Project:

SXSW Gaming Awards Opening Sequence

Year:

2015

Role:

Designer

This project was the first in a 3 year long collaboration with SXSW Gaming. We were looking to create a piece that would tell the history of video games through abstract visuals and audio clues. Playing a sort of game with the audience, asking them to use their gaming experiences to connect the dots.

– Initial design frames were animated in After Effect and C4D. We then went through the process of filming our animations off real screens from different eras to help represent the evolution of gaming. Starting with a black and white CRT, moving to a color CRT, and ultimately on an LCD panel.

All the detail and luminous texture from actual screens added a unique look that we could never have achieved with an after effects plugin.