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“Seattle Is My Home” wins three Telly awards

David — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:17:22 +0000

I know they’re just chunks of pretty metal, but to be quite frank the Port of Seattle video was so much fun for us to create and we enjoyed showing off our amazing city in full summer swing that winning these prestigious awards just feels right. Here are the categories we won, Visual Effects, Live Events and Motivational. Come by our office some time and we can drink from the challis of victory and discuss your next project. In case you haven’t seen the award winning video here’s the link. http://vimeo.com/29348776

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MO Completes Two Microsoft Projects at CES

David — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:55:57 +0000

2012 is off to a good start after completing two CES projects for Microsoft. Using the presentation software WATCHOUT, Mind Opera worked with Seattle creative agency PBJS to create Steve Balmer’s keynote presentation along with a 60 foot video wall in their Experience Pavillion at the CES trade show. Everyone we worked with on these projects were talented, professional, and courteous all the way across the board. It was a pleasure to work with such good people. Read more about the projects on the Dataton website. http://tinyurl.com/85zem4r

Mini Wall at Mind Opera’s Studio

Full wall at CES 2012

AAPA Conference video for the Port of Seattle

David — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:09:18 +0000

Mind Opera created this video, “Seattle is my home” for the Port of Seattle, which was the host city for the Annual AAPA convention. Our plan for the video was to tip our hat to the Port’s 100th birthday at the beginning then slingshot the audience into modern day Seattle showing them the heart and soul of the city over one Seattle summer. This video only scratches the surface of our beautiful city and the people that live here, so there is still much to discover. If you haven’t been to Seattle, perhaps this will act as inspiration to make the trip.

There was a lot of great footage left on the cutting room floor and some of the time lapse is not on screen long enough to see the interesting patterns form. I intend to rectify that in the coming weeks by adding just the time lapse and tilt shift footage separately along with some more comments about my experience using the Canon 5D II.

I want to thank everyone who participated in this video and the following people for their contribution in creating it.

Producer: David Johnson
Creative Director: Tom Schabarum
Art Director: Bryan Schaeffer
Film Director: Mark Feijo
Camera Operators: Mark Feijo, Tom Anderson, David Johnson
Motion Graphics: Bryan Schaeffer
Sound Editor and FX: Enrico Benjamin
Editor: Mark Feijo
Assistant Editor: Jean-Luc Jackson
Shot list coordinator: Diane Fisch

Mind Opera Helps Bill Gates Improve

David — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:05:42 +0000

In October of 2009 Mind Opera worked with a local Seattle AD Agency, PBJS to bring Bill and Melinda’s Impatient Optimist presentation to life using the WATCHOUT technology. This article from presentationzen blog shows how Bill’s presentations have improved over the last year and we at Mind Opera are proud to be a part of that. Enjoy!

Bill Gate, Impatient Optimist presentation

http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2010/08/the-naked-transformation-of-bill-gates-the-presenter.html

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Microsoft and Mind Opera use WATCHOUT to run Imagine Cup 2010 event

David — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:53:50 +0000

I’m backstage working on this years Imagine Cup, 7,000 miles from Seattle at the Grand Opera House in Warsaw, Poland hoping that I might see some daylight and a little of the city before I leave. There are a lot of smart kids here. http://imaginecup.com/Default.aspx

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Starbucks video wall at the 505 Building in Seattle

David — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:17:23 +0000

Recently Mind Opera was commissioned by Starbucks to create content for a 53′x9′ video wall one of their buildings located at 505 1st Ave. Seattle. Mind Opera came up with the creative treatment, produced the videos, audio and motion graphics. This is the overture video that is between each of the sections.

Producer: David Johnson, Creative Director: Tom Schabarum, Illustrator: Pedro Murteira, Motion Graphics: Caitlin Wilbert, Graphics: Jessica Mans

Starbucks video wall at the 505 Building in Seattle from Mind Opera on Vimeo.

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WATCHOUT technology helps the Gates Foundation tell thier story

David — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 22:13:29 +0000

Mind Opera worked with our friends at PBJS to create a sophisticated look for the Gates Foundation keynote, Living Proof in Washington D.C. The presentation incorporated mixed video, audio and graphics. By using WATCHOUT we knew we could
play video across the venue’s wide, curved screen without lag time or hesitation.

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2010 CES Microsoft Keynote

David — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:05:17 +0000

At the beginning of the year Mind Opera helped the Microsoft presentations team along with PBJS and Run Studios to create a stunning wide screen presentation for Steve Ballmer and Robbie Bach. There were five screens that stretched 160’ around the stage. WATCHOUT was use to synchronize the screens and add seamlessly looping video as a backdrop.

CES 2010 walk-in 5 screen wide video

Microsoft at 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES): Video Gallery

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Schakelton Opener for MSUS Keynote

David — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:51:39 +0000

Mind Opera produced the visuals and edited this 4 minute event opener with our client RadarWorks for Microsoft’s US Keynote in Atlanta. Along with the video opener Mind Opera worked with RadarWorks and their creative team to build a keynote that brought one of the highest participant score in 7 years. The center screen is 86′x20′ and curved the two outside screens are 32′x18′ for a total of 150′ of crowd hugging visual spectacular. We delivered the entire keynote using the latest version of WATCHOUT.
Creative Director and Writer; Ted Iserman, Art Director; Bryan Schaeffer.

Shackelton Opener from Mind Opera on Vimeo.

Nintendo Video Signage

David — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:45:02 +0000

Nintendo asked us to help them with a set of displays facing Times Square in there down town NY World Store. The results were phenomenal and they even let us work on a giant wall inside the store.

Nintendo Multi-Screen Window Display from Mind Opera on Vimeo.