Bills getting you down, have the increasing feeling they're getting the better of you? Are you creating a monster? That was the concept behind this tv commercial we produced for Padgett business services. By using green screen and 3D animation we created the office of Joe's Plumbing Services where late one night Joe is working hard trying to make sense of his bills and taxes, unaware of the 'overd...

Bills getting you down, have the increasing feeling they're getting the better of you? Are you creating a monster? That was the concept behind this tv commercial we produced for Padgett business services. By using green screen and 3D animation we created the office of Joe's Plumbing Services where late one night Joe is working hard trying to make sense of his bills and taxes, unaware of the 'overdue bill monster' growing behind him. Upon discovering the Padgett Business Services website all his problems disappear.

Cinema 4D was used to create the environment of the office and to create the animated monster character. All final compositing was done using After Effects.

Bringing the Outside Inside.

Shaw Tuftex is the largest manufacturer of carpets in the world and for their corporate presentation this year, they wanted to launch their new campaign showing how colour and carpet could represent the outside world in your home. This is the full length version that we are now cutting down to a TVC30.

The story is as follows.
A man is on his way home...

Bringing the Outside Inside.

Shaw Tuftex is the largest manufacturer of carpets in the world and for their corporate presentation this year, they wanted to launch their new campaign showing how colour and carpet could represent the outside world in your home. This is the full length version that we are now cutting down to a TVC30.

The story is as follows.
A man is on his way home from a busy and stressful day at work, making his way through a busy and dusty city scene. We follow the guys briefcase instead of the mans face at first to represent the stress of city commuting.

Once the man reaches the foyer of his apartment and makes his way up in the elevator, the music begins to slow down as we feel his relief of being home with his family.

As the elevator door opens into his apartment we now enter the outside inside world of Shaw Tuftex. With coloring and textures of Shaw Tuftex we see sandy beaches morph into beige carpet and forest trees morph into green wall paper. We then follow the family through the rooms as the parents first put the children to bed and eventually find themselves on a mountain plateau which then becomes their own bedroom.

After initial concept design was complete, we immediately started building the 3D rooms in Cinema 4D and VRAY for realistic rendering, which obviously took the longest, but still all came together smoothly.

We then had a three day shoot to gather all principle photography on green screen along with the background elements, ranging from downtown scenes to californian beach scenes. In fact we only left our studio twice during the whole process, first to shoot the city scenes and second to shoot the californian beach. The rest of the project was shot and produced in our green screen studio.

With the shoot all complete we started compositing and animating the 3D and 2D background plates for the rooms and out door scenes. With almost all our staff working on this project we finished the project and met the deadline.
Sit back and turn up the speakers to watch this one, it is quite the fantasy piece.

BTV Business Television are set for their new season starting this week (Feb 14th 2011), with their new season brings a completely new motion graphics and 3D look, designed and produced by Go 2 Productions Inc.

BTVs producer and host, Taylor Thoen, returned to Go 2 Productions to have us redesign the title sequence and in show graphics package in full HD and standard def in preparation for ...

BTV Business Television are set for their new season starting this week (Feb 14th 2011), with their new season brings a completely new motion graphics and 3D look, designed and produced by Go 2 Productions Inc.

BTVs producer and host, Taylor Thoen, returned to Go 2 Productions to have us redesign the title sequence and in show graphics package in full HD and standard def in preparation for their show moving into the HD channels on cable later this season. We also added more detailing in to the virtual 3D set which includes night time city scenes visible through the windows of the virtual set, fully animated background plates, dust particles in the lighting and even a 3D LED ticker message board that is customizable per show.

This clip shows the new title 30 second sequence along with all the in new show graphics all put together in a nice little montage. Enjoy.

Next year, 2012, sees the launch of a very special piece of equipment, the UrtheCast camera pairing, that will be installed on the belly of the International Space Station, ISS. The two cameras, one still photography and the other live video have a very high resolution that can see cars and even groups of gathered people etc. The video camera can be booked by the general public to target a locatio...

Next year, 2012, sees the launch of a very special piece of equipment, the UrtheCast camera pairing, that will be installed on the belly of the International Space Station, ISS. The two cameras, one still photography and the other live video have a very high resolution that can see cars and even groups of gathered people etc. The video camera can be booked by the general public to target a location and film it as the ISS passes over head at a height of between 350km and 450km and at a ground speed of more than 17,000 miles per hour. UrtheCast asked us to produce an animated video showing approximate locations of the cameras on the craft and to highlight the benefits and features of what to expect once the cameras go live. 3D animation of the ISS and cameras was the obvious choice. This video illustrates how Go 2 Productions 3D animation can effectively be used to explain the most inaccessible or complex systems and processes imaginable.

Provocative talk show with Pia Shandel as the host, currently airing on Shaw Channel 4, Friday Nights at 10:30pm.

Issues we share and care about. People we love and admire.

Pia, is a fast paced half hour of television, gets you to the heart of the matter, one issue at a time, straight up.

Host Pia Shandel connects world wide with well known personalities, who reveal their insi...

Provocative talk show with Pia Shandel as the host, currently airing on Shaw Channel 4, Friday Nights at 10:30pm.

Issues we share and care about. People we love and admire.

Pia, is a fast paced half hour of television, gets you to the heart of the matter, one issue at a time, straight up.

Host Pia Shandel connects world wide with well known personalities, who reveal their insights on the subject at hand. Comedy is king, as comedian Patrick Maliha weighs in with his skewed views on the topic of the day, eh.

Expect the information to be powerful, the point of view personal, and the perspective revealing. On Pia we talk straight, and you are going to feel it. Journalist and Host Pia Shandel has attended at the heartbeat of change over many decades of shattering and inspiring events, reporting for all forms of media. So, let the games begin.

Go 2 Productions Inc is responsible for the show concept, creative design and all production. The interviews of Pia and her guests were shot at our in house green screen studio over a two month period. During this time the shows high impact creative look was also being designed and built, first in in 3D, then reconstructed in After Effects to save on render times. Our talented team of digital artists and compositors gave the show a real high quality look that makes Pia appear somewhat cutting edge and futuristic.

Once all the interviews were shot and the camera views were pre-rendered, it blew me away at how fast we managed to edit and composite each show using the workflow we set up, proving once again that we have a talented and solid team in place at Go 2.

The Haley Vines Outdoor Collection caters to Real Outdoor Women. They strive to empower the woman who braves the cold and scales the mountain in pursuit of the ultimate trophy. Their clothing range is the most technical women's hunting apparel on the market today.

The client wanted us to show various outfits through the commercial without it looking like a catalogue shoot. Their clothing is...

The Haley Vines Outdoor Collection caters to Real Outdoor Women. They strive to empower the woman who braves the cold and scales the mountain in pursuit of the ultimate trophy. Their clothing range is the most technical women's hunting apparel on the market today.

The client wanted us to show various outfits through the commercial without it looking like a catalogue shoot. Their clothing is very different so they wanted the commercial to reflect that too. The commercial is going to be shown in cinemas so it also had to have impact.

We came up with the concept of having a girl dancing through the commercial from activity to activity and as she danced between each pose, the clothing would change respectively. From hiking to hunting, snowboarding to sport fishing and so on. We chose local dancer and physical entertainer Dianna David for the role of the dancer. She was great fun to work with.

All the backgrounds are original motion graphic elements and 3D. Dianna was shot multiple times wearing different outfits on green screen, then edited together in final cut pro and blended using after effects.