Joe Boylan of Mr. Wonderful competed in this year's Cut & Paste Global Championship for Motion Graphics. He won the New York City championship in Fall 2010 with his piece entitled "Ahead of Its Time". This year, he was one of 9 competitors from across the globe. Contestants only had 8 hours to create an original 15-second animation. Buoyed by some great sound design by Northern Lights' Ted Gannon, Boylan's take on this year's theme of "Gaining Independence" demonstrates just how scary oil dependence can be.
Versus contacted Mr. Wonderful to come up with a high-energy, adrenaline filled spot that could best capture the energy of tailgating at the country's greatest college football games. Along with some top-notch copy from our partners at Bodega, we directed design and animation that incorporates everything that makes tailgating fun - grilling, football, and of course, cheerleaders.
Mr. Wonderful designer/animator Joe Boylan took home the second annual Cut&Paste NYC Motion Graphics championship. Tasked with creating an original 15-second animation in only 8 hours, the only pre-made elements contestants were allowed to use were audio tracks and still images. With some killer sound design by Damon Trotta and Ted Gannon of sister company Northern Lights, Joe took home the gold. World Championships in February, here we come!
We here at Mr. Wonderful are back at it again, helping our friends at the New York Musical Theatre Festival for the 2nd year in a row. Take a look at our experiential animations for the Reuters and NASDAQ buildings in Times Square, and then go check out a show!
It's finally here! We have launched mrwonderful.tv with a whole new identity, look and feel. And it's all web 2.0 compatible. Spend some time looking at all the great new work we've been busy with over the past few months - now in stunningly clear HD. We hope you enjoy the new site, and check back often for updates!
Bill Bergofin, SVP of Marketing at Versus, asked us to contribute some quick-turnaround creative to help him introduce the new Sports Media Marketing Awards presented by PromaxBDA. The one hour session at the 2010 PromaxBDA conference gave a brief introduction to the new awards show and featured some of the hottest sports media marketing spots of the year. Check out a sample of the category intro graphics we produced in record time for the event.
We recently helped the Robin Hood Foundation with some really incredible experience design for their annual benefit that raised $87 million for the homeless and less fortunate of us in New York City. Check out some video of our work at the evening's festivities, and read more about the fund raiser in the official release here.
If having the opportunity to work with Stephen Colbert on his incredible new show open gets us Gold Member status, then getting on-air props from him certainly ups us to Platinum. Check out the clip from last night's show.
