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Pro Video Podcast 48: Gareth O'Brien, Buck. Creative Direction, Animation, Motion Design, 2D, 3D, Studios, Teams and Community

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This week’s episode covers Animation, Motion Design, 2D, 3D, Studios, Teams, Creative Direction and Community. Host Blair Walker explores all of these topics and the reality of projects at the high end of the market. Also what makes Buck, well Buck.

Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd

00.50 - Introducing Buck

01.50 - Gareth’s history with Buck.

02.50 - The company culture of Buck

05.55 - The shift from social life with the firm to becoming a family man

07.00 - The maturing of the motion design industry is changing the aspirations of motion designers: “the all-nighter” is not a badge people are aspiring to any more, just the opposite in fact.

07.30 - Growth of the Sydney team

08.30 - Is the difference in time zones between Sydney/NYC/London a drawback?

09.10 - The reality of working with remote freelancers

10.30 - The makeup of the Sydney Buck team

11.14 - Lucas Brooking

11.52 - Woolmark piece by Buck

14.00 - Blockchain explainer video for the government of Dubai.

18.00 - How hard is it to keep “lifting the bar”, bettering yourself?

19.00 - The creative impetus provided by competition with your coworkers, and for the love of the work

20.24 - How do you manage a project as large as Blockchain? Buck Sydney’s design process explained.

24.00 - They use a Google Sheet to track their progress

24.45 - The importance of learning to take constructive criticism.

25.15 - Slack groups as a source of constructive criticism.

25.45 - Gareth finds it hard to keep up with Slack groups outside of the Buck one.

29.30 - Buck presentation at Node

30.45 - Holden project, Nike Athlete

32.00 - The importance of the personal side of the motion industry

35.00 - Passion projects at Buck

35.50 - Blend title sequence

36.20 - Woolmark was approached as a passion project: what they provided was way more than the budget really afforded.

36.40 - Goodbooks metamorphosis was taken on as a passion project and ended up influencing the company’s style for an entire year

37.10 - Does Buck do bread and butter jobs?

39.00 - How important is typography to Buck’s creative process?

41.00 - Designing for social media: focus on the medium, or the piece itself overall?

42.00 - Buck’s piece for Aperol at the tennis open in Melbourne

44.00 - Assembly’s piece for the Auckland Harbour bridge

44.30 - Johnny Kofoed episode of the Pro Video Podcast

45.05 - Pro Video Picks:

Get to work early, so I can get home early and see my kids!

47.00 - The difficulty of only seeing your kids at bedtime

48.00 - Inspirational Video:

Spring Jam by Ned Wenlock

River Studies by Ned Wenlock

50.00 - Sources Of Inspiration:

Podcasts

eg Serial, The Atlanta Monster, This American Life, Reply All

53.00 - Following Online:

Glenn Miralles - instagram

53.45 - Follow Gareth Online:

Web: buck.tv

Instagram: buck_design

Twitter: buck_tv

Tumblr: buckdesign.tumblr.com

Vimeo: buck

Facebook: buck.tv

Pro Video Podcast Online:

Blair Walker - Twitter

Pro Video Podcast - Slack

Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Group

Pro Video Podcast - Twitter

Pro Video Podcast - Website

Pro Video Podcast - Spotify

WorldPodcasts.com

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This week’s episode covers Animation, Motion Design, 2D, 3D, Studios, Teams, Creative Direction and Community. Host Blair Walker explores all of these topics and the reality of projects at the high end of the market. Also what makes Buck, well Buck.

Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd

00.50 - Introducing Buck

01.50 - Gareth’s history with Buck.

02.50 - The company culture of Buck

05.55 - The shift from social life with the firm to becoming a family man

07.00 - The maturing of the motion design industry is changing the aspirations of motion designers: “the all-nighter” is not a badge people are aspiring to any more, just the opposite in fact.

07.30 - Growth of the Sydney team

08.30 - Is the difference in time zones between Sydney/NYC/London a drawback?

09.10 - The reality of working with remote freelancers

10.30 - The makeup of the Sydney Buck team

11.14 - Lucas Brooking

11.52 - Woolmark piece by Buck

14.00 - Blockchain explainer video for the government of Dubai.

18.00 - How hard is it to keep “lifting the bar”, bettering yourself?

19.00 - The creative impetus provided by competition with your coworkers, and for the love of the work

20.24 - How do you manage a project as large as Blockchain? Buck Sydney’s design process explained.

24.00 - They use a Google Sheet to track their progress

24.45 - The importance of learning to take constructive criticism.

25.15 - Slack groups as a source of constructive criticism.

25.45 - Gareth finds it hard to keep up with Slack groups outside of the Buck one.

29.30 - Buck presentation at Node

30.45 - Holden project, Nike Athlete

32.00 - The importance of the personal side of the motion industry

35.00 - Passion projects at Buck

35.50 - Blend title sequence

36.20 - Woolmark was approached as a passion project: what they provided was way more than the budget really afforded.

36.40 - Goodbooks metamorphosis was taken on as a passion project and ended up influencing the company’s style for an entire year

37.10 - Does Buck do bread and butter jobs?

39.00 - How important is typography to Buck’s creative process?

41.00 - Designing for social media: focus on the medium, or the piece itself overall?

42.00 - Buck’s piece for Aperol at the tennis open in Melbourne

44.00 - Assembly’s piece for the Auckland Harbour bridge

44.30 - Johnny Kofoed episode of the Pro Video Podcast

45.05 - Pro Video Picks:

Get to work early, so I can get home early and see my kids!

47.00 - The difficulty of only seeing your kids at bedtime

48.00 - Inspirational Video:

Spring Jam by Ned Wenlock

River Studies by Ned Wenlock

50.00 - Sources Of Inspiration:

Podcasts

eg Serial, The Atlanta Monster, This American Life, Reply All

53.00 - Following Online:

Glenn Miralles - instagram

53.45 - Follow Gareth Online:

Web: buck.tv

Instagram: buck_design

Twitter: buck_tv

Tumblr: buckdesign.tumblr.com

Vimeo: buck

Facebook: buck.tv

Pro Video Podcast Online:

Blair Walker - Twitter

Pro Video Podcast - Slack

Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Group

Pro Video Podcast - Twitter

Pro Video Podcast - Website

Pro Video Podcast - Spotify

WorldPodcasts.com

  continue reading

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