ODOT | Park Your Phone

Our first of many commercial spots for ODOT and Gard Communications. Park Your Phone plays throughout Oregon in theaters and broadcast, creating awareness to put your phone away before driving.

R/WEST | Flir, All of This

We partnered with the legendary Portland-based motorcycle apparel company ICON Motosports to create this wild social media animation promoting the release of the Beastie Bunny helmet. This style was inspired by the classic Warner Bros animations, as we get a glimpse into the cotton-tailed concocter’s laboratory where he is piecing together his abomination-creation. Starting with both rigged and hand-animated characters, we added electricity effects to highlight the monster’s transformation. ICON is known for it’s beautiful helmet designs, but this video engaged with their fans on a whole new level.

Oregon State Lottery | Jackpot Scratch-Its

We collaborated with R/West on this hilarious new Jackpot Scratch-Its spot, ‘More Than a Feeling’. In pre-production we helped develop the look, plan the shots with the director, and edit together the animatic storyboard and VFX pre-visualization. In order to achieve more realism and maintain the oddity, we went with both practical and digital effects. The background, for instance, was designed, illustrated and printed on vinyl. Once it was filmed, we cleaned up imperfections and added light effects to the wall. Little green screen was used – just three shots in all.

Oregon State Lottery | Saint Patrick’s Day

We had the pleasure working with our friends at R/West on three new Oregon State Lottery spots for Saint Patrick’s day. It was a blast working on set and tackling these hilarious visual effects shots. Check out how we did it below.

Cambia Health | Ribbon Commercial

We had the pleasure working with our friends at R/West on three new Oregon State Lottery spots for Saint Patrick’s day. It was a blast working on set and tackling these hilarious visual effects shots. Check out how we did it below.

Oregon State Lottery | Jackpot Trio

Early in pre-production, we provided pre-visualization of a CGI RV and yacht. During the film shoot we photographed 360 HDRIs for lighting reflections. In post, are tasked were much more difficult than it would seem – it involved a complex camera track with no tracking markers, removing objects, replacing the license plate, rotoscoping, changing the road solid yellow lines to dashed line and finally animating, lighting and compositing the CGI trailer and yacht.

Suburban Auto | Commercial VFX

Recently we worked with R/West on the motion graphics and visual effects for Suburban’s new spots. We had a blast working on set and coming up with the spot’s visual look and effects. R/West agency wrote, filmed and produced editorial – our task was design, asset creation, transition concepts, motion graphics and compositing.

Microsoft | Software + Services

We collaborated with our good friends at Extreme Arts + Science on a series of Microsoft Software + Services videos. Each video showcased futuristic interactive devices and conceptual daily uses. In this case study, AE+S wrote, filmed and edited. UI, motion design, and visual effects were developed by Deep Sky with some inspiration from “Minority Report”.
We wireframed the user interaction based on the script through Powerpoint. From there we design and map out basic gestures for the director and actors – saving producers time during the shoot. All UI was animated in 4K allowing for close-ups and perspectives.