Greasy Pig Studios :: Arvin Bautista http://greasypigstudios.com Arvin Bautista Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:19:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Preorder DVD of Archie’s Final Project now!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greasypigstudios/~3/AESvw-DhVd0/ http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/preorder-dvd-of-archies-final-project-now/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:18:10 +0000 Arvin Bautista http://greasypigstudios.com/?p=2408 Related Posts]]> Well lookee what we got here… Archie’s Final Project will premiere in Los Angeles on September 23rd, and expand to about a dozen cities in the following weeks, but for those of you who want to make room for the DVD on your shelves, you can now preorder the movie on DVD via Amazon!

The Archie’s Final Project DVD has a release date of December 6, 2011, presumably including digital methods like iTunes, Netflix, and who knows where else. But only on the DVD can you hear my drunken ramblings on the commentary track.

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In 2010 Greasy Pig Studios had its first true broadcast television debut with the map graphics for the first season of Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race, showcasing the different locations across the United States traveled by the competing food trucks. For Season 2 production company RelativityReal tapped Greasy Pig Studios to do the map graphics again, but also the entire series’ graphics package.

The title sequence was originally just a redo of Season 1′s graphics, featuring a montage of photos introducing the different teams (increased to 8 from Season 1′s 6) and locations, with 3d animations of the trucks themselves. Unfortunately, time constraints forced a recut of the title sequence where only the final title resolve was actually used on the show. C’est la vie. Luckily in a Greasy Pig Studios exclusive, I’ve included the full title sequence up above.

In addition, Greasy Pig Studios also did lower third graphics and bumpers for segments called “Speed Bump,” “Feeding Frenzy” and “Truck Stop” which were challenges that were presented to the competitors during the competition. These graphics utilized the map motif also used in the map graphics and title sequence.

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]]> http://greasypigstudios.com/work/great-food-truck-race-titles-and-graphics/feed/ 0 http://greasypigstudios.com/work/great-food-truck-race-titles-and-graphics/ Added to Portfolio: “Coming Home” and “Picker Sisters”http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greasypigstudios/~3/Doo8eI1Z8h0/ http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/added-to-portfolio-coming-home-and-picker-sisters/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:40:04 +0000 Arvin Bautista http://greasypigstudios.com/?p=2396 Related Posts]]> I’ve been having a hard enough time just telling people when stuff will be airing, much less actually create portfolio pages for all the multitudes of projects I’d been working on. So now that stuff’s kind of slowed down I’d like to alert you to two projects I just put up on the blog:

1) Coming Home, which had a hugely successful run in the spring on Lifetime, for which we did the entire 13 episode season’s graphics package, and

2) Picker Sisters, which is currently enjoying a nice run, also on Lifetime, for which we did the main title design and a logo.

Click the links above for project summaries, behind the scenes trivia, and of course video and screenshots.

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Picker Sisters is a semi-official spinoff of History Channel’s hit reality show American Pickers. Airing on Lifetime , Picker Sisters is produced by RelativityReal, with whom Greasy Pig Studios has now worked on over two dozen projects, including several series.

Greasy Pig Studios’ first assignment was back in the fall of 2010, to design the logo to be printed on the sides of the Picker Sisters’ scavenging truck (the series is about Tracy Huston and Tonya McQueen, designers on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and their quest to find junk all over America and convert it into high-end furniture for sale in their Los Angeles store). You can see the logo, resembling an interstate sign, on one of the screenshots.

Next was to design the main titles. Working first with photo references which were slowly replaced with footage (as the show transitioned from pilot to series), the idea of a scrapbook of the girls’ travels was always there from the start. As elements and footage was locked, the scrapbook pages were grunged up and dirtied, creating a lived-in texture that complemented the show’s rustic tone.

It’s important to disclaim that Greasy Pig Studios did not design the final logo reveal of the two women mounting their logo on the wall, but everything up to that moment (including the scrapbook cover frame) is ours :)

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]]> http://greasypigstudios.com/work/picker-sisters-main-title-and-truck-logo/feed/ 0 http://greasypigstudios.com/work/picker-sisters-main-title-and-truck-logo/ Archie’s Final Project theatrical and DVD release dateshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greasypigstudios/~3/i0tm7GvtEYg/ http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/archies-final-project-theatrical-and-dvd-release-dates/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:14:59 +0000 Arvin Bautista http://greasypigstudios.com/?p=2363 Related Posts]]> It’s almost surreal that after more than five years (for me at least… even more for the others), Archie’s Final Project, formerly known as My Suicide, is finally being released to the public. Interest is slowly building, thanks to a viral campaign via YouTube, Facebook, and Eventful, where you can actually demand the movie show in your city (any city that gets 500 demands will automatically get the movie shown in their city with cast and crew attending!)

Meanwhile, here are the guaranteed theatrical release dates so far:

September 23 – Los Angeles, CA

September 29 – Portland, OR

September 30 – New York City, NY

October 7 – Santa Fe, NM

For more up to date information, including ticket sales (Los Angeles tickets are now available), please check out Eventful.

Meanwhile, the Facebook page recently announced a date of December 6th for the North American DVD release! Presumably Netflix and iTunes will be available at around that time as well. You can already check out some of the DVD featurettes on the YouTube page, and it will also contain two commentary tracks: one with director David Lee Miller and star/co-writer/co-editor Gabriel Sunday, and another with the crew, including yours truly.

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Thanks to the Exploit Scanner and Bulletproof Security WP plugins, as well as Sucuri.net for helping me diagnose and treat these problems, and my sincere apologies to anyone who was inconvenienced during this ordeal.

And please if you notice any other abnormalities with the site, don’t hesitate to leave a comment or send an email.

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]]> http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/greasy-pig-studios-site-hacked-should-be-fixed-now/feed/ 0 http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/greasy-pig-studios-site-hacked-should-be-fixed-now/ Archie’s Final Project featurette: “Animating Archie”http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greasypigstudios/~3/_o40RT6VcjY/ http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/archies-final-project-featurette-animating-archie/#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:14:55 +0000 Arvin Bautista http://greasypigstudios.com/?p=2355 Related Posts]]> Well, news has been few and far between on the My Suicide front, both in actuality and in me wanting to filter the “maybes” and “if we’re luckys.”

This time out, something resembling a real release seems imminent, with an acquisition from Big Air Studios, a DVD audio commentary track we recorded two months ago, a title change to Archie’s Final Project (that should come up on the alphabetical list sooner!), and a series of featurettes on the ArchiesFinalProject youtube channel (presumably these’ll be on the DVD as well).

This one sticks out to me because, well, it’s got me in it, talking about animating Archie:

Stay tuned for more Archie’s Final Project info!

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]]> http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/archies-final-project-featurette-animating-archie/feed/ 0 http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/archies-final-project-featurette-animating-archie/ Check out Discovery Channel’s “Life on a Wire” and OWN’s “Carson Nation”http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greasypigstudios/~3/f6d0AXujdeo/ http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/check-out-discovery-channels-life-on-a-wire-and-owns-carson-nation/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:27:12 +0000 Lynn Hamilton http://greasypigstudios.com/?p=2341 Related Posts]]> Arvin and Greasy Pig Studios have been very busy with several new shows and projects this past month.  So busy, we forgot to remind you to tune in last night to the premiere of Discovery Channel’s “Life on a Wire” which aired after “MythBusters.”  If you saw the show, Arvin and Greasy Pig Studios did the diagram graphics of all the tightrope acts.  If you missed the premiere, stay tuned for details about future episodes where you can catch our work and all the dizzying high wire antics of Nik Wallenda.   “Life on a Wire” is produced for Discovery Channel by RelativityREAL.

Also, be sure to check out “Carson Nation” premiering on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, this Saturday night, June 25th at 10/9c.  Arvin and Greasy Pig Studios created all the before and after graphics for this traveling small town makeover show starring former “Queer Eye” fashion expert, Carson Kressley.  “Carson Nation” is also produced by RelativityREAL and you can watch the show’s official trailer HERE on the OWN site.

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Since AE isn’t meant to function as a non-linear-editor, simple functions like editing audio aren’t as simple. Most specifically, for the life of me I couldn’t figure out the keyboard shortcut to twirl open a layer’s audio properties, seen below:

Keyboard shortcuts are a godsend in AE since it’s so full of features, and twirling down layer properties really save you time and screen space (quick tip, if you didn’t know: p twirls down position, s twirls down scale, r twirls rotation, m twirls masks, a twirls material properties in a 3D layer, u twirls any properties that have keyframes).

Well, finally today, one day late, I found out my answer while reading an article on aefreemart.com regarding sound design in motion graphics. Courtesy of Cassidy Bisher:

“when you bring in your audio track in AE, press, “LL” and that will give you the Audio Waveform.”

Incidentally hitting L once will bring up the Audio Levels.

Now to just figure out how to twirl down Layer Style properties…

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]]> http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/keyboard-shortcut-to-twirl-open-a-layers-audio-properties-in-aftereffects/feed/ 0 http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/keyboard-shortcut-to-twirl-open-a-layers-audio-properties-in-aftereffects/ “Coming Home” is a hit!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/greasypigstudios/~3/n_TtqhZszbQ/ http://greasypigstudios.com/blog/coming-home-is-a-hit-2/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:00:58 +0000 Lynn Hamilton http://greasypigstudios.com/?p=2328 Related Posts]]> Last night was a great night for Arvin and Greasy Pig Studios.  Coming Home premiered on Lifetime and according to this article from Deadline Hollywood, it was the “network’s biggest unscripted series launch aside from the acquired Project Runway” with an average of “2.7 million viewers.”  That means 2.7 million people watching Arvin’s titles and graphics (not to mention a great new show) awesome!

Also, showing there are plenty of viewers to go around, A&E’s Breakout Kings premiered last night to big numbers as well. The show stars Brooke Nevin who many of you will recognize as Sierra Silver in My Suicide, the independent film animated by Arvin.  Small world, and congrats to Brooke!

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