ANIMATION

Hand-rolled drawings and a palette full of colour baked until golden at 24 frames per second.
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Animation is a powerful tool to breathe life into ideas. A series of drawings, perfectly timed and placed creates magic! Drawing from real life and abstract inspirations alike, animation is uniquely suited to storytelling, creating worlds that are often telling parodies of our own. Our work focuses on 2D or hand drawn animation and motion graphics.

Demo Reel 2017

In order of appearance :

• 'Discovering the Erebus'  Short Film - Design, Animation, Compositing
• 'The Illegal'  Short film - Design, Animation, Compositing
• 'Satori'  Student Short Film - Hand drawn animation composited into photographs with stop motion elements. 
• 'Push to Play' - Flash animation
• 'Satori'  - Hand drawn animation with stop motion bus prop
• UPLIFT - Motion graphics for travel web series
• 'Swirly' - Hand drawn effects animation
• 'EuroCup Flipbook' - Rotoscoped sequence for a Eurocup TVC 
• 'TetraPak' - Design, Animation and compositing
• 'Bloomrooms' - Explainer Video, hand drawn animation with stop motion
• 'iLodge' - Intro video for ilodge.com Adobe Flash and After Effects
• 'Beyond Crisis Pitch video'  Hand drawn animation
• '350.org March video'  Motion Graphics in After Effects
• 'Disruptive Power' Short film by CIGI. Design, Animation, Compositing
• 'Discovering the Erebus'  Short Film - Design, Animation, Compositing using live action footage

Music Credits: 

• Track 1 by DJ JustLive 
• Track 2 by Koushan Amir-Khosravi

SHORT FILMS

Cultural Workers Organize

A short explainer video - since 2015, well over 100 media outlets have unionized. Thousands of media workers have taken collective action to improve their working conditions. They are starting unions to win fairness, dignity, and a stronger voice at work. This video shows what’s behind the organizing wave in digital media, how workers organized their unions, and what they won by unionizing. Supported by CWA Canada, published in Fall 2021.

Decriminalize Now: Akia's Story

A short, first-personal narrative film hand-crafted for the HIV Legal Network, about the drug poisoning crisis — and daring to dream of a better future for people who use drugs. Published in June 2021.

What is blockchain?

A short explainer on blockchain technology: how it tracks and stores data, how it fosters trust, and how it facilitates peer-to-peer transactions.

Castle Kilbride 

A pre-tour short film about the history of Castle Kilbride in Baden, Ontario. A Grand Victorian home that was built in 1877, for James Livingston, flax industrialist, politician and entrepreneur and now a National Historic Site and heritage museum maintained by the Township of Wilmot.

Discovering the Erebus

A short film promoting a public lecture hosted by CIGI (Centre for International Governance Innovation) exploring recent discoveries around the mysterious story of the Franklin Expedition.

New Thinking On Innovation series

This essay series published by the Centre for International Governance Innovation marshals new thinking on innovation, bringing together a community of scholars and practitioners who offer fresh approaches to innovation in Canada, and Canada’s place in the world.

Disruptive Power
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Disruptive Power: The Crisis of the State in the Digital Age is a short film designed to introduce and promote a public talk by Dr. Taylor Owen on the unpreparedness of the State with growing dissent in the Digital Age.

The Illegal

The Illegal: A Meditation on Refugee Issues is an animated short around a public talk by award-winning Canadian author Lawrence Hill on his new novel.

Satori

Satori is a short animated film with a twist about a thief's surprise meeting with karma.

PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS

Push 2 Play

A web advertisment promoting an iPhone app, Push 2 Play by Saskatchewan Blue Cross encouraging kids towards more active play. Produced in collaboration with Egg Studios, Halifax.

EuroCup Flipbook Ad

A series of short animated segments for use in a TV commercial, shot as an animated flipbook, for the Football Eurp Cup 2016

bloomrooms

A short film introducing the brand, Bloomrooms and highlighting its key features. Also featuring a six part animated guide to first time visitors in New Delhi, India.

TetraPak

An animated short highlighting and celebrating the advancement in milk packaging technology in India led by Amul TetraPak

Avocado Co-op

A short animated video on Avocado Co-op, a retail co-op focussing on making sustainable living easier.

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