Concrete looks to Saul Bass for inspiration for Psychoville titles
Concrete has completed the titles for dark new BBC comedy Psychoville from The League of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton.
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Concrete talks creating graphics for Harry Hill's TV Burp to tight deadlines
Concrete has been working with designer Andy Carroll to create original animation and graphic design for ITV1's comedy series Harry Hill's TV Burp to some very tight deadlines. The show is recorded weekly at Teddington Studios on Thursday evenings and is transmitted less than 48 hours later.
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Concrete lights up Audi's A4
Concrete has recently post-produced a stylish new Audi car commercial to be shown in Asia that uses streaks of light to build the shape of the car.
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Concrete titles Channel 4's Christianity: A History
Concrete has designed and created a logo for a new series of eight episodes for Channel 4 titled: Christianity: A History, by Pioneer Productions. One of the programme’s directors, David Wilson recommended Concrete to Pioneer, after creating previous titles for Bible Revolution.
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Concrete beats on Red Bull
Concrete has completed full post work on a quirky 30-second commercial for Red Bull, which included the creation of realistic 3D graphics, editing, and compositing.
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Concrete details how effects for Samsung's Lions viral were created
Concrete recently completed full offline and online post work on a new Samsung viral titled Samsung Lions for The Viral Factory. The viral was directed and produced by The Viral Factory. They approached Concrete for initial pre-production advice to create the viral for Samsung.
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Concrete promos The Open Golf
Concrete has just recently completed a promo for The Open Golf which will be aired exclusively on BBC One and BBC Two. Concrete's Marcus Millichope was the Senior Online Smoke Operator who worked on the compositing, grading, setting, light effects, editing and vfx using Smoke. The promo was directed and produced by Toby Crawford at Red Bee Media. The promo depicts a golf ball's journey from tee-off through clouds and the golf course terrain finally ending up as a 'hole-in-one'. There were over twenty complex and intricate shots that were taken on the ground, including close ups and the shoot also involved numerous over head angles in order to convey an image of a golf ball that continues moving from various perspectives. The photography on this project was complicated with challenging frames, creating an end result which looks smooth, sleek and dynamic.
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Concrete designs a Diet on the Dancefloor
Concrete has recently completed the graphics for the brand new series Diet on the Dancefloor for Mentorn Media, which will be broadcast on the Living channel. Concrete's graphics design team created the compelling CGI logo, which was designed by creative director, Chris Jennings.
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Concrete cuts The Age of Terror for BBC News
Concrete has created a compelling promo for a documentary portraying terrorism through the ages. Titled Age of Terror, it is a powerful and impactful promo that literally explodes onto the screen.
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Concrete posts two promos for Leona Lewis
Concrete has recently worked on two stunning pop promos of X-Factor star, Leona Lewis. They were both directed by Sophie Muller from Factory Films.
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Concrete cuts BBC News 24 idents
Concrete has just completed four new 60-second Top of the Hour promos for BBCNews 24. They feature news correspondents including Matt Frei, John Simpson, Kate Silverton and Natasha Kapinski.
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Post houses Baraka and Concrete merge
Concrete and Baraka are set to join forces, creating a single new post production company in Soho, London. Both companies specialized in short-form media -- including music videos, titles and commercials -- but the expanded company is looking to push into wider broadcast and feature film markets.. Baraka’s existing joint MD’s David Cox and Chris Gilbert will run the enlarged Concrete, which will boast a broad array of technology. The new facility will offer six high-end HD and SD compositing suites based around two Smokes, two Quantel EQs and two Mistikas. Concrete Design, the in-house graphics and design team will also double in size and will benefit from Baraka’s long experience using 3D animation for visual effects. Baraka’s creative editing company Chop is also moving to the new premises, providing editing services based around four Avid Adrenalines and shared storage. The video services are complemented by a new 5.1 surround-sound Protools audio mixing suite and voice-over booth. Baraka, formed just over 11 years ago by compositors David and Chris from the Mill and MPC, has built a reputation for visual effects and high end finishing. It has netted a number of awards along the way including British Television Advertising Awards.