Similarly to my 2005 piece entitled Demographix, AE64 is a tribute to the demoscene and to the legacy of world’s most popular microcomputer: Commodore 64.
While this video was created using the typical contemporary arsenal of tools (mainly After Effects and Cinema 4D), it conforms to most of the basic graphical limitations of the C64 such as a limited 16-color palette, low resolution, use of the overscan area etc. To maintain the spirit of the demo, I also created most of the effects using various scripts and code snippets, procedurally automating many of the tasks typically animated using keyframes.
The idea for this video (or, if you prefer, a “wild demo”) came to me a few weeks ago, during the 7DX demoparty. Seeing how this nearly 30 year old system still has people coding for it, developing new tools and techniques as well as actively participating in various demo competitions – really stroke a note of nostalgia in me. I remembered my first C64, countless hours of games, graphic programs,…
This is the second in the series of three TV commercials created for the online shopping site Morhipo.com.
Working with an extremely tight deadline, this project's main challenge was to create a modular, script-driven animation that could easily adapt to ever-changing product line-up. I achieved that with some clever After Effects expressions, used both for the camera control as well as for the placement of the product photos on the 3D elements.
Big thanks go to Motionworks for their fantastic MovieType rig for Cinema 4D - it definitely was one of the key factors allowing the entire project to be produced and completed on time.
Client: Morhipo.com
Agency: Rafineri
Production house: ABT
Design & Animation: Quba Michalski
This is the first in the series of three TV commercials created for the online shopping site Morhipo.com.
Working with an extremely tight deadline, this project's main challenge was to create a modular, script-driven animation that could easily adapt to ever-changing product line-up. I achieved that with some clever After Effects expressions, used both for the camera control as well as for the placement of the product photos on the 3D elements.
Big thanks go to Motionworks for their fantastic MovieType rig for Cinema 4D - it definitely was one of the key factors allowing the entire project to be produced and completed on time.
Client: Morhipo.com
Agency: Rafineri
Production house: ABT
Design & Animation: Quba Michalski
imago new media is a two person motion graphics studio, established in 2004 by designer Çiğdem Keresteci and director/animator Quba Michalski. We are currently located in the heart of Istanbul - the biggest and loudest city of Europe.
We develop concepts and scenarios, illustrate, photograph, film and animate. We design, we compose, we script, render and edit. When it comes to motion graphics, we do it all and we just love
imago new media is a two person motion graphics studio, established in 2004 by designer Çiğdem Keresteci and director/animator Quba Michalski. We are currently located in the heart of Istanbul - the biggest and loudest city of Europe.
We develop concepts and scenarios, illustrate, photograph, film and animate. We design, we compose, we script, render and edit. When it comes to motion graphics, we do it all and we just love it.
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