Michael created a portfolio of designs in Notch from which the client could choose a master-design. Once the decision had been made Michael iterated a family of surprisingly different visuals. “I used a colour ramp effector to change the random cloner; we would pump that into all the materials and use Random Seed to randomise it”. Creative Director Denise Miller has an eye for colour. It was important for this project to create visuals complementary to the skin tones of speakers. In the weeks run up to the event, Michael began testing out colour palettes by exporting out single PNG’s from Notch to visualise how the glow from the huge screens would affect the lighting on stage.
During the rehearsal, the production hit a kink, a piece of pre-rendered content, commissioned by the RSA to open the show was 20 seconds short of run-length. With only a day till the event, the producers started to sweat. Michael volunteered himself to create a new piece of content for the show. With under a day to create an animation its a task that would send most animators running. In the space of a couple of hours while on site, Michael created a Chinese Lantern Style animation. The Creative Directors were baffled. “I enjoyed the challenge of creating an off the cuff animation on a time frame - and it was a great relief to Denise and the Producers. It was a marvel for them to see the design come together in real-time.”
