Archive for the 'Vancouver' Category

Delighted to post my updated reel, reflecting some of the work I’ve done with Blink, since my big move to the United States of Canada!

Enjoy it, share it & gimme the LIKEY McLIKERSONS.

While we’re waiting for snow, I’m doing some traditional xmas time-lapsing from our 11th floor West-end Vancouver apartment window.

BLINK, and yule miss it!
blinkmediaworks.com/jinglebells/

We’ve just finished this delightfully festive video for MEC, with a slightly crazy turnaround time, but quite delighted with the end result.

Every Vimeo *Like* will help me in a competition I’m in that measures likes.

So Staples, one of our clients, wanted to attract some attention to a contest they’re running in Canada where they’re giving away some computers to schools. There’s an environmental aspect too… the winner needs to prove that their school recycles, turns off lights etc… the brief was for a kinetic type animation, but I ended up adding a few extra layers.

More info here:
Staples.ca/ENG/Static/static_pages.asp?pagename=soulrecyclefored

{Submitted to the Made with After Effects competition, link to follow}

I’ve lived on Denman Street, Vancouver for a few months now, and we’re continuously amused by the non-cool retro typefaces that have been inherited from the 70′s & 80′s. Some of these are quite nasty, and while not always the typeface itself, there is some freaky usage. I’d recommend a walk down Denman to see for yourself.

*Actually I’m still considering if this Minit Foto one is bad or good…

And of course…

So I got some delicious 7D footage from Jordan Lee, and I’ve been toying with some tracking in my spare time… these shots are from Steveston, Vancouver.

I’ve been playing with The Foundry’s new camera tracker plugin, and been continuously impressed with how effective it is.

I had a great opportunity to work on this Kodak Playsport film. I used Magic Bullet Looks and some nice film grain (one of the Kodak film stock settings of course!) for the warm summery grade, and various 2D motion tracking for compositing screen contents, and sky replacement. I’m quite pleased with this one, and we got some brilliant feedback from Kodak at the end.

EF – Live The Language – Vancouver from Gustav Johansson on Vimeo.

For my birthday – I got a big globe. Looks like it’s from the late 70′s, and as I hoped, it’s got USSR.