Produced in part by Jay-Z + Lawrence Bender and with a cast including Idris Elba, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Zazie Beetz + Lakeith Stanfield, THTF tells the tale of revenge-minded outlaw Nat Love + his gang who saddle up to take down enemy Rufus Buck, a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.

Shine’s main title sequence introduces a lengthy list of characters, setting up the relationships and articulating who’s aligned with which gang. This helps set the tone and kicks off the story by providing important information in a creative and interesting way. Additionally, the Shine team designed and animated other graphics and typography throughout the film, describing locations and character relationships.

Thursday night’s season-opening Cowboys vs Bucs matchup on NBC featured a 1st quarter spot from client fave Bowstring Studios for the new Chevy Silverado ZR2

Partnering with agency Weber Shandwick & Chevy Trucks, global content production solution Bowstring delivered a turn-key launch campaign including broadcast, print and a social + digital content package featuring award-winning actor & rancher Chris Pratt, platinum-selling artist Breland, 2020 NASCAR CUP champion Chase Elliott + off-road desert racing champion Chad Hall.  The Bowstring team worked tirelessly for 15 days, shot in multiple locations across three states – CA, TN + FL, produced nearly 50 deliverables and executed all of the post in less than a week.  Great job team !

Check out highlights from the campaign:

Here’s a look behind-the-scenes:

Esteemed client Bowstring is celebrating small businesses with client Wells Fargo by showcasing their “We Made a Way” film series. Check out the “Meet the Filmmaker” page (featuring Vanessa) along with the Gibson School of Music and Arts film by our team.

Bowstring had the privilege of capturing the story of the Gibson School of Music and Arts in Philadelphia, which was awarded a grant through the program and featured in the “We Made a Way” film series. The school, a North Philly staple of music education and tradition, provides an outlet for community members and aims to inspire children through the arts.

The ‘Open for Business Fund’ grant allowed the school to get back on track after COVID threatened to close its doors for good.

We’re all inspired to be working with a partner who’s focus on small businesses makes such a meaningful impact, especially in our own backyard.

Wells Fargo kindly acknowledged Vanessa here

If you need light magic, look no further:

Recently, the team at global content solution, BOWSTRING STUDIOS, collaborated with Conde Nast / GQ Magazine Sports in conjunction with US Bank, profiling Team USA Olympic hurdler Grant Holloway.  Directed by Bowstring’s Sean Quinn, the piece covers Grant’s path to the Olympics, his late start in track & field, recent world record, and dedication to building a successful life outside of sport.

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How great are these images below, just saying!

Shine designed and produced a kaleidoscopic main title sequence for Starz’ new series, Power Book III: Raising Kanan.  Original live action footage shot by Shine was integrated with graphic imagery to create a collage that introduces the prequel to Power.

Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, the sprawling family drama revolves around the coming-of-age of Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis) — Ghost and Tommy’s mentor, partner, and adversary, who dies in a hail of gunfire in Power’s final season.  In the prequel series, Kanan is the 15-year-old only child of Raquel “Raq” Thomas (Patina Miller), a cocaine distributor with an emerging network of dealers around the city. Like its predecessors, Power and Power Book II: Ghost, Raising Kanan explores themes of identity, violence, loyalty, and legacy. It’s also a deep dive into the pathology of family: the nuanced but unique dynamic between parent and child, mother and father, and brother and sister.

Raising Kanan was created by Sascha Penn, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Courtney A. Kemp, and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. All three installments of the Power Universe series are executive-produced by Kemp, through her production company End of Episode, along with Lionsgate Television, 50 Cent’s G-Unit Film and Television, and Mark Canton through Atmosphere Entertainment.

Grilstad Butcher “Magic Burger”

Norconsult Engineering

Mitsubishi Outlander

Schneider Electric “Revitalize”

SHOWREEL

The Shine team designed, illustrated and animated the main title sequence for The Mysterious Benedict Society. The sequence uses a collection of seemingly random props found in each of the ten scripts. But as the season progresses, it’s revealed that the imagery that surrounds each talent card relates to the qualities or events related to their character.

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Matt Manfredi
Phil Hay
Todd Slavkin
Darren Swimmers
Jamie Tarses
Marc Kahn

SEED Media Arts is expanding and moving their headquarters to Los Angeles. This originally Chicago-based company founded in 2011 by Roy Skillicorn has recently partnered with Los Angeles based Exec Producer Brad Johnson. As Johnson expands SEED to Los Angeles, Roy Skillicorn and Nathan Skillicorn are continuing in Chicago as the EP + Midwest representation respectively. 

“Chicago is where my heart is and where I have made a successful living in production for 25+ years. I owe it all to Chicago”

Skillicorn founded Backyard Productions with Chicago photographer Tony D’Orio in 1988 while still a rep for PIXAR, Colossal Pictures and HKM Productions — all start-ups he recognized as future superstar companies. He found, promoted, and secured for each of them their very first commercials, representing each company for over a decade.

Under Skillicorn’s leadership and marketing savvy, Backyard became a $50M/yr entity that was not only considered one of the top international production companies by the trades but the only one to ever spring forth from a secondary market like Chicago.

When Skillicorn stepped away from Backyard, it wasn’t long before he was asked to return.  In 2018, the new owner, Kevin Allodi, reached out to Skillicorn and he returned to the company that he founded and managed for 20+ years, tasked with restoring the company to its original prominence. 

“When I shared my vision of next steps for Backyard, I told Kevin, this new Backyard won’t be fenced in…it’s time to unleash the dogs,” said Skillicorn.

He immediately began by signing strong directorial talent to the roster, secured fresh and effective representation in both the East Coast and Midwest territories, directed a restructuring of overhead, and successfully reclaimed Backyard’s respected brand identity. 

After three effective years of rebuilding Backyard, Skillicorn is ready to re-focus all his energy onto SEED, his award-winning and creative production company. Roy tapped Brad Johnson to help lead these efforts. Johnson was a natural fit for this partnership, as the two have collaborated over the past 10 years on some of SEED’s largest projects, including multi-city, multi-day shoots for multiple clients.

Brad’s grounded work ethic, extensive experience while being so remarkably young in his career, almost guarantees his future notoriety, making Brad the kind of person any creative will enjoy working with,” suggests Skillicorn. He adds, “His discerning eye, his confidence in making good and fast decisions, his manner of communicating and his well-crafted leadership skills are totally in line with my own ideals and perspectives. I couldn’t be happier about this partnership. He brings a new vibrancy to SEED.”  

Together they have fine-tuned the directorial roster, formalized an impressive strategy that expands SEED’s capabilities to form a contemporary, full-service production entity. SEED has cultivated numerous LA, NYC, and European client and talent relationships. With this expansion the company continues the production of inspired creative projects with both moderately small to million-dollar budgets.

In describing his move to SEED, Johnson shares, “I’m ready to go all in and build something special. Roy has opened many doors for me in the past, but this partnership is the most exciting of all. I am looking forward to bringing my experience and expertise to the SEED family as we strive to produce incredible content.”

Clients who are looking for the benefit of a savvy production team with a fresh approach to achieving unique imagery, a pragmatically streamlined production process and a memorable experience, will be drawn to the freshly energized spirit of Seed.