Title & Logo Design
I was privileged to create this logo and poster design for my stepdaughter Gretchen Freihon's original musical "Mandates". The story follows a young Mike Pence (yes THAT Mike Pence) though his life as he struggles to come to grips with the realization that he is gay. Yep!
The play is extremely funny and the music is wonderful. There's even a happy ending; President Trump is impeached and Mike, now President Pence, comes out to the world and finds his true destiny. The play was slated to be performed at the Agoura High School's Black Box Theater, but the Principal of the school, Brian Mercer, banned the play from campus after discovering its inclusive, gay theme. This necessitated that the authors and their parents scramble to find a new venue in a week, this all while the authors were in their last week of High School before graduation.
The musical premiered last night at the Class Act Musical Theater in Woodland Hills to a sold-out crowd of 250 people. The play received not one, not two but three standing ovations for the cast and authors; Gretchen Freihon (creator and author), Jillian Heller (author and composer/performer) and Olivia Kepler (author and editor). Needless to say I am extremely proud of Gretchen, her co-authors, and the incredible cast and crew that wouldn't take no as an answer. Congratulations!
A still from the main title I produced and designed for the reality show "The Demon Files" which follows a retired N.Y. policeman who confronts demonic entities in order to help people with this particular problem.
An image from the title reveal for they DVD Bonus Featurette. The face on the puzzle pieces is actually made up of Joseph Gordon-Levitt's and Bruce Willis' faces, representing the young Joe and the older Joe from the future. The pieces come towards camera, then fly apart revealing the title behind the puzzle. I created this animation in Cinema 4D and composited the elements in After Effects.
A title graphic I designed for a Disney Online Originals "sizzle reel".
A title for the trailer that I designed and lead the graphics team at Toy Box on its production.
Logo Design for a reality series in development.
A trailer title concept for "The Watch" International Trailer before the studio decided that they didn't want to tip the alien angle of the film.
A preliminary Trailer Title that ended up not being used.
Another title design based on the original animated series that unfortunately didn't make it through the selection process, but I liked it!
The main title I designed for my former trailer house, MAX-Q. The aerospace term, "MAX-Q" means the time of maximum pressure or load, as in the point in a rocket launch where the stress and pressure is the greatest, after which the engines can "throttle up" to increase its velocity to go to orbit.
The product shot for this TV Commercial I Directed selling Collectible Tins of game cards. The product shot was all CG, made in Cinema 4D.
A main title for a DVD Bonus Featurette.
The main title for the Theatrical Trailer for a documentary about the boys, Walt Disney's nickname for Richard & Robert Sherman, aka "The Sherman Brothers". This feature documentary was a intimate, personal look at these two creative geniuses, actually brothers, who created the 20th Century's most-loved Disney songs for such classic films as Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats. These two brothers didn't get along and fostered hatred for one another over their long careers while creating wonderful childhood experiences for the world.
Main Title for the Looper DVD Featurette.
The vertical layout of the FDE Inc. Corporate Logo I designed.
The main title I designed and produced for this multi-part DVD Bonus Featurette. This one dealt with the techniques that go into creating the blood visual effects for the show.
A title graphic I designed for a Disney Online Originals "sizzle reel".
A main title I designed for "Star Trek Live", an online bonus feature accessible via code to consumers who purchased a DVD set. The content featured interviews with TOS writers and stars, as well as a look at a Star Trek convention and the inside world of Star Trek.
This is the resolved brand logo for the iTV Viaclix consumer electronics set-top product that streamed video to your TV before there was a Roku, Hulu, Apple TV, or X-Box.
The title that appeared in the trailer and TV spots for this hauntingly beautiful film based on Kazup Ishiguro's best-selling novel.
Main Title for the Paycheck Theatrical Trailer. I designed and produced this title, along with the interstisial titles in Cinema 4D. I was honored to receive the Hollywood Reporter's Key Art Award for Best Motion Graphics for these titles, the first year this award was given out.
The Max-Q Corporate Logo made stereoscopic for a 3D stereoscopic promo reel I produced at the company.
The title I designed & produced for the third installment of "The Butterfly Effect" franchise.
A Corporate Logo I created for a client's distribution company.
An interstitial Trailer Title I designed for the International Trailer, teasing "Dr. Who", and the concept of time travel in relationship to Mr. Peabody and his WABAC machine.
A Brand Logo I designed for a artisinal-batch, quality coffee distribution company.