http://thecolin.com Creative Direction, Design and Production - Seattle, WA Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:38:36 PDT FeedMe, by the Nowhere Man (http://thenowhereman.com/hacks) Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:33:17 PDT http://thecolin.com/the-oregon-lottery 1286994797 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/the-oregon-lottery"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/the-oregon-lottery_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Animation</p> <p class="description">It was news to me that so much of the OR Lotto&#39;s money went back into <a href="http://www.oregonlottery.org/Good/Default.aspx" title="Public projects supported by the OR Lottery" rel="external">public projects</a>. As a response, we created a vision of a collaborative Oregon, one thats larger than life. Our heroic art-department built the set and we captured the process in time-lapse over the course of 2 days.</p><p class="description"><a href="mov/the-oregon-lottery-mobile.mp4" title="Download The Oregon Lottery - It Does Good Things">Click to download for iPhone/iPad &gt;&gt;</a></p></p> http://thecolin.com/house-maintitle-redux 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/house-maintitle-redux"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/house-maintitle-redux_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction</p><p class="description">After 6 successful seasons, the maintitle for House needed a facelift. The original sequence was led by <a href="http://d-kitchen.com" title="Matt Mulder, Director at DigitalKitchen" rel="external">Matt Mulder</a> and <a href="http://www.mn8studio.com" title="Jake Sargeant - MN8 Studio" rel="external">Jake Sargeant</a> who set an amazing tone for the show in its early seasons. Our redux features a heightened awareness of Dr. House&#146;s mysterious personal pathology.</p><p class="description"><a href="mov/house-maintitle-redux-mobile.mp4" title="Download House Redux">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a></p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/les-schwab-airport 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/les-schwab-airport"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/les-schwab-airport_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction</p><p class="description">Each of the Les Schwab spots were based on a letter that a customer had written in praise of their customer service. We interpreted their stories; breathing a whiff of their unique personalities into each.</p><p class="description"><a href="mov/les-schwab-airport-mobile.mp4" title="Download Les Schwab - Airport">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a></p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/les-schwab-slasher 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/les-schwab-slasher"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/les-schwab-slasher_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction</p><p class="description">Each of the Les Schwab spots were based on a letter that a customer had written in praise of their customer service. We interpreted their stories; breathing a whiff of their unique personalities into each.</p><p class="description"><a href="mov/les-schwab-slasher-mobile.mp4" title="Download Les Schwab - Slasher">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a></p> </p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/bmw-story-of-3 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/bmw-story-of-3"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/bmw-story-of-3_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction</p> <p class="description">To document the engineering <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_Series" title="Wikipedia entry for BMW 3 Series" rel="external">legacy</a> of the 3 Series, we dug deep into the archives, got out our X-Acto blades and told the story that desperately wanted to tell itself. The sheer fun of this job was in getting our hands dirty and connecting with a 35-year-old pursuit of joy.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/bmw-story-of-3-mobile.mp4" title="Download BMW: Story of 3">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/new-balance 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/new-balance"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/new-balance_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Color</p> <p class="description">After 3 days of principal photography, we came back from Maine with a story about a <a href="http://www.skowhegan.org/" title="Official website of the town of Skowhegan, Maine" rel="external">small town</a> occupied by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/79846193@N00/2515300684/" title="An example of one such giant" rel="external">giants</a>. The workers and townspeople that we encountered showed us what it means to be a community driven by the heart. Be sure to also <a href="http://vimeo.com/13681136" title="Watch the full documentary about New Balance in Skowhegan" rel="ibox">watch the longer documentary</a> that we made.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/new-balance-mobile.mp4" title="Download New Balance: Keep America Running">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/we-are-becu 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/we-are-becu"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/we-are-becu_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Color</p> <p class="description">One of six ads I directed for a credit union that was willing to take a slightly different approach to bank marketing. BECU came to us to capture the distinct culture of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound" title="What's the Puget Sound region?" rel="external">Puget Sound region</a> by documenting the people; charm and blemishes included.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/we-are-becu-mobile.mp4" title="Download We Are BECU: Can-Do">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/dr-pepper 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/dr-pepper"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/dr-pepper_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Concept, Compositing, Design</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonation" title="Bubbles are kinda awesome" rel="external">Carbonation</a> has always been fascinating to me. As a kid, I imagined that all the flavor of soda was trapped inside the bubbles. I doubt any of that is technically true, but that didn&#39;t stop Dr. Pepper from integrating the idea into their long-running "Drink It Slow" campaign.</p> <p class="description"><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/your-face-goes-here 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/your-face-goes-here"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/your-face-goes-here_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Compositing</p> <p class="description">Alan Ball asked us to create an animation for his film company Your Face Goes Here. We came up with an idea that involves a childlike fascination with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_of_vision" title="What's persistence of vision?" rel="external">persistence of vision</a>. We made our own <a href="http://courses.ncssm.edu/gallery/collections/toys/html/exhibit06.htm" title="What's a thaumatrope?" rel="external">thaumatrope</a> and spent the day in a wonderful exercise of capturing the sequence in one shot.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/your-face-goes-here-mobile.mp4" title="Download Alan Ball: Your Face Goes Here">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/chesapeake-energy 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/chesapeake-energy"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/chesapeake-energy_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Concept, Design</p> <p class="description">Ahh, the murky and perplexing waters of alternative energy. Since the subject matter is often <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/13/13greenwire-at-center-ring-in-senate-climate-debate-coal-v-32201.html" title="An example of the political battles over Natural Gas and Coal" rel="external">politicized so much</a>, I created a concept for Chesapeake Energy that takes an approachable and simply educational look at a potentially confusing subject. </p> <p class="description"><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/vintage-photo-app 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/vintage-photo-app"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/vintage-photo-app_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Design, Compositing</p> <p class="description">This product film for Unnamed Technology Company Inc. was canceled in the middle of post-production. Since I enjoyed working on this project, I got rid of all the obvious branding and cleared it with said-company so others could see it. Can you guess <a href="http://www.biz-logo.com/pre-designed-cat05.shtml" title="It doesn't take much to be a corporation these days" rel="external">what company</a> this was for?</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/vintage-photo-app-mobile.mp4" title="Download Vintage Photo Application">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/nike-hong-kong 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/nike-hong-kong"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/nike-hong-kong_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Design, Animation</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://www.nike.com" title="Nike" rel="external">Nike:</a> Hey, can you make a looping video for us to put in our retail stores in Hong Kong? You can&#39;t use anything other than a bunch of old photos from our archive and we&#39;d kinda love it if you could come up with a concept that drives the whole piece. Can you do it? <br><a href="http://www.d-kitchen.com" title="DIGITALKITCHEN, a Digital Agency" rel="external">Us:</a> Uh-huh, sure.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/nike-hong-kong-mobile.mp4" title="Download Nike: Hong Kong Retail Video">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/leapfrog-fly 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/leapfrog-fly"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/leapfrog-fly_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Animation</p> <p class="description">Put a kid in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinday/512318683/in/set-72157594496898415/" title="Gimbal room from the live-action shoot" rel="external">an environment</a> where he&#39;s able to take charge of the laws of nature that normally keep him on the ground: you&#39;ll see him become radically enabled by his newfound denial of constraints. We thought this was a cool idea for advertising <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_%28pentop_computer%29" title="Leapfrog Fly Pentop Computer" rel="external">a pen</a> that refuses to simply put out.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/leapfrog-fly-mobile.mp4" title="Download Leapfrog: Fly Pentop Computer">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/sundance-07 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/sundance-07"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/sundance-07_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Compositing</p> <p class="description">For this piece, we envisioned creative filmmaking as beginning in the heart. Our inspiration came from the illustrations of <a href="http://bit.ly/9UuTOl" title="Fritz Kahn: Man Machine" rel="external">Fritz Kahn</a>, who saw the human body as a factory. The bumper features Ryan Clark (<a href="http://www.invisiblecreature.com" title="Invisible Creature: Design + Illustration + Direction" rel="external">Invisible Creature</a>, <a href="http://demonhunter.net/main.php" title="Demon Hunter" rel="external">Demon Hunter</a>) acting as the factory workers and engineers. </p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/sundance-07-mobile.mp4" title="Download 2007 Sundance Film Festival - Industry">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/path-to-9-11 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/path-to-9-11"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/path-to-9-11_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Direction, Compositing</p> <p class="description">I lived on the East Coast in 2001 and I remember the morning of 9/11 being utterly surreal. The weather was ideal; it was the type of morning that made you feel good about starting a &#8220;normal&#8221; day. For this sequence, we wanted to linger on that feeling and suddenly disrupt it.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/path-to-9-11-mobile.mp4" title="Download ABC: The Path to 9/11">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/microsoft-manufacturing 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/microsoft-manufacturing"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/microsoft-manufacturing_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Design, Animation, Compositing</p> <p class="description">Microsoft&#39;s sanitized version of car manufacturing is displayed in this <a href="http://www.officelabs.com/projects/futurevisionmontage/Pages/default.aspx" title="Microsoft Future Vision" rel="external">Future Vision</a> film. I think it shows that smooth, human interface animation had been prophesied about well before the advent of the iPhone. I would love to work in a factory like this.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/microsoft-manufacturing-mobile.mp4" title="Download Microsoft: Manufacturing of the Future">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/nightmares-dreamscapes 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/nightmares-dreamscapes"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/nightmares-dreamscapes_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Concept, Design</p> <p class="description">A set of Stephen King&#39;s short stories were made into a miniseries called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481452/" title="IMDB entry for Nightmares & Dreamscapes" rel="external">Nightmares & Dreamscapes</a>. His stories often take place in believable settings that quickly become topsy-turvy, so I aimed at capturing this feeling in the storyboard. Walls become floors and inside becomes out.</p> <p class="description"><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/microsoft-banking 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/microsoft-banking"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/microsoft-banking_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Design, Animation, Compositing</p> <p class="description">I could only hope that a trip to the bank would one day look like this. Another spot in the <a href="http://www.officelabs.com/projects/futurevisionmontage/Pages/default.aspx" title="Microsoft Future Vision" rel="external">Microsoft Future Vision</a> series where we tell the story of what happens when geolocation, touchscreens, financial transactions, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segoe" title="Microsoft&#39;s version of Helvetica: Segoe" rel="external">Microsoft&#39;s version of Helvetica</a> collide.</p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/microsoft-banking-mobile.mp4" title="Download Microsoft: Bank of the Future">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/jade-empire 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/jade-empire"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/jade-empire_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Design, Animation, Compositing</p> <p class="description">By the end of this project, we were all wishing that the game actually looked like this. 2 lessons learned from this project: ink is a force of nature, and the emotion of a spot isn&#39;t determined by the amount of leaf particles used. </p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/jade-empire-mobile.mp4" title="Download XBox: Jade Empire - Game Trailer">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p> http://thecolin.com/kingdom-hospital 0 <p><a href="http://thecolin.com/kingdom-hospital"><img src="http://thecolin.com/img/kingdom-hospital_thumb.jpg"></a></p><p><p class="description_role"><span class="description_role_alt">Role:</span> Design, Animation, Compositing</p> <p class="description">My involvement in this project was heavily influenced by a proclivity for exploring abandoned hospitals as a teenager. The way that nature seemed to invade the architecture seemed to transform the hospitals into a new sort of residence built for other-than-human tenants. </p> <p class="description"><a href="http://thecolin.com/mov/kingdom-hospital-mobile.mp4" title="Download ABC: Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital">Click to download for iPhone/iPad >></a><br> </p></p><p>_{<i>-- Delivered by <a href="http://feed43.com/">Feed43</a> service</i>}</p>