Complete Design Studio » Motion Design

Building Connections

Patrick Maun — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:20:54 +0000

A title sequence developed for a video series entitled Building Connections. We also developed the series identity. Using connecting lines and circles present the ever-developing connections between diverse groups of people in schools. This was a small-budget, quick-turnaround project but it was alot of fun to do. Nothing very complicated here, but a fun little project.

Neighbors

Patrick Maun — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:55:10 +0000

Stills from the video Neighbors. A dual-monitor piece from the Genocide Project. While the conflict in Kosovo provided the initial inspiration for the piece, the characters represent archetypes in any genocidal conflict – aggressor and victim, soldier and citizen, majority and minority. By removing all sense of time and place the piece presents the face of genocide as universal and timeless.

Capella

Patrick Maun — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:54:20 +0000

Another quick and dirty motion project created together with Spunk. We had a set of illustrations, a script that was too long and a tiny budget. We developed some incredible ideas which we’re then whittled down by the client to what you see here. Still managed to communicate luxury nicely.

MPR

Patrick Maun — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:32:49 +0000

Another quick and dirty project. Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media needed a presentation to introduce the marketing department to the rest of the company. Created to be completely modular in order to add and subtract employees and projects and the presentation evolved. Simple but effective.

Switch

Patrick Maun — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:28:35 +0000

A series of videos done for the Switch Program – a series of activities and dieting programs for teens. Another collaboration with Spunk Design Machine. Spunk created the instruction manual illustrations, Complete took them and made ‘em dance.

Switch is typical of a Complete motion project. A small budget, a quick timeframe and limited visual assets, but working inside of a small box is often the most creative.

Working with a stack of illustrations and a script that was far too long, we first storyboarded out a much more straight-forward script and sourced our voice talent.

All in all, we ended up with over 15 minutes of solid animation with included several 3D sequences. The video shown above is the second half of the animation on using the tracker.

Oxygen Plus Video

Patrick Maun — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:40:05 +0000

OxygenPlus asked Complete to make a series of quick branding videos. This was the first of them. We had very little time to create this and almost zero content. It’s all about the use of type and still photography. Even with these limitations, it does a great job expressing the feel of the product. In this case, portable oxygen for the spa and health market.

When I say quick, I mean quick. The video was blocked, shot and edited in about two days. There’s a lot of rough work in there, but as a quick experiment I think it works well.

Irruption Identity Sequence

Patrick Maun — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:55:33 +0000

Created for the performance and dance collective Irruption, this video slug acts as title sequence for videos and as an introductory animation on the web. The piece was made by de-constructing the logo and combining it with live dance. One thing I like about this piece is it’s simplicity. It functions online as well as it does as a video piece.