Grant Gilchrist Designer / Animator / Editor

Profile

Over the last 11 years Grant has worked extensively as an animator, motion graphics designer and editor/compositor for broadcasters, production companies, marketing firms, etc. His work varies from funky animated promos for Indy bands to clean corporate graphics for PWC (Price Waterhouse Cooper) and Lloyds Bank to numerous animatics for many west end ad agencies. He is happy directing but just as happy working as an animator in part of a large team. Some of his recent projects are a cinema ad for Samsung, motion graphics for Lloyds Bank & ongoing high- energy promos for Gucci Group.

Motion Graphic Design & Animation: Grant designs Promos, Idents, Bumpers & Titles recently he’s worked for MTV, Samsung, Atari, Gucci & Comedy Central. Other clients are Viasat, Addiction, & Jelly amongst other end clients & production companies

Compositing: Grant works with several 3D production companies compositing 3D elements together with video footage and 2d graphics then editing this together with Audio elements into corporate videos for ocean liners, aircraft & airports around the world.

Clients Include

BBC, Channel 4, MTV, Comedy Central, Samsung, Atari, Gucci Group, Renault, Norwich Union, iShares, Cadbury, TfL, TK Maxx, World Development Movement, Bermuda Shorts, Addiction, Viasat, Nexus, Jelly, Three Blind Mice, John Davie Design, Bonney & Klein, 99 Giants, The Tin, Imagination, Fire Films, DB3d, Eww Design, the Livingroom, Brightenup, Zard Creative, Information Transfer, Take Three Productions, M&E Events, Edric Audio Visual. Arawak Films, Dale Evens Broadcast, City Film, Canis Media, HHM, Peafur Productions

Skills

AFX, FCP, DVD Studio Pro, Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign

Professional Experience

Brightenup - Design & Production of an in-cinema commercial for Samsung - AFX

Comedy Central - Promos, titles, bumpers & stings for Southpark, Chris Rock, Grumpy Old Men, Everybody Hates Chris & many others – AFX / Illustrator / Photoshop

The Tin - British Gas promo for web animation, editing interviews, compositing 3D elements & graphic elements for UKHO compositing for P&O Bill Wyman promo – AFX

Nexus Productions - Badly Drawn Boy “You Were Right” animator & colourist – AFX / Photoshop

Addiction - Motion graphic concepts & production for commercials & promos for MTV and others

Corporate Animation, Motion Graphics & Edits

Fire Films

Gucci - Design & Edit (ongoing) 4 minute corporate promos featuring motion graphics & cat walk footage – AFX / FCP / Photoshop Unilever - Motion Graphics on corporate promos - AFX Learn Direct - Produced a spelling & maths interactive game starring Johnny Ball & Eamon Holmes – AFX / Flash Atari - Design & production of corporate promo - AFX iShare - Promo edit & design 3 minute corporate promo – AFX / FCP Cunard – Edit & graphics for a 5 minute corporate video for Cunard – AFX / FCP

The Living Room

TFL - Design & animate virals for Transport for London – AFX / Illustrator / Photoshop Renault - Design & production (motion graphics, edit, colour, online) of 15 minute corporate video for Renault – AFX / FCP

Imagination

Mazda - 1x 20 second graphic animation to be used on the Mazda stand at the Detroit Motor Show (and others) - AFX Ford Rescue Car – 1 minute flat graphic animation (using supplied artwork & designs). Animated using AfterEffects and integrated into a kiosk presentation at Detroit Motor Show. Animation of graphics for Global Café - AFX Jaguar - 3 x 30 second animations with graphics and text to be integrated into a kiosk - AFX Ericsson - Several small quirky animations to be integrated into a multimedia experience designed by Lisa O’Conner - AFX The Great Trade Robbery - 1x 7 minute animation for The World Development Movement – AFX / Illustrator / Photoshop Thomson Travel - Character design & animation of 8x5 second spots for conferences & other ongoing animations – AFX / Illustrator Norwich Union - Video Wall Motion Graphics & Editor for Norwich Union conference video wall – FCP / AFX Ghost Perfume - Design, Edit, & Colourist of 4 minute promo - FCP / AFX Cadbury - 1 minute video treatment for consumer & trade promo - FCP / AFX Take 3 - Edit & online 2 minute corporate video for BAT - FCP / AFX City Film - Down To You - Motion Graphics Editor, & Colourist for Down To You 15 minute training video (City Film Production) FCP / AFX Lloyds TSB - Design & direction 20 second sting for conferences – AFX / Illustrator / Photoshop DTI - Directed & designed a 1 minute sting for conferences – AFX / Illustrator / Photoshop Spin - Editor/designer on Showreel & video presentation – AFX / Media 100 Cityspace: Design and production of sting for kiosk information magazine called iplus - AFX / Illustrator / Photoshop How Software Patents Really Work: Character Designer & Animator for web animation – FCP / AFX

Interactive & Web

Honda - Authored CD Rom about the making & background to the Cog commercial – Director / Flash / Photoshop Amnesty International - Production of kiosk concerning domestic violence - Director

BBC - BBC CD Rom presenter & style guide for Lego & BBC – Director / Flash / Photoshop Learn Direct - Design & production of interactive spelling & maths game (CDRom) starring Eamon Holmes & Johnny Ball – Flash / AFX / Photoshop Virgin Clothing - Design and implementation of CD Rom for sales force – AFX / Flash / Director / Photoshop / Illustrator Pampers - Developed Pampers baby interactive animation banner – Flash / Photoshop Cunard Queen Victoria - Website promotion for the Queen Victoria - design & build – AFX / Flash M3ar - Website for architectural firm - design & build – AFX / Flash Havering Museum - Design & build interactive kiosk for museum – Flash / Photoshop Three Blind Mice - Website for advertising studio - design & build – Dreamweaver / Flash / Photoshop NaomiSelig.co.uk - Website for artist - design & build – Dreamweaver / Flash / Photoshop London Healing Center - Website for healing centre - design & build – Dreamweaver / Photoshop Information Transfer: Interface design for various corporate CDRoms – Flash / Photoshop Hardlight: Interface design and production of interactive adverts for Toyota, Lotus, Land Rover and more on auto express motorshow CD Rom – Director / AFX / Media Cleaner / Photoshop / Illustrator Design Alliance Holmes Group: Interface design and production of 13 language CD Rom catalogue – Director / AFX / Media Cleaner / Photoshop / Illustrator Domus Tiles: Production of CD Rom tiles catalogue - Director Coventry City Council: Design & production of CDRoms & Kiosk for Coventry County Council – Director / Flash / Photoshop Jelly: Design & production of showreel DVD, banner ads & landing pages – Flash / Photoshop / Dreamweaver Zard Creative: Design & production of banners ads – AFX / Flash

Bermuda Shorts

Chat the Celebrity Cat - Directed, designed, & edited 1 x 6.5 minute pilot animation for Channel 4 starring chat (a cat who interviews the pets of celebrities) With a crew composed of a storyboard artist, 6 animators, music composer, sound effects technician, & post production team – AFX / Illustrator / Photoshop Coke - Animator & the compositor for a Coke commercial for Eastern Europe – AFX / Photoshop NatWest - Animator and compositor in an advert for Nat West – AFX / Photoshop / Strata Studio Short Circuit - Directed, designed, storyboarded & art worked a 25 second commercial and logo for Short Circuit, a short film exhibition initiative sponsored by various charitable film bodies – AFX / Photoshop / Illustrator SceneOne - 4 character animation (10 seconds each) in a colourful flat graphic style. These characters were then used in the channel identity designed at Lambie Nairn for Flextec – AFX / Illustrator Cocktail - Character animator working with two effects & background animators in this title sequence for the BBC - AFX / Illustrator Wonderland - Animator on sting for Channel 4 - AFX / Illustrator

Three Blind Mice

TK Maxx - Animations animator/compositor for five 30second commercials – AFX / Photoshop / Illustrator Get Minted - Animator for 5, 10, & 15 second commercials for www.getmintedcasino.com - AFX Norwich Union - Online edit & playout of 60 sec commercial (35 versions for stations & in store use through out the UK & Ireland) – FCP

Viasat - Design & production of promos & graphics for promos (Nordic & East European channels) - AFX New Santa - (TK Maxx) Motion Graphics for TK Maxx advert - AFX Snoreeze - Compositor & Online Editor for Snoreeze 20 second animated commercials (France, Spain, Germany, Ireland) – FCP / AFX 99 Giants - Motion graphic design & editing for ION Film Festival promo & Soccerex promo (South Africa 2007) – FCP / AFX Bonney & Klein - Motion graphic design & editing clips for award ceremonies at UCL – FCP / AFX High Stakes Backgammon - Motion graphics & titles for 4x1hr shows of the Monte Carlo World Backgammon Championships for the Poker Channel - AFX Kellogs - Peafur Productions - Animator on Albran commercial - AFX Jelly - Motion graphics design, online editing – AFX / Photoshop Grab a Gag Virals - Compositor/Editor/Colourist for mobile phone virals – AFX Canis Media - Editor (offline & online) for digital shopping channel - FCP

The Living Room

London Motorshow - design & produce 20 second motion graphics commercial for the London Motorshow - AFX UK Cool Gel - design & produce a 20 second commercial with live action & motion graphics – AFX

Independent Films

Nobody The Great - Winner Cinequest Film Festival Viewers Voice Audience Award. Titles for black humour feature film – FCP / AFX Senseless Productions - Five-Senses - Title sequence for feature art house film – FCP / AFX Wallflower - LA Shorts Fest Titles, Colourist & Online Edit for Wallflower short film (filmnoir) – FCP / AFX Smooth - Titles for a Geetika Lizardi short film – FCP / AFX Tarzanboy - Directed, animated, & edited a 3 minute pop promo for Wayne Clements of Macondo Music – FCP / AFX / Illustrator / Photoshop Balancing the Books - LA Shorts Fest Titles, Colourist & Online Edit for Balancing the Books short film – FCP / AFX Macka B - Animation, Colourist & Onlne Edit for Macka Bs Raggae hit Children Children – FCP / AFX Cats Smack - Colourist, Effects, & Onlne Edit for Cat’s Smack pop video – FCP / AFX What’s In Your Mind - Editor & Colourist of a 20 minute short documentary by Angella Montoute – FCP Wishlist - Colourist of a 23 minute short film by Carlos Domenique & William Rodriguez - FCP United As One - Design & Animate title sequence for documentary - AFX Halogen Entertainment - Cold Title sequence for made for TV movie What’s Going On? Direct & Animate pop video of What’s Going On? - AFX

Design & Illustration

CODA - Design logo for world charity – Illustrator / Photoshop Compassionate Dictatorship - Album cover design & illustration - Photoshop

Education

Graduate of Ontario college of Art 4-year Program: Year 1 Foundation Studies Years 2-4 Communication & Design Majoring in Design Illustration & Advertising Minors in Experimental Painting & Photography

St Martins College of Art: Graphic Design & Life Drawing