AURUM http://www.aurum-design.com/wp design | direction | visual effects | 414.777.0015 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:21:18 +0000 en hourly 1 Feed Your Soul – 2011 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=362 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=362#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:34:09 +0000 admin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=362 BMA Milwaukee awarded the 2011 Feed Your Soul video the First Runner-up to Best Of Show in the 2012 BMA Bell Awards. It also won another Bell Award for the non-profit category. We were in good company beside many of Milwaukee’s largest and most creative agencies. Not bad for our first entry into the show!

This is our second year working with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin and Feed Your Soul. Feed Your Soul is an event where artists transform wooden bowls into works of art that are auctioned to the highest bidders. Feed Your Soul has raised over $200,000 to feed the hungry, providing over a million meals.

Director: Ken Kornacki
Concept, Storyboards, Editing and Animation: Aurum
Music: Peter Batchelder, Independent Studios
VO: Marcus Doucette, Radio Milwaukee

 

]]> http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=362 0 Trek 2011 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=96 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=96#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:30:07 +0000 admin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=96 We’re proud to introduce the 2011 Trek Madone commercial which debuted during the 2011 Tour De France. We created the concept of a single pencil line transforming into a complex, aerospace-engineered racing legend with our good friends at Hanson Dodge Creative. We also learned how Trek leads the carbon fiber technology industry with a super-secret factory tour. Watch for Andy Schleck at the end, and watch for him to win the Tour this year. This is our second Trek adventure with this creative team. Take a look at the spot we did for last year’s Tour.

Agency: Hanson Dodge Creative
Creative Director: Scott Schwebel
Account Supervisor: Sally Siegel
Producer: Pat Buckley

Director: Ken Kornacki
Concept, Storyboards, Editing, Visual Effects and Composting: Aurum
CG: Brian Bullock, Director of CGI – re:think
 Music: Peter Batchelder, Independent Studios

Concept sketches. Color storyboards for presentation. Raw CAD rendering of frame. Motion control bike photography. Crane used for overhead shot. IMG_1818 Extreme close up pencil work. Final composite of pencil. Final CG renders of carbon fiber strands. Final composite of CG carbon fiber animation. Final composite of carbon fiber animation. Final composite of carbon fiber animation. Final composite of motion control footage and CG effects. Andy Schleck footage shot on location in The Pyrenees. Crane shot visual effect. Final look at pencil work. ]]> http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=96 0 Radio Milwaukee http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=138 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=138#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:44:05 +0000 admin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=138 We believe that Radio Milwaukee not only plays great music, but they also support the community with their programming. So we were glad to re-purpose some footage we shot (and by ‘we’, I mean Ken Kornacki, his 12 year-old son Gabe and Michael Graf of Spot Filmworks) for the opening titles we did for the Milwaukee 99 Award Show. We scoped out Milwaukee landmarks and ‘projected’ graphics on them and generally ran around looking for cool shots.

Agency: Jigsaw
Creative Director: Nick Pipitone

Director: Ken Kornacki
Concept, Storyboards, Editing, Visual Effects and Composting: Aurum

Long exposures. Intervalometer footage over the Hoan Bridge This will always be the First Wisconsin building to me. Milwaukee looks pretty good at night. Radio Milwaukee is everywhere. Radio dial on Miller Park. Where Milwaukee discovers new music. Eight eight point nine. ]]> http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=138 0 Blood Center Of Wisconsin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=240 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=240#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:46:02 +0000 admin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=240 This is a project that allowed us to shoot live action of people who have been involved with The Blood Center Of Wisconsin. We came up with a graphic treatment that illustrates the use of DNA in all their work and stitched the shots together with some tricky visual effects.

Agency: Jigsaw
Creative Director: Nick Pipitone, Steven Wold

Director: Ken Kornacki
Editing, Visual Effects and Composting: Aurum

]]> http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=240 0 Trek 2010 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=195 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=195#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:03:58 +0000 admin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=195 Presenting the 2010 Trek lineup. Fantastic, race-winning bikes all shot on black for the 2010 Tour De France.   This was our first Trek adventure with Hanson Dodge Creative. Take a look at the new spot we did for this year’s Tour.

Agency: Hanson Dodge Creative
Creative Director: Scott Schwebel
Account Supervisor: Sally Siegel
Producer: Pat Buckley

Director: Ken Kornacki
Concept, Storyboards, Editing, Visual Effects and Composting: Aurum
The Speed Concept on green screen. The 2010 Trek lineup. The 2010 Trek Madone. The 2010 Team Radio Shack Madone Dream Deals. Trek08_00007 The race for the finish. Badge.

]]> http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=195 0 Hello. My name is… http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=177 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=177#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:10:05 +0000 admin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=177 Here’s a short film about the names of numbers set to tango music. Large numbers. This was made for a contest which invited filmmakers to create a companion piece to the famous ‘Powers Of Ten‘ film made by Charles and Ray Eames. How did it fare in the contest? 3rd. Oh well…I’ll bet you didn’t know some of these names until now, so that’s something.

Designed, directed and animated by Ken Kornacki.
Music by Cristian Visale
Ten to the first power. Ten to the sixth power. Some illions. More illions.

]]> http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=177 0 Ebert Presents At The Movies http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=165 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=165#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 05:48:11 +0000 admin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=165 Way back in the 90s, I worked on The Siskel & Ebert Show. So it was great to hear from the director that he was putting the old team together to launch a new show. We designed the logo and the opening sequence to Ebert Presents At The Movies based on Roger’s love of Orson Welles in ‘The Third Man’. They were even able to license the original soundtrack music, proving again what clout the man has. It was extremely nerve-wracking presenting work directly to the man famous for his learned opinion. But he’s a great guy and loved our work.

Design, direction and compositing by Aurum. Chicago Skyline. CG film reel. The Third Man. Chrome logo.

]]> http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?feed=rss2&p=165 0 Trek Boards 2009 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=277 http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=277#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:27:15 +0000 admin http://www.aurum-design.com/wp/?p=277 Trek Storyboards from 2009.

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