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Ship Songs programme blurb:
Jul. 22nd, 2008 10:16 amGrant Bowyer, AV content designer.
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Ian's concept for Ship Songs was about as terrifying as it was exciting: how to build moving images into live action without compromising either. Incorporating elements of narrative, effects, and set extension, the graphical parts of the show presented us with the kind of challenge that demanded a great deal of innovation and subtlety.
Ship Songs is an exercise in the fine tradition of storytelling, a lone bard building a story in the audience's imagination. Referencing the mechanical nature of its own construction, the images extend and enhance the feeling of a story told from memory, a personal recollection assembled into a theatrical experience that is part imagination, part narrative.
Developing a cohesive visual style that complements the show's wild leaps and personable delivery requires a huge amount of collaboration, brainstorming, and coffee. I'm proud to have been an integral part in developing the show's final look, and would rate this as one of the most creatively satisfying projects I've worked on. The results speak for themselves.
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Grant Bowyer is a freelance motion graphics designer with a broad base of practical skills and experience who has been working in small-screen animation and effects for ten years. Early work at UNITEC, Auckland University and TVNZ led to a full-time position at Kaleidscope 3D, where Grant produced a range of work for NZ advertising agencies and film and TV production studios. Grant is currently poolside, developing his wine appreciation in sunny Napa Valley, California.
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Ian's concept for Ship Songs was about as terrifying as it was exciting: how to build moving images into live action without compromising either. Incorporating elements of narrative, effects, and set extension, the graphical parts of the show presented us with the kind of challenge that demanded a great deal of innovation and subtlety.
Ship Songs is an exercise in the fine tradition of storytelling, a lone bard building a story in the audience's imagination. Referencing the mechanical nature of its own construction, the images extend and enhance the feeling of a story told from memory, a personal recollection assembled into a theatrical experience that is part imagination, part narrative.
Developing a cohesive visual style that complements the show's wild leaps and personable delivery requires a huge amount of collaboration, brainstorming, and coffee. I'm proud to have been an integral part in developing the show's final look, and would rate this as one of the most creatively satisfying projects I've worked on. The results speak for themselves.
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Grant Bowyer is a freelance motion graphics designer with a broad base of practical skills and experience who has been working in small-screen animation and effects for ten years. Early work at UNITEC, Auckland University and TVNZ led to a full-time position at Kaleidscope 3D, where Grant produced a range of work for NZ advertising agencies and film and TV production studios. Grant is currently poolside, developing his wine appreciation in sunny Napa Valley, California.
