This motion graphics project was completed for the recent 2010 JLS UK Tour. The brief was to create simple, graphic pieces for each song. The fact that they were to be seen on a really large screen, meant that the simpler and bolder ideas worked really well. I used After Effects and Cinema 4D.
JLS are a double Brit Award winning boy band who became famous after competing on the UK's X Factor show. They have just finished their sell-out headlining UK tour, which ended on 9th March at the London Hammersmith Apollo. I was lucky enough to get to produce these sequences for the tour which were displayed at the rear of the stage throughout the concert. Each piece was specifically produced to compliment each song. I either timed out the edits and animations to suit, or used audio files of their songs to drive the animations.
I must also take the time here to mention that the show producer was Beth Honan and that the Director was Andy Saunders. A colleague of mine, Gareth Price also produced some other pieces of work for the concert, however, everything you see here I created, animated and edited. Of course the live action footage used in the intro piece was shot by the director. Also a colleague, Alan Smith, originally modelled (and provided to me) the Beat Again heart and JLS Logo.
There are two ways of viewing this project. The first verison of each movie shows the graphics as they were supplied to the client. The second series of movies show the graphics on-screen, in a live performance, which I filmed on my Canon stills camera. This of course includes the band, lighting and crowd. Please excuse the low resolution nature of these movies, but I'm sure you appreciate that I was hardly in a position to take in a nice HD camera to film the concert! They still show how the pieces worked alongside the lighting, choreography and above all the reaction of the crowd is fantastic to hear, as the performance is of course a combination of everything - and they really go wild! I hope you enjoy them and especially how they worked in the actual concert.
JLS are a double Brit Award winning boy band who became famous after competing on the UK's X Factor show. They have just finished their sell-out headlining UK tour, which ended on 9th March at the London Hammersmith Apollo. I was lucky enough to get to produce these sequences for the tour which were displayed at the rear of the stage throughout the concert. Each piece was specifically produced to compliment each song. I either timed out the edits and animations to suit, or used audio files of their songs to drive the animations.
I must also take the time here to mention that the show producer was Beth Honan and that the Director was Andy Saunders. A colleague of mine, Gareth Price also produced some other pieces of work for the concert, however, everything you see here I created, animated and edited. Of course the live action footage used in the intro piece was shot by the director. Also a colleague, Alan Smith, originally modelled (and provided to me) the Beat Again heart and JLS Logo.
There are two ways of viewing this project. The first verison of each movie shows the graphics as they were supplied to the client. The second series of movies show the graphics on-screen, in a live performance, which I filmed on my Canon stills camera. This of course includes the band, lighting and crowd. Please excuse the low resolution nature of these movies, but I'm sure you appreciate that I was hardly in a position to take in a nice HD camera to film the concert! They still show how the pieces worked alongside the lighting, choreography and above all the reaction of the crowd is fantastic to hear, as the performance is of course a combination of everything - and they really go wild! I hope you enjoy them and especially how they worked in the actual concert.
This piece was played as a teaser to the arrival of JLS on stage. Check out the version straight underneath this one in which you can see the lighting and crowd.
JLS Tour Intro. LIVE CAPTURE DURING PERFORMANCE.
Here is the sequence as captured during the live performance. I have mixed between the clean graphics and the capture to help give the viewer a sense of how it worked. I have stabilised and cropped the capture as it was a very rough hand-held job on the night! This one is great for the crowd reaction. Hear them go wild as the sequence culminates with the arrival of JLS!
Here is the sequence as captured during the live performance. I have mixed between the clean graphics and the capture to help give the viewer a sense of how it worked. I have stabilised and cropped the capture as it was a very rough hand-held job on the night! This one is great for the crowd reaction. Hear them go wild as the sequence culminates with the arrival of JLS!
Beat Again.
I was asked to create a piece that was moody and dark, whilst using a heart motif appropriate to the song. The heart cloud animations and rotating hearts were Cinema 4D. The compositing and other effects were created in After Effects, along with the final edit.
I was asked to create a piece that was moody and dark, whilst using a heart motif appropriate to the song. The heart cloud animations and rotating hearts were Cinema 4D. The compositing and other effects were created in After Effects, along with the final edit.
Beat Again. LIVE CAPTURE DURING PERFORMANCE.
Here is the sequence as captured during the live performance. I have mixed between the clean graphics and the capture to help give the viewer a sense of how it worked. I have stabilised and cropped the capture as it was a very rough hand-held job on the night!
Here is the sequence as captured during the live performance. I have mixed between the clean graphics and the capture to help give the viewer a sense of how it worked. I have stabilised and cropped the capture as it was a very rough hand-held job on the night!
Jackson Medley.
This sequence was part of a 'Medley' that JLS performed. I created this in Cinema 4D using the audio track as a driver for cloned objects. A simple piece which worked really well on the big screen...
This sequence was part of a 'Medley' that JLS performed. I created this in Cinema 4D using the audio track as a driver for cloned objects. A simple piece which worked really well on the big screen...
Jackson Medley. LIVE CAPTURE DURING PERFORMANCE.
Here is the sequence as captured during the live performance. I have mixed between the clean graphics and the capture to help give the viewer a sense of how it worked. I have stabilised and cropped the capture as it was a very rough hand-held job on the night!
Here is the sequence as captured during the live performance. I have mixed between the clean graphics and the capture to help give the viewer a sense of how it worked. I have stabilised and cropped the capture as it was a very rough hand-held job on the night!
One Shot.
A really simple piece which worked really well on the big screen. I particularly like the section where the patterns start to swirl in 3D.
A really simple piece which worked really well on the big screen. I particularly like the section where the patterns start to swirl in 3D.
One Shot. LIVE CAPTURE DURING PERFORMANCE.
Keep You.
This sequence was also created in Cinema 4D and again I used the audio to drive the Graphic Equaliser effect. Then I animated the camera around the blocks of colour. Simple!
This sequence was also created in Cinema 4D and again I used the audio to drive the Graphic Equaliser effect. Then I animated the camera around the blocks of colour. Simple!
Keep You. LIVE CAPTURE DURING PERFORMANCE.
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