Comments on: Trollback for ESPNEWS and TMN

By: MilkmanD

MilkmanD — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:12:26 +0000

oh thanx 4 the skooling. I thought it wuz like fishing… a well designed broad cast out into the lake. I wuz way off.

By: justin

justin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:20:34 +0000

@MilkmanD: ““Broadcast design doesn’t often get covered over here”? I thought 75% or more of everything in here is broadcast to TV, Cable and Satellite and into our homes”

The term “broadcast design” usually refers to motion graphics created for television networks and their programs. Most of the work covered on Motionographer is commercial and/or web-based. While it’s technically “broadcasted” to our homes, it’s not “broadcast design” in the traditional sense of the term.

By: milkshake

milkshake — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:57:22 +0000

ESPNews broadcasts their HD feed at 59.94fps progressive. Apparently it’s becoming a trend with sports since it gives a hyper-real feeling of almost being there live. The graphics are therefore at 59.94 to match the rest of the programming. The tricky part was converting 24fps film footage to 60fps without it feeling stuttery.

By: zeniamai

zeniamai — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:59:21 +0000

pretty slick… Both of em.. I would have to agree that the ESPN has this strange feeling… The video was dramatic in its own way, but the music was like, what?!

By: jasonk

jasonk — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:52:04 +0000

that’s the strangest thing. it _is_ playing back at 60fps.

By: najork

najork — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:41:42 +0000

It’s funny that “that strange feeling” of watching something at 60fps carries the association of lower quality, like teevee news or video games. And the pinnacle of perceived quality is film’s measly 24fps.

By: MilkmanD

MilkmanD — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:19:14 +0000

“Broadcast design doesn’t often get covered over here”? I thought 75% or more of everything in here is broadcast to TV, Cable and Satellite and into our homes…. and I also don’t think that it’s a wasteland of “sh*t” There’s tons of great smart/work out there….the proof is to the left hand side under Cream my crop.

Love the Trollback stuff!

By: Douglas

Douglas — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:05:45 +0000

TheMovieNetwork package is so nice. Great work! The ESPN package has a strange video feeling like it was rendered at 60 w/fields. I’m sure it was done on purpose, but then that one football helmet shot in the middle looks like it’s back at 30fps… strange.

By: Jurriaan

Jurriaan — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:03:37 +0000

Thats some really slick stuff. The movie network is just tight. This is design whitout addons to make it look cool. Its cool on its own.

By: monovich

monovich — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:26:45 +0000

Wonderful work. The ESPN has some great moments but the Movie Network is so great all around. I love how they give winks and nods to cinematic cliches but do it in a clever way.