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Duracell Videos for Walmart

calvin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:15:08 +0000

Recently we completed a series of video with Saatchi & Saatchi X for Duracell in Walmarts.

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi X
Audio design: Redemption Audio

“Camping”

“Baby Room”

“Toy Truck”

AMPIA: 2010 Rosie Awards

calvin — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:57:07 +0000

Our studio was honored to be nominated for several categories at this year’s Alberta Film & Television Awards. At the end of the night we took home 2 awards: Best Visual Effects and Best Animators/Motion graphic artists.

Congrats to all the nominees and winners that night!

Full House Lottery

calvin — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:45:18 +0000

Studio Dialog recently worked with agency Calder Bateman to create a series of playful illustrated promotions for the Alberta Full House Lottery.
Audio: GGRP

“Early Bird”

“Early Bird Countdown”

“Ramsey”

“Homes”

Shaw Business Solutions

calvin — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:40:27 +0000

Studio Dialog created this 30 Second spot to promote Shaw Business Solutions using a text based design and animation style.
Audio: Six Degrees

“Awareness”

Corbis Flagship Reel

calvin — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:30:47 +0000

Studio Dialog recently created this reel for Corbis to showcase the best of their content to potential buyers.
Edit by Nine40 / Audio by Infinite Loop

Nissan LEAF intro

calvin — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:33:38 +0000

The Nissan Leaf intro animation was created with Critical Mass / Speedshape to give a quick glimpse of the many new features of the new Nissan Leaf automobile. Check out this amazing new vehicle at nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car.

Print Ads for the Ontario Hospice

shelley — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:15:04 +0000

This series of three ads was created to increase awareness of the services that the hospice provides for people dealing with the death of a loved one.

Shaw Toolkit

shelley — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:48:54 +0000

This project was a new challenge for us: creating a toolkit of pre-made, easily customizable scene animations and transitions so the Shaw marketing team can take them and create new spots quickly and effectively. On top of that, the animations and transitions we created had to be applied in 5 different colours to reflect each Shaw division. Keeping it all organized was a feat in and of itself. These are some of the concepts:

Here are a couple of sample videos showcasing the final toolkit:

Corbis Brand Animation and Reels

shelley — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:22:18 +0000

These are some of the concepts we worked through in creating a brand in motion for Corbis stock photography. The brand is about creative integrity, confidence, authenticity and quality.

The idea behind the final animation is looking through the lens, waiting for that perfect, fleeting moment that makes a great photograph.

The animation is primarily being used to brand Corbis promo videos, including the reels we did to showcase their premium stock photo collections, including Crush and Encyclopedia:

Youth Juice as YJ - Branding Concepts

shelley — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:44:05 +0000

We worked on a lot of different concepts - both for the logo and bottle label - in rebranding the health drink Youth Juice as YJ to a young, professional audience.

Some of the key words: healthy, fresh, berry, vibrant, youthful, modern, refined, upscale