Google Developers Conference India

Google · 2017 · Solo: 3D / Motion / Render / Edit

Brief:

An opening film for Google’s largest event in India, on deadline, built for a 40×10-ft main stage.

Role:

3D, motion, rendering and edit end-to-end solo, to CD direction, with one composer.

Result:

Opened the GDD 2017 keynote on the main stage.

GDD Opening Animation

Project Overview

At Google Developer Studio, we handled developer outreach.

I worked directly with engineers to communicate the value of their products to users, but we also handled large-scale events such as Google I/O.

Google Developer Days 2017 was the largest global event Google has ever hosted in India

Our team oversaw the creation of all the event media elements.

As the motion designer, My job was to create the animated keynote opener.

The animation kicked things off on the main stage on a 40×10 foot screen.

I started with by coming up with the story and sketching out a storyboard for approvals.

Then onto look development, based of of the established event artwork.

The extruded shapes worked well as ‘builder toys’, and the idea of developers as builders quickly took shape.

And so it was on to dailies and approvals, editing playblasts for timing and animating to the music (which was being composed at the same time).

The project was a great way to push my design, lighting, and storytelling, as well as being a showcase for my ability to bring everything together in a unified production pipeline under technical and time constraints.

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