Davidson Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 so im doing some work for sky sports here in the uk for the pdc darts world championship.they are just little 15 second animations for each of the players intros but i thought they mightbe of interest because they are (in a way) sports related and they all have their own animatedlogo. each of the guys has a sort of moniker (some clever, some just plain bizarre) and so weare trying to represent this in each of these intros. its all just for a bit of a laugh. and as youcan tell they are very much tongue in cheek take-offs of wrestling intros. (music added for effect,not going to be on them). there are a few wooden performances, but they are darts players andnot actors. see what you think. there are 8 in all, ill post them as they get rendered.fdPhil 'The Power' TaylorTerry 'The Bull' JenkinsJohn 'Darth Maple' PartPeter 'One Dart' ManleyRaymond' Barney' Van Barneveld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDX Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Really nice Fraser, Like the Phil Taylor one, are you doing one for Mardle imagine you could go whacky with that to match his personality.Are you doing any for the premier league Darts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Really nice Fraser, Like the Phil Taylor one, are you doing one for Mardle imagine you could go whacky with that to match his personality.Are you doing any for the premier league Darts?this is premier league darts mate.doing the following:taylor 'the power'jenkins 'the bull'part 'darth maple'van barneveld 'barney'wade 'the blade'manley 'one dart'lewis 'jackpot'mardle 'hawaii 501'havnt green screened lewis and mardle yet tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Very nice work Davidson. Although you should have captured them doing their 'walk-on', they are hilarious. P.S. What is the music? Can't for the life of me put a name to the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 Very nice work Davidson. Although you should have captured them doing their 'walk-on', they are hilarious. P.S. What is the music? Can't for the life of me put a name to the song.well that was kind of the idea. unfortunately you dont have too much space on a green stageand its quite difficult to replicate the same reaction from players if they have to imaging the environment. so we went for sombre/ moody. its easier to act.music is ac/dc - back in black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDX Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Very nice work Davidson. Although you should have captured them doing their 'walk-on', they are hilarious. P.S. What is the music? Can't for the life of me put a name to the song.well that was kind of the idea. unfortunately you dont have too much space on a green stageand its quite difficult to replicate the same reaction from players if they have to imaging the environment. so we went for sombre/ moody. its easier to act.music is ac/dc - back in black.Any interesting stories from the screenings. And did sky give you a brief for each one or can you do what you want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 17, 2008 Author Share Posted January 17, 2008 well, im probably not really supposed to post them in reality,im sure its not a problem, and i would have done once they were finishedbut i had some free time today and thought why not.sky are free and easy and up for anything really. awesome bunch of guys,no specific brief, we just winged it and had a few thoughts for the players andsaw if they wanted to do anything in particular.i was only there for a day. but i met part, barneveld, taylor and jenkins.all seemed pretty cool. no stories really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinyHubCaps Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 taylor 'the power'jenkins 'the bull'part 'darth maple'van barneveld 'barney'wade 'the blade'manley 'one dart'lewis 'jackpot'mardle 'hawaii 501'Maybe I should take up darts so I could get a sweet nickname like that.That's not exactly how wrestling intros are (most of them nowadays are just highlights), but I think it's a good comparison. Anyway, the intros were really cool, and it almost makes darts look hardcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDubK414 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Cool intro vids man! I like the fact that you had actions and hints as to the nickname. Like the "Bull" snorting and "Maple" shooting a "Light Dart!" Those were great!!!Keep up the awesome work!Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshawaggie Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Very awesome, I liked the "snorting" for the Bull, nice touch. @josh_j12 CFA- Fargo Bobcats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 new ones up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDX Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Like Manley's one dart logo. did your guys come up with them to.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 Like Manley's one dart logo. did your guys come up with them to.?i designed all the logos. its quite cool actually. some of the players look like they might take them on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eRay Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 agreed, very well done, but the logos were really my favorite part. good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDX Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Like Manley's one dart logo. did your guys come up with them to.?i designed all the logos. its quite cool actually. some of the players look like they might take them on.That would be ace if they take them on, also seeing your work being displayed in arenas like the MEN and the new Echo arena would be awesome. Did you use photoshop or illustrator to do them in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidson Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 and ali pali for the worlds!all made in illustrator and all animation in after effects.get the last two on wednesday i think so looking to have the lot by friday.fd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eqtmgr Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Those were better than some of the :censored:e that's put on the games here in the states by NBC, Fox, CBS, ESPN, etc. I really wished that you could do this here in America 'cause it would definitely enhance watching games here. I really liked "The Bull", especially with the steam coming outta his nose. Brilliams!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDX Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 A few pics of frasers logos from the first night of the premier league darts, they look really good on screen. (apologies for quality taken on my camera phone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davidson Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 thats interesting, havnt seen any of these dart board ones!thanks for posting, i dont have sky since i moved flats so i never would have seen these otherwise.ta mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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