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| Fall 2008 |
We haven't been good about updating our news because we
have been so busy! This should catch you up with some of
the many projects in production at JSP.
We continue to produce a terrific amount of high quality animation for our many diverse
clients and they keep returning for more! We would love to count you as one of our
pleased clientele, so give us a call about your next project and let's see what we can create together.
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL - "Five Years on Mars"
We've been on location on Mars this summer and fall with award winning producer
Mark Davis of MDTV and Dan Maas of Maas Digital!
Collaborating with David Gregg and his team at Digital Magic Animation and using the latest tools from Sidefx Houdini including the brand new FBX translator (making it possible to share our houdini scene files with David's Maya team), we created 31 shots to contribute to this superb HD program about NASA's Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.
Special thanks go to Dan Maas for his creative and technical guidance, David Gregg for his un-yielding good nature and outstanding job on lighting, shaders, render and compositing , Jason Simmons for his brilliant rigging of our rover and illustrator Reid Schwartz for hundreds of beautiful background plates. Thanks also go to the rest of the crew who contributed their talent and time to making this photo-realistic trip to Mars possible. See a full list of credits at the National Geographic "Five Years on Mars" website (link below).
The program will air on November 2nd, at 8PM. For more information about the
program look here:
National Geographic Channel
View sample scenes: Quicktime movie
Fall 2008
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HISTORY CHANNEL - "The Star-Spangled Banner: Saving the Flag"
Working with animator Floyd Gillis, we created
several sequences illustrating the new apparatus designed and built to display the historical "Star-Spangled Banner" flag
for public viewing at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.
This program will air November 29th at 7PM, as a one hour special for the "Save Our History"
series on the History Channel. For more information about the program look here:
History Channel
View a scene: Quicktime movie
Spring / Summer 2007
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ARGO FILMS - "Crash: the Tale of Two Species"
Working with award winning producer
Allison Argo, we created several sequences to contribute to this superb film, produced for the PBS
"Nature" series. We created animated maps and several effects sequences. The film first
aired in February, for more information about the program look here:
PBS Nature
View a scene: Quicktime movie
Spring / Summer 2007
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CAPTURED LIGHT STUDIO - Alcon Laboratories
Alcon decided an update for their Computer Learning
Program
"Cataract Advisor" was needed, complete with all new animation and content. Working
together with the team at Captured Light Studio we produced several minutes of animation depicting some
of their newest techniques for removing cataracts.
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We also created animation explaining the technique for inserting
Alcon's new
Phakic Lens Implant into the anterior chamber of the eye.
View a sample of
the animation: Quicktime movie
Winter 2007 / Spring 2008
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PALFREMAN FILM GROUP - PBS Frontline and a PBS Special
Working with Jon Palfreman we contributed graphics for a thought
provoking program for PBS Frontline about health care, which describes the various ways
care is paid for and delivered around the
world.
We also finished production on a broadcast project for a PBS Special about scientist
Tommy Gold. This program covers such diverse subject matter as the Pathology of Hearing,
the Big Bang versus Steady State Theories, and the Biogenic Theory of Oil. Stay tuned
for more information about this fascinating project.
Fall 2007
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CHRIS SZWEDO LLC - SkyFuel Logo
We produced an animated logo tag for the
solar power company - SkyFuel. Playing with the logo symbols and adding sun flares, we
gave them an lively animated logo to use for all their presentation materials.
Winter / Spring 2008
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CAPTURED LIGHT STUDIO - Boston Shoulder Practice
Currently in production
are several sequences demonstrating "Total Shoulder Arthroplasty" for a
group of orthopaedic surgons. This will be part of a program for patient education used
for informed consent
prior to surgery.
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