Michael Clark

Broadcast work done while at StudioZoo for DStv, the premier satellite TV brand in Africa. I spent a year working at StudioZoo, a mid-sized production studio where I worked in the graphics department doing 2D design & animation as well as directing some of the 3D work & interns.

Below are some examples of the type of work I did:

This was an festive season ident I designed and animated for DStv’s Africa Magic channel. The channel’s imagery is very rich & textured, which worked well with the idea we had of creating this baobab with Christmas lights – a nice African twist to a Western tradition.

All the imagery was created in Photoshop and then animated in 3D layers in After Effects.

I created the title boards for this promo for DStv. This was pretty much standard fare for we while working at SudioZoo. I would get a rough edit of the promo from the Avid suite and would then have to design and animate title boards, normally using Photoshop & After Effects, to fit the theme of the promo. Turn around time for these kind of projects was usually 2 – 3 days (It was a busy studio!).

The idea for this promo was to integrate the titles into the edit as much as possible. I worked with an intern on designing the boards in Illustrator, then animated them myself in After Effects.

It was fun…

This was a TV ad we created at SudioZoo for the Sunday Times Food Show in Johannesburg. I received the artwork that had already been created for the print campaign and had to then translate it into animated boards for the TV commercial.