NFB Logo Animation
I had the pleasure to design and direct the new National Film Board of Canada logo animation.
The brief was to bring back the legs of George Beaupré's 'person of vision' — which got cropped in the 2002 redesign of the logo — and to allow for the animation to be cut down into 2s, 4s, and 6s films. A 3D printed version of the character was shot at 120fps on 35mm film. It moved using a simple motion controlled spinning table and door. The animation intentionally lacks smooth motion curves to echo the 1968 ident.
Special thanks to Nexus Studios and Time Based Arts for their help in bringing this piece to life.
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Nexus Studios
Director
Nicolas Ménard
Executive Creative Director
Chris O’Reilly
Executive Producer
Charlotte Bavasso
Executive Producer
Luke Youngman
Production Manager
Elspeth Vince
CG Supervisor
Dave Hunt
Production Runner
Miles Dickinson
Shoot
Director of Photography
Tristan Oliver
Motion Control
Justin Pentecost
Gaffer
Toby Farrar
Studio Manager
Elizabeth Day at Clapham Road Studios
Modelmaking
Model Maker
Andy Gent
Model Rigger
Mitch Barnes
Film Processing
Lab
Kodak
Contact
Phoebe Davey
Post Production
Company
Time Based Arts
Post Production Executive Producer
Tom Johnson
Compositor
Matteo Shires, Sheldon Gardner
Post Production Producer
Sean Ewins
