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The Colonie’s Brian Sepanik Cuts Open For The London Business School’s 2015 TEDx Conference

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The Colonie editor Brian Sepanik crafted an open for The London Business School’s 2015 TEDx Conference that challenges the viewer to see the familiar in new and unexpected ways.  Beauty, Shape, Examine, the translation of the Greek root words of Kaleidoscope, inspired My Sister Fred’s thought-provoking concept for the video and Sepanik’s approach to bringing home its message. The agency tasked The Colonie with taking the postproduction for the project from creative editorial, motion graphic design and color grading through finishing.

The challenge was to forgo conventional representations of Beauty, Shape and Examine, and present these elements from unexpected viewpoints. A number of two and three panel split screens, reminiscent of Greek Diptychs and Triptychs, were used to represent these three aspects of Kaleidoscope, the event’s theme.

The two-minute open observes and illustrates a constantly changing sequence of elements – from a neon sign and pattern of a chain-link fence to the faces of a grandmother and grandchild. Throughout the montage the images hone in on small details in patterns, shapes and colors, providing a skewed perspective that reveals beauty that often goes unnoticed.

My Sister Fred’s creative directors, Claudine Lormé and Mary Sylvester, worked out dozens of possible combinations of images. The Colonie’s team took those combos and vibed off of the frames they created, using some and switching around others. After the video has been roughed out, we focused on determining which images related and worked best together in each split screen. Claudine and Mary gave me a lot of freedom to create the technique and shape the storyline.

In the global spirit of the TEDx event, My Sister Fred reached out to filmmakers around the world to donate footage for the project.  The agency received video content from London, Paris, Singapore, Hawaii, Spain, California, Miami and New York. Additional footage for the project was shot in and around the Chicago area. 

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The Colonie was working with elements from multiple sources,which its colorist, Lauren Malis, spent considerable time color grading to achieve a cohesive tone and feel.  The Chicago-based company’s senior motion graphics designer, Jennifer Moody designed a series of 16 title cards for the event’s speakers. Moody used the colorful facets from the identity created by My Sister Fred to create end titles for the open, which flip the words Beauty, Shape Examine to become the Greek words Kalos. Eidos and Skopeo, and then blends them together to form the word Kaleidoscope. Using the theme mark, the TEDx logo is revealed through the windows of the figurative kaleidoscope.

Steven Aguilar and Jordan Stalling of Particle Audio created sound effects to punctuate and add depth to Jennifer Moody’s motion graphics. All of the designs were created using Adobe Creative Cloud and the editing, color grading and finishing were completed in Avid Media Composer 8.3. 

*My Sister Fred created all of the materials for The London Business School event, from the 2015 theme identity to opening video to the website, event banners, signage, collateral, swag and social media. 

The final video contain footage shot by a global collective of filmmakers, including: Mary Sylvester, Claudine Lormé, Carlos Segura, Fiona Morrison, Ben Derico, Scott Clark, Kelly Togashi, Maria Gianas, Ben Kolak, M Sandrine Bejannin, and Stephania Dulowski.

*About The Colonie:The Colonie is an award-winning Chicago-based creative editorial, motion design, visual FX and finishing boutique with a seamless, full-service approach to creating spots and cross-platform content that engage, entertain, inform and move audiences. 

Our multi-disciplined collective of creative, technically skilled editors and designers work as creative partners with clients, following a shared vision - from rough-cut through completion. We’ve built a reputation for consistently delivering a final product that exceeds their expectations while elevating the viewer’s experience and their connection to brands. Some of our national and global clients include Nintendo, McDonald’s, Pepisco, Bayer, and Google, to name a few.

For more information about The Colonie and its services, visit www.TheColonie.com, or contact executive producer Mary Caddy at 312-225-1234, or Sonia Blum or Hillary Herbst at Hilly Reps, 312.944.1100.

CREDITS: 
Client: TED x London Business School
Title: Open for 2015 TEDx Conference 
Length: 2:08
Type: Show Open                                         


Agency: My Sister Fred / Chicago                                          
       Creative Directors: Claudine Lormé, Mary Sylvester
                                                  
Editorial Company: The Colonie / Chicago
Creative Editor/Finish: Brian Sepanik
         Assistant Editor: Stephania Dulowski
         Executive Producer: Mary Caddy

 Visual FX/Graphics Design Company:  The Colonie / Chicago           
     Senior Motion Graphic Artist: Jennifer Moody 
     
Color Grading Company: The Colonie / Chicago               
       Colorist: Lauren Malis
  
Audio + Sound Design Company:  Particle Audio / Chicago  
      Mixers/Sound Designers:  Steven Aguilar, Jordan Stalling

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