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OFFF New York Titles 

(2007) 

directed by Rob Chiu and Chris Hewitt for the OFFF Design conference in New York. Music by Hecq. Edited by Rob Chiu.

Invited by OFFF Design conference to both speak at the conference in NYC and create the title sequence for the event, working as Devoid of Yesterday, myself and Chris Hewitt shot on HD DV over a period of 3 days in Manhattan and Brooklyn to create the basis for the sequence. Edited in Final Cut and graded and post production completed in After Effects the sequence is a fast montage of New York from a New Yorkers perspective. Audio by the one and only Ben Lukas Boysen!

 

Source: Rob Chiu's website

 

 

OFFF New York Titles, typography, editing, people, Commercial

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Audio-Vision: Sound on Screen (1994) by French critic and composer Michel Chion reassesses audiovisual media since the revolutionary 1927 debut of recorded sound in cinema, shedding crucial light on the mutual relationship between sound and image in audiovisual perception. (Colombia University Press)

Sonic Graphics/Seeing Sound (2000) by Matt Woolman presents exemplary work from studios around the world in three sections: Notation analyses the use of sign and symbol systems in creating identity and branding for music artists, recording projects and performances; Material considers how products can package the intrinsic nature of the music they contain; and Atmosphere looks at how space and multidimensional environmeaants can be used to visualize sound. A reference section includes studio websites and a glossary. (Thames & Hudson)

Eye 76 (2010) is Eye's first-ever special issue on the dynamic and continually inspiring sector of design for music. Designers are in a privileged position to add visual drama to music; to make it more understandable and enjoyable; to communicate the intangible essence of vibrating air molecules into the worlds of words, images and moving graphics. Design can make music look good, but when they really work together you have magic. (Eye magazine)

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