“Shadows” features the early art of hand shadows to relate a story of present-day human trafficking for an Anti-Slavery public service announcement.  Stash Magazine reports that “Director of Photography, Joel Sheagren shot illusionist Bob Stromberg’s hand shadows, which took the form of protagonist, victim, animals, and background elements. Stromberg performed almost every element individually against a scrim, while CRASH+SUES’ lead animator and compositor, Adam Celt manned Autodesk’s Discreet Flame to make the transitions unspoiled. He animated extended-bicubics to warp the images in 2D and 3D space, then keyed and composited all elements together.  Additionally, he tracked in generated smoke for the man’s cigarette and keyed bird footage used in the transition into his logo animation”. It recently won a bronze at the CLIOS

A blast from the past: Originally posted 2009-06-12 09:15:23.