
MAXON extends heartiest congratulations to Imaginary Forces, a preeminent creative studio and production company, on winning the 2015 SXSW Excellence in Title Design Award for the WGN America network's Manhattan TV series.
[Watch Manhattan full title sequence here.]
Manhattan explores the mission to build the worlds first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, N.M., and centers on the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives. (Source WGN America)
Imaginary Forces, a long time MAXON customer, relied on a number of key features and tools in Cinema 4D throughout the Manhattan title design process to achieve the overall illustrated diagrammatic design esthetic.
Jeremy Cox, Imaginary Forces Art Director, explains that early on in the title animation process the creative team assumed they would be working entirely in 2D and keep everything completely flat in an endless, abstract paper world. After experimenting with how the sequence would animate, we created a test using Cinema 4D where we were able to not only 3D animate the diagrams on the paper, but also successfully model and animate the various papers sliding around.
Using Cineware to import cameras and animated nulls into our After Effects comps gave us the ability to easily update the content of these pages as the animation evolved and also allowed us to replace the content on the pieces of paper without re-rendering the 3D elements, he added.
The Sketch and Toon toolset in Cinema 4D also proved beneficial in allowing the team to render elements with very natural looking line work. All of the buildings in the sequence are 3D models that were rendered using Sketch and Toon to look as if they were drafted in pencil.
Manhattan' winning the SXSW award for Excellence in Title Design' is a huge honor, adds Cox. This has been an amazing year for title design, and I was blown away by all the amazing finalists we were up against. Having access to reliable tools in our production pipeline streamlined our workflow and was important in bringing the sequence to life.
The Excellence in Title Design Awards, a part of the SXSW Film Design Awards, pays tribute to the film title design aspect of the filmmaking ecosystem that often slips below the radar. The Manhattan title sequence beat out 22 other competitors from both the film, television and game world to include, 22 Jump Street , American Horror Story 4: Freakshow , Captain America: The Winter Soldier , Godzilla , Silicon Valley , Alien: Isolation , and others.
At the upcoming NAB Show , Cox will be presenting at the MAXON exhibitor booth to show the studio's creative approaches and production techniques on the Manhattan title design sequence. For additional information, please visit www.C4DLive.com.
Manhattan Title Design Credits Designed & Produced by: Imaginary Forces IF Creative Director: Dan Gregoras IF Art Director: Jeremy Cox IF Executive Producer: Gabriel Marquez IF Producer: Jon Hassell IF Designer: Griffin Frazen IF Animator: Sekani Solomon IF Cel Animator: Peter Ahern IF Editor: Karl Amdal IF Additional Design: Audrey Davis, Tim Haldeen
To learn more about the Imaginary Forces Cinema 4D workflow on the Manhattan title sequence project, please visit:
http://www.maxon.net/en/news/singleview-default/article/imaginary-forces-took-home-the-prize-for-excellence-in-title-design-at-sxsw-2015-for-manhattan.html
http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/manhattan
About MAXON
Headquartered in Friedrichsdorf, Germany, MAXON Computer is a developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D software products have been used extensively to help create everything from stunning visual effects in top feature films, TV shows and commercials, cutting-edge game cinematics for AAA games, as well as for medical illustration, architectural and industrial design applications. MAXON has offices in Germany, USA, United Kingdom, France, Japan and Singapore. MAXON products are available directly from the web site and its worldwide distribution channel. Specially priced learning editions of the company's software solutions are also made available to educational institutions. For additional information on MAXON visit www.maxon.net.
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