TCG at the Wekiva River

The Crawford Group recently worked with Tampa advertising agency Paradise Advertising to shoot two 15-second commercials for Seminole County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. Locations consisted of the Wekiva River and the Sanford Zoo. Commercials were captured with a Panasonic AJ-HDX900 with Zeiss Super Speed lenses. Director of Photography Chad Crawford said, ” The location had to sell the spots, we spent a lot of time scouting, trying to find that sweet spot.” Look for these spots to begin airing late February 2010.

If you know me a little bit you probably know that I’m a big fan of animation.  I usually look through quite a bit of other people’s animation work for inspiration on my own projects as a motion graphics designer.  I recently stumbled across an animated short film, Alma, which has some really impressive character animation.  I even thought the animation was at the caliber of being good enough for Pixar’s standards.  I did a little bit more investigating on this film and discovered that it was actually created by a Pixar animator (Rodrigo Blaas) who had took some time off from the studio for a bit to focus on Alma.  The story is a little creepy, but I think the animation is beautiful.  I hope you enjoy it.