50seven

http://www.50seven.co.uk/?cat=13

Dave Watson ... Freelance Designer ... work for Channel Flip, Trafford College etc...

Flipbook Studio

http://www.flipbookstudio.co.uk/aboutus.html

Flipbook is a CGI and visual FX company based in Manchester and i am now following them on Facebook to keep updated and maybe in contact with them! Finally Facebook is good for something! Flipbook have created work for Envirofone, Vimto and Codemasters.

Jojopops

'Jojopops have been tweening, tweaking, twisting and timing animation and special effects since January 2006. Our rules of play are to make sure we're having fun, it seems that the more you enjoy what you're doing the better you get at it.'

Jojopops blog: http://www.jojopops.co.uk/index(no_bg).php

(Based in Liverpool)

RealtimeUK

BUZZ!! After playing this strangely frustrating and addictive game i know hold the best knowlegde of all ... ReasltimeUK created the animation!

RealtimeUK

RealtimeUK was established 1n 1996 and is a CG production studio that are involved in the game and TV industry! I have had a look around their website and it is by far one of the most impressive yet!!! So exciting!!!!

The link to their 'work' page ....
http://www.realtimeuk.com/work

One of my favourites is a trailer for Shogun 2 Total War for Sega. I love the use of 2D animation on the map and then it also encompassed 3D animation when the sword stabs into the paper! LOVE IT!!!

Kilogramme Animation - Into the Unknown

http://vimeo.com/7794420

Once again i couldn't find this video on youtube so click the link :).
'This title sequence by Kilogramme was from the show 'Into the Unknown' which was broadcast in 2005. It was made for Dreamscope productions and as the show was about haunted buildings we decided to make the titles from the point of view of someone who'd just been murdered or was about to commit murder.' The reason i wanted to look into this more is the fact that unlike their other work this seems to have a different style and stands out to me above the rest of their work!

Kilogramme Animation - Cold Caller (Wales campaign to tackle doorstep crime)

I couldn't find Cold Caller on youtube so im afraid you will have to click this link :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10156198

The £1.8m campaign was created after following the case of Anne Cornock, aged 76, of Sully, Vale of Glamorgan, who was cheated out of £272,000 by a doorstep caller.
After watching the short advert i thought about what Kilogramme had mentioned on their blog ... they said they based their design style on disney's 101 Dalmations and this is very evident! It almost seems like your watching cruella deville trying to sneakily steal the puppies!

Kilogramme Animation

http://www.kilogramme.co.uk/flash.html
Kilogramme are a company thats specialise in Animation ... they are located on Newton Street Manchester!! Kilogramme was founded in 2005 and their very first project was to help Euro RSCG Riley to create an advertising campaign for Edgehill Uni. Kilogramme said 'they provided pretty much everything for this project including; music, design, animation and even a helicopter for one of their shots. Their advertising campaign work so successfully that the uni's enquiry rate doubled and they are still working with Edgehill Uni and RSCG Riley to this very day! As well as this they have also worked on a mini animated series on Dr Who, CBBC's 'Streetmonsters' and Metro for unit 9.
They also have a blog!!! Which i am going to follow! :D
http://kilogrammenews.blogspot.com/
A quick snippet from their blog ... i think i will find this company very very very useful as they have kindly told us what softwear they have used too!!! VERY HELPFUL!


'Hello, Here's a public information film we've just finished for Euro RSCG Riley. It's to warn OAPs in Wales about rogue traders and distraction burglars. We based the design style on '101 Dalamtions' and used Flash and 3DSMAX to animate the main character. I think it's one of the most polished things we've ever done.
Animation was provided by Claire Grey, Craig Knowles, David Ridges and Christian Johnson.
Design by Craig Knowles.
Backgrounds by Chris Coady.
Ink and Paint by Sam Jones and Gill Biddle.
Direction by Jon Turner.'

Daylight

Daylight moving image Ltd are located in Manchester and they produce film, animation and motion graphics. Some of their clients include ITV, Levis, Marks and Spencer, Oasis (Clothing), Connections and more ... Looking through the website and reading a bit more about the company they have created animation, motion graphics and film for club visuals for special events; title sequences and animation for a companies presentations and conferences.

http://www.day-light.co.uk/

Freelance

A freelancer is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term.

Fields where freelancing is common includes journalism, book publishing, writing, editing, copy editing, proofreading, indexing, copywriting, computer programming, web design and graphic design.

(Copy editing - is the work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style and accuracy of text. Unlike general editing, copy editing often does not involve changing the substance of the text)

Main Frame ... contraception advert

Dennis Sisterson - Freelance Animator!

I came across a freelance designers blog and i found the work very, very interesting ... his blog includes a collection of his work and a selection of work he is interested in very similar to what my blog should look like!!! (i hope this will inspire me to develop my blog further). He has recently worked at Sherbet and contributed by directing the animation for the current iron brew advert. I always love watching films/adverts that include real live action with animation! It continues to amaze me how great it looks together i think thats why i do enjoy this advert even though i have no idea what the storyline has to do with Iron Brew!

Main Frame

Main Frame has an office in London and Manchester and is a creative production studio, specialising in motion graphics and animation for ads, promos and branded creative content.

Clients include

Animal Planet, BBC, BBC Radio 1, Channel 4, Disney, Five, Google, Magic, Sony computer entertainment europe and many more...

So far this is the company that i am excited about! I love the fact they don't have one individual style ... all there projects are completely individual, new and exciting!!

http://www.mainframe.co.uk/#projects

Moving Image

'Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films (also referred to as movies or motion pictures) are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects.'

Under the umbrella of Moving Image:

Advertising

Animation

Film

TV

Web Design

Motion Graphics

Summer Brief so far

I haven't found many design companies so far that i am particularly excited by! I am going to continue looking but instead i might start searching for adverts thats i like or anything that excited me and find the designer rather than searching for design companies! I think that way i may be more successful so watch this space!

SO ltd

SO ltd is a 3D and Web design company in Manchester. They have a client list that includes work for:

-Brothers International Europe

-Brothers UK

-Hitachi

-ICS

-Stay in front LTD

and many more...

I found one of their 3D animations for Brother International Europe it encompasses a pop up book and takes you through a story of how wireless printers and other Brother products are the future! I don't particularly think this is very original since i have seen this 'pop up book' idea way too many time and it better quality! But i will let you decide for yourself (i couldn't find one on you tube so you will have to click the link!)

http://www.subobject.co.uk/featured/brother_pop_up_book_animation.html

Optical 3D

http://www.optical3d.com/

Optical 3D is located in Nantwich, Cheshire and as made clear in the company name they specialise in 3D animation and technical illustration.

Onward

'The Onward Film Company is an award winning TV and film production company based in Manchester who along with our sister companies MTP in Scotland and Mustard in London represent some of the finest directors currently working in the UK.'

Onward cover all manner of TV and film production creating high end commercials, programme sponsorship and TV idents. They have worked with companies and brands such as William Hill, John West, Craft Scotland and Original source (men).

http://www.onward.co.uk/onward.html

Baby Cow Animation

A variety of Baby Cow Animation included:

Broadcast TV - Horrible Histories (CBBC) ...

Informative Films - Age Concern, Manchester Music Timeline (BBC's 'massive), Do the Green thing ...

Apps, Virals - JunkMonkeys.tv (British Heart foundation) ...

Ads and Promos - Readers Digest 'Kitten eyes', George Michaels 'shoot the dog' ...

Baby Cow Productions

Baby Cow has produced award winning and highly acclaimed TV programmes for the BBC, ITV, UK digital channels, world sales and DVD sales. As well as TV programmes they also teamed up with Baby Cow Animation and have created many title sequences just like this one for 'Have i got News for you'