, Josh LaFayette
Lighting: Jonathan Beals
Compositing: Terell Seitz, Tom Burney
Live Action Producer: Brett Carlson
Editor: Shawn Wight
Color Correction: Siggy Ferstl, Company 3
Mastering: Mission Control Continue reading... “Hinge Digital Produces New Spot for Carrington College”
On October 7, HB 3367 becomes law. This is significant in several ways for Oregon’s film, television, and digital media industry. The most obvious change is the increase in the annual amount of OPIF tax credits to $10million a year. (By the way, we’re selling the remaining $4million of tax credits for 2013 beginning on October 21. Here are the details of the tax credit auction.)
What may prove to be just as important of a development, though, are the changes happening within the “local filmmaker” program which is commonly referred to as the Indigenous Oregon Production Investment Fund (iOPIF). Continue reading... “New iOPIF Application Available Online – Includes Post-production and Video Games”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/71132793[/vimeo]
CMD and Hinge Digital teamed up to deliver a fun, informative and engaging campaign for NW Natural. “Little Leaks” was conceived as a collaboration between CMD and the Hinge creative team. Hinge created four unique 3D egg characters. The eggs are lighthearted and fun visual storytellers in a spot that educates viewers on how to recognize and react to a gas leak. Continue reading... ““Little Leaks” a Big Deal for Local Animation Company”
December 6, 2013 – Portland, Oregon – Oregon Story Board, launched earlier this year by a consortium of research, private, and state groups, today welcomes its inaugural Executive Director Nicholas de Wolff, after a comprehensive national search. Nicholas will be responsible for developing and overseeing the organization’s strategic and operational mission.
On October 7,