Recruiting at SquareZero

We are recruiting for various roles now and into the new year. We are interested in meeting potential employees or freelancers and request that if you are interested in working here that you send us CV's and links to your work. We are interested in receiving details from experienced producers, designers, animators, technical directors, compositors as well as graduates. There are more details on vacancies and how to join our team here.

Lion King in 3d

We recently made another call to action promo for Disney. This time it was to promote the recent re-release of the Lion King which has been brought out in 3d. The job required editing Lion King footage mixed with some 3d graphics and a special shoot of two kids singing. The spots will appear on air across Disney's channels.

Russian Airline's 20th Anniversary

Alexander Fedorko of One More Group in Russia commissioned SquareZero to make content graphics for a holographic presentation celebrating the 20th anniversary of the airline Transaero. The airline are the second largest in Russia and ranked eighth in the world for traffic volume. The event was on the 5th of November in Russia and as a focal entertainment the holographic movie played to huge crowd of invited guests. The content was concerned with displaying the history and success of the airline using 3d animations of many of its Boeing jets alongside video footage and many other graphics to give the visitors an exciting overview of the company. 

Cetaphil skin cream TV commercial

SquareZero's Jonson Jewell and Olly Tyler completed post production on Toast's latest production of the Cetaphil skin care lotion. The work consisted of facial morphs and backgrounds being composited in Nuke.

Kick Buttowski 'Design A Poster' competition

Kick Buttowski is Disney’s cartoon daredevil! Our objective was to promote and demonstrate the Kick Buttowski ‘Design A Poster’ competition, in order to encourage kids to get online and have a go!

Our call to action promo setup the premise of designing a poster for a chance to have it featured in an actual Kick Buttowski episode. We also demonstrated the fun interactive design features of the competition (using elements such as a paintball slingshot, a catchphrase stamp, spray cans) and the simple pleasure of just taking part!

Stan Mytkowski was the creative producer on the project for SquareZero and Joel Harrison was the animation creative.

Nirvana Nevermind TV Commercial

Monty Films and SquareZero created this spot for the 20th anniversary re-launch of Nirvana’s Nevermind album. Directed by Stuart Fryer and George Cheng, the set design looked to emulate the iconic imagery from the 90’s. Footage of the band was then composited into various elements on the desk. George set up and shot the desk at SquareZero's studio in Shoreditch. All the props were created, adapted and sourced during the week before shooting. The commercial went live with the album re-release at the end of September.

Holy Hologram! Special Effects from Square Zero

Holy Hologram! Special Effects from Square Zero
A short article about our holograms / Musion Eyeliner work on the Special Events website.

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Formula One themed hologram

Squarezero produced another attention grabbing holographic Musion3d sequence in February. Colt is a principle European information delivery platform, delivering IT managed services. The graphics highlighted the Formula One attributes of speed, performance, teamwork etc in direct association with the Colt brand. The sequence featured a glass-like Formula One car, engine, components, chequered flag and pitstop crew. The sequence was made for events company Icon and designed by SquareZero's Najma Bhatti. Icon is a global leader in branding implementation and has played a pivotal role in the scoping, design application, preparation and installation of Colt’s new identity across Europe and India. View movie here.

3d Transport system planning

Leading transport consultants for city planning Steer Davies Gleave (SDG),were hired by the Canadian city of Hamilton to produce a design and feasibility study for a light-rail transit tram line. SDG required SquareZero's Jonson Jewell to create a 3d simulation of the Hamilton streets as they would look with the tram system in place. As well as the tram itself pedestrian crossings and re-routed traffic had to be illustrated in detail. The animation was rendered in Maya and composited using Nuke. See the animation here.

Mr Snuffles on the Underground

Sarah Klan one of our talented animators has been selected to show a short piece of her work across London's underground stations in the Smile for London campaign. The creative intermissions show on selected stations between 17th and 28th January. The idea is to to beat the January blues with a showcase of film, art and animation. The films will be displayed on digital platform screens across the stations weekday mornings and evenings during the rush hour commute. The Mr Snuffles film can be seen here on Vimeo.

This is not SquareZero's first content for the CBS cross track platform system. We previously produced a British Legion commercial featuring the Poppy Man character. You can see details in this  blog entry.