Nightmare “Books”

From the film “The Nightmare”, directed by Rodney Ascher. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3317522/ I was asked to create a shot that felt as though real books were put on a turntable and filmed – avoiding as much of a CG look as time & budget allowed.

The Little Professor

Modeled in MOI3D, surfaced, lit & rendered in Softimage using Redshift. The model is a 1976 “Little Professor” calculator game. The background is based on some 1970’s era wallpaper. I did some mild compositing & color correction in Eyeon Fusion.

Firewater: A Little Revolution

From the album “International Orange”, available on Bloodshot Records. http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/album/international-orange-lp Director: Paul Griswold Director of Photography: Andrew Coppin Motion Graphics Illustrator: Brian Yap Background Designs: Seth Boydon Animation & Creative Consultant: Syd Garon B-Camera Operator: Laird Pierce Original Concept & Creative Direction: Tod A Fusion Digital Productions LLC. http://fusiondigital.net

ShineONtario – 60 second version

Animation, editing and all post work done by Syd Garon and Paul Griswold. Produced by Fusion Digital Productions LLC. Client: Bad Monkey Circus / ShineOntario.com

Hoosier Lottery – Colts Cash

A 15 second spot I did for B & Y Advertising for the Hoosier Lottery. The tickets were animated in Softimage to give them a bit more depth. The entire animation was put together in Eyeon Fusion 6.

Hoosier Lottery – Victory Arms

I was reponsible for the motion graphics in this project. The agency was http://b-y.net. The tickets were rendered in Softimage using the car paint shader to match the “sparkles” of the real tickets. The final motion graphics were created in Eyeon Fusion.

TerreStar Genus Phone

Product announcement video for the TerreStar Genus hybrid satellite/cellular phone. All of the backgrounds except for the ocean shots are either 2D or 3D animated backgrounds from photographs. Notice the animated clouds and the “helicopter” shot pulling back to reveal the Chicago skyline. Animated by Fusion Digital Productions for Brunner Digital’s client TerreStar.

Grabill Bank – Pennies

This was a fun spot to animate. The pennies are instanced ICE particles that were rendered using a 3rd party renderer in Softimage. The text and compositing were all done in Eyeon Fusion 6. The agency is The Brand Innovation Group – gotobig.com

Starbucks Love Project – Directors Cut

Directed by Syd Garon & Paul Griswold Production company: Bob Industries Technical Director: Steve Caron 3D modeler: Tate Chmielewski Client: Starbucks Agency: BBDO This is the director’s cut of the Starbucks Love project which is part of Project (red). Only a couple of minor shots were changed as well as the voice over. This animation is a combination of Softimage …

War Again – Balkan Beat Box

Directed and animated by Paul Griswold. 3D models by Tate Chmliewski. Background design by Shaun Malinowski. From the album Blue Eyed Black Boy which will be / was released on April 27th. For more info, visit www.balkanbeatbox.com or read about it on Nat Geo Music: http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/article/content.article/war_again_promo/en_US The video was created in Softimage using the Toon shader. The characters were modeled …

Frame – motion graphics

I did this back in 2004. It’s mostly done in Eyeon Fusion (called Digital Fusion back then). Some of the 3D rotating objects were actually shot off my screen as I moved the object around. Sometimes the simplest method is the best method. This was done for the Brand Innovation Group’s client Wieland.

Lush.FM Singapore

This spot combines 3D insects that are made from radio parts, 2D photos mapped on to 3D geometry and straight 2D animated layers. The insects were modeled by famed Lightwave/Modo user Astro Sanchez (Tate Chmielewski). Animation was done in Softimage 2010 and After Effects. Directed by Syd Garon and Paul Griswold.

Lush.FM – fluids test (rejected spot)

I was asked to produce a spot with Syd Garon for this radio station. Originally the concept was supposed to be a “sound sculpture” that looked something like fluids out of a lava lamp. So I created this as a test. The fluids are ICE particles that use a turbulize node which has it’s velocity animated to match the tempo …

Zimmer Patient Specific

Directed by Paul Griswold & animated at Fusion Digital Productions. Produced by Audio Visual Integrations for Zimmer Orthopedics. The challenge in this project was that the product wasn’t actually completed when we were producing the animation. So parameters kept changing. Plus this industry is very conservative, so I was limited in how “crazy” I could get with the animations. It …

Tails of the Fat Cat

Directed by Paul Griswold & Ernie Mosteller for Brunner Digital’s client, the National Association of Broadcasters. Character designs and artwork by former Veggie Tales 3D design lead, Bryan “Breadwig” Ballinger. Featuring the music of Firewater, this spot was animated in Softimage and Eyeon Fusion. The animation is mainly a series of morph targets applied to the original artwork. The “radio …

Earth Hour (director’s cut)

Directed by Syd Garon, the Earth Hour campaign features the voice of Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett and music by Grammy Award winning band Coldplay. Paul Griswold of Fusion Digital Productions LLC served as Animation Director. Shepard Fairey, creator of the Obama Hope campaign poster, served as Creative Director, while his company, Studio One, was responsible for the campaign artwork. …

N.A.S.A. “Money” feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip

Video directed by Syd Garon & Paul Griswold, featuring the artwork of Shepard Fairey. “Money” will be released digitally 12/16/08 and will be bundled with this video and a remix by The Count Of Monte Cristal (aka Herve). N.A.S.A.’s debut album “The Spirit Of Apollo” hits the shelves 2/17/09 on ANTI-. 01. Intro 02. The People Tree (feat. David Byrne, …