Locomotion Sponsors Best New Director at UK MVA 2010

Locomotions Christian Williamson takes to the stage to present the Best New Director award to Ben Newman whose videos for Example, Wiley, and Roots Manuva have earned him great acclaim.

BT Digital Music Awards at the Roundhouse

Locomotion’s Alex Hare designed, created and animated the motion graphics for an ambitious 8-screen projection at the 2010 BT Digital Music Awards in London’s Roundhouse. Commissioned by Ballistic Events, Alex enhanced the BT DMA’s existing branding and developed visuals to complement Reality Awards’ innovative stage and screen set up.

The BTDMAs are the premier awards, recognising the best in digital music entertainment as well as uses of digital technology in the music industry – from websites and blogs to fan-sites, podcasts and more. The BT DMA website opened up many of the awards for public voting while other category winners were selected by industry judges.

The challenge for the VT content was to create an animation sequence on the first screen which would trigger further animated pixilation effects to move across the other 7 screens while all 8 simultaneously displayed video content. Alex used Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects and Final Cut Pro to produce stunning results. Creating the pixilation effects and simultaneously displaying excerpts of a different nominee’s work on each of the screens created the look and feel of an immersive digital experience for the enthusiastic audience.

Amongst the big screens and bright lights, hosts Caroline Flack and Matt Edmonson presented awards to the likes of JLS, Adam Buxton, Tinie Tempah and Gorillaz. The event also featured live performances by Marina and the Diamonds, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green, Scouting for Girls, Roll Deep Ne-Yo, and McFly. For more details about the nominees and winners, please visit the BTDMA website.

Bug 20. July 2010

Tickets for Bug 20 are now on sale for BFI members and will be released to the general public from 9 June.  The first show will be on Thursday July 15 at 8:45 pm.  The Director’s Cut version (the one where the director has been cut from the show… geddit?) will be on Friday July 23 at 8:45pm.  Visit the BFI website or call 020 7928 3232 to book.

Amnesty International UK Media Awards

Locomotion is proud to be editing the on-screen content for the Amnesty International UK Media Awards. Locomotion’s Alex Hare has been working closely with Louise Stevens, producer and events organiser from Ballistic Events as well as Sarah Ross, awards co-ordinator for Amnesty International Media Awards.  Alex created opening title animation and compiled excerpts from the short-listed nominations.  The nominated pieces feature international stories as well as those from within the UK and cover a range of media including television, periodicals, radio, and web.  The Amnesty International Media Awards were established in 1992 to honour human rights journalists who have made a significant contribution to the UK public’s understanding of human rights issues. The awards ceremony will be held on 1 June at the BFI Southbank.