CTF Benefit IV - Opening Video
Every year, the Quicken Loans Media House is tasked with making the videos for the Children's Tumor Foundation Gala. The theme this year was nautical and fantastical so we worked hard to help bring every attendee into that world with our opening video.
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CTF Benefit Opening Video from Jon Bugg on Vimeo.
About
This video was done using a combination of stop-motion, 2D, and 3D animation. All together it created a mixed media piece that ended up looking pretty cool! I was one of the 3 animators on this project. I also helped with the shooting of the stop-motion and keying out all of the traditional stop-motion scenes. I also spent some time rigging up 3D fish for the other animators to work with. I spent a lot of my time doing the tedious work, like figuring out swim cycles, looping sheets (waves) and figuring out a creative way to make bubbles. Overall this project was a huge learning experience and was super fun to create something in a medium that is uncommon.
Credits
Client: Children’s Tumor Foundation
Director: Tommy Herrmann
Producer: Andrew M Chaffkin
Director of Photography: Jon Mitchell
Art Director: Tommy Herrmann
Editorial: Nicholas Dean, Jon Bugg
Animation: Tommy Herrmann, Jon Bugg, Bill Sneed
Music and Sound Design: Ryan J Anderson
Prop Design
I also was in charge of some prop design for pivotal moments of the story. I designed the "Benefit" map and the book cover shown in the beginning.
