Stephen Hawking Centre

Grand Opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute

At the request of Title Entertainment Canada, Skaramoosh filmed with Prof. Stephen Hawking to mark the opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute. The professor’s speech concluded with thanks to all those involved with the new facility, “It is a tremendous honour to have this expansion of the Perimeter Institute named for me. Theoretical physics is the most basic and powerful science, responsible for essentially every modern technology. Indeed, history shows us that today’s theoretical physics is tomorrow’s technology. It is easy to feel awed by the discoveries of Newton, Maxwell, Einstein and others. To go beyond them will require fearless creativity and extraordinary insight. Special places like Perimeter encourage young scientists to be ambitious and bold. And I do believe in the limitless power of the human mind to understand the universe and to create the future.”

Andrew Hunter – Director said, “having met Professor Hawking for the first time I now realise how remarkable a person he is. It was an honour to meet and spend time joking with him.”

Watch the Opening here

ADD Crusher

We’ve just completed over 90 minutes of graphics and animation and sound design to brand, reinforce and enhance the first two programmes in the ADD Crusher series. San Diego and New York based writer/producer Alan Brown who created and presents the shows was looking for cutting edge and complimentary styling and editing to emphasise and enhance the behavioural messages and strategies in the shows. We worked together over two months on this challenging and rewarding project.

Alan said

“We searched on both U.S. coasts and in-between and could not seem to find a strong post-production company with strong IDEAS to bring these videos to life the way we knew they could be. Then we found Skaramoosh. These two videos are the first in what we plan to be a long series. I dare say that in five or fewer years, lots of people with be familiar with the ‘Crusher brand’, and to the extent that will be the case, we’ll have Skara in large part to thank for that…”

Link to videos will be coming soon!

Philips

TV promotion for CNN/Philips

TITLE: “The Heart’s Journey”
CLIENT: Turner Commercial Productions for Philips

BRIEF: To use a design palette and animation style to reflect the sense and
simplicity brand positioning of Philips, explaining how a device can transmit essential ECG information ahead of a patient, in an engaging and involving way.

We designed and animated simple characters and objects using the Philips colours in Saul Bass inspired scenes to create a fluid and playful animation with seamless transitions between the scenes.

The whole animation was created in Flash.