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Client: Expedia Group Media Solutions Agency: Across The Pond Motion: Tom Kilburn, JD Dean, Doug Higman, Teresa Tang, Anita Gill

A series of explainer videos for businesses on how to use and make the most out of the Expedia platform. In phase one I joined the team to animate videos with provided scripts, breaking down the complexities and capabilities of the Expedia platform. In phase two I created storyboards, styleframes and animated alongside another team of animators.

Google Ads

Getting Started with Google Ads

Client: Google Ads Agency: Across the Pond Creative: JD Dean Motion: JD Dean, Cian Hogan, Teresa Tang

We created animated video guides for the Google Ads support pages – teaching users how best to begin their online advertising journey.

Animation that teaches the audience how to use powerful software presents a unique challenge in education – when a platform is comprehensive, how do you onboard users without overwhelming them?
This project is a great example of making effective decisions on audience understanding.
The careful balance between fidelity and readability means even when showing each screen of the product UI we have to ask ourselves: “Do we need to show this button as it appears, or just a representation of it?”

The result is a clean and straightforward tutorial that offers broader screen context, but focussing on individual buttons and form elements as required.

Google Workspace

Introducing Google Workspace

Client: Google Workspace Agency: Across the Pond Production: Fawna Xiao Creative: Rohit Iyer Motion: JD Dean

Building a new product, the Google Workspace team had the opportunity to address common frustrations customers faced in their digital work lives. We made a video for the announcement of a new, improved Google hub for collaboration; from a company that so many of us rely on to make work simple. User feedback lead the development of the new Google Workspace, and in turn our promo – we built an animation that imitates a UX design journey from lofi mockups to hi fidelity renders, the product responding to feature requests and user feedback as it’s built with users in mind.

Google Arts & Culture

Museu de Arte de São Paulo

Client: Google Arts & Culture Agency: Across the Pond Motion: JD Dean, Teresa Tang

Google launches the iconic São Paulo Museum of Art on Google Arts & Culture.

Using Google Arts and Culture site this film introduces the newly-added Museu de Arte de São Paulo. The film is a showcase for the museum’s incredible catalogue of art, now available to admire digitally on the Arts and Culture platform.

Google Play Store

Android Developer Tips

Client: Google Play Store Agency: Across the Pond Creative: Mike Brookes Motion: JD Dean, Chris Meadmore, Yoav Shvill, Mike Brookes

Using the bold, friendly (and distinctly Android) palette and art style we created a 3-part explainer series for Android developers on best practises and creating better news applications.

Google Ads

How It’s Done

Client: Google Ads Motion: Tom Kilburn, JD Dean

How It’s Done was a wide multimedia campaign across digital and print. My work was on the production of digital ads.

We made animated ads for YouTube’s preroll in multiple languages then reformatted those same animations to make them work cleanly using Banner Ad format using Lottie and Bodymovin in After Effects. Working with other EMEA production teams we localised the animations manually for each market, tying the individualised creative with new visual elements where needed.

Google Trips

Introducing Google Trips

Client: Google Trips Exec: Ellie Goodwin Direction: Stefan Hunt Production: Karen Crookes PM: Angelica Polonczyk / Tara Struthers DOP: Campbell Brown Edit: Giorgio Gremigni GFX: JD Dean Fixers: Arnau & Cristian c/o Need a Fixer PA: Christopher Court / Adam Cooper Grade: Joseph @ CHEAT Audio: Laurence @ Jungle VO: Danny Mahoney Music: Jonny Higgins Comping: Dock 10

Automatically generated itineraries for your favourite city destinations? Google’s new trip organisation app creates plans with reservations, things to do, food & drink and more. Before the shoot I was given a rough storyboard and pre-access to the Google Trips app. Using screenshots and recordings, I recreated the existing app UI and motion in Adobe Illustrator and After Effects – reformatting it wide for the full screen shots.

Skype

Skype Essentials

Client: Skype Agency: Just So Films Creative: JSF Collective Motion: Chris Meadmore, JD Dean, Yoav Shvill

Skype Essentials was an animated tutorial series that spanned over 5 operating systems and 30+ languages. A bespoke software solution allowed the animation team to build a project once, and produce several localised versions of each How To video. Original concept UI files were optimised for animation, and composited in After Effects. My work on this large-scale project spanned 18 months, and included working with a very regimented and intricate organisation process for translating and delivery hundreds of videos. After a robust workflow was established, I was in part responsible for maintaining and streamlining this process where possible – troubleshooting and designing best practices for the team and newcomers.

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