Genius begins to emerge . . .

October 16, 2008 by Simon Berry · Leave a Comment 


Here’s a preview of the bottles and faces to be used in the video. Luke’s avoided using the classic Coca-Cola shape to avoid copyright problems. In the final version all faces will be different (and they will be exciting in other ways too!). Watch this space.

ColaLife Google Video: The dream team gathers . . .

October 16, 2008 by Simon Berry · 1 Comment 


I always say that “The Genius is in the Network” (but wasn’t the first to say it) and I’m proved right time and time again. Last night I scribbled a storyboard for the ColaLife Google video in the train. When I got home I put it on this blog. I put a message out to the Google Mailing List and I emailed a few friends and family.

Overnight I had comments on the storyboard from one of the best PR brains in the business; ideas on a soundtrack from one of the most talented miusicians out there; an offer to do the drawings and another to do the animation.

I downloaded the above ‘animatic’ on the train this morning. It had been produced by my son, Sam (Blue-Zoo), so that the musician (Julian Moore - Georgia Wonder) can get on with the soundtrack while artist (son Luke) and animators do their stuff. Thanks also to Simon Cohen of Global Tolerance for ideas and words.

Storyboard: ColaLife video for the Google 10^100 application

October 15, 2008 by Simon Berry · 3 Comments 

Storyboard for Google 10^100 video
How about this for a storyboard for the video to support the Google 10^100 application? Thanks to Howard lake for getting the creative juices running! I am now going to contact all the animators and musicians I know to see if they can realise this. Click on the image to see it full-size.