Michael Greenwood - Online Portfolio

January 2009 - Dark Horse

I recently finished this video I made using a track my brother wrote called 'Dark Horse'. I worked on this in my spare time (not too much of that lately!) and found that making something 2 minutes long on your own takes ages!

2008 End of Year Roundup

I've uploaded most of the projects I've worked on this year, with a couple more to come once they have been officially released...

March 2008 - Website Overhaul

I've redesigned a large portion of my website getting rid of the old characters / animations / images buttons, and containing everything within projects. I think this makes the site a lot cleaner and involves less clicking around! :)

February 2008 - Edge Learner Forum

Edge Learner Forum wanted a group of characters to represent different demographics of learners. I designed these 6 characters from their brief along with some designs from one of the students.
Produced by Tmax Productions.

October 2007 - Five Movies

I recently finished work as character lead on this sting for Channel Five. The piece goes out before every movie they show on Five Movies. I was responsible for modelling and setting up every character, and did a large amount of the character and vehicle animation as well. Directed by Tom and Mark Perrett at Nexus Productions.

24th September 2007 - Indigo

On Monday 24th September at 5:39pm (Tokyo time) baby Indigo Lana Greenwood was born after a mammoth 36 hour labour. Both mother and baby are doing really well.
We're both over the moon and smitten with her!

25th April 2007 - Update!

	Tmax Monster Tmax Productions are overhauling their website and wanted a new character for branding and fun animations to go on in the banner. The site isn't online yet, but you can see the videos by clicking the little chap to the left.
	Oxy I recently completed a short pitch for a new educational video for schools. Click the image for a look see!

4th January 2007 - Update!

Well, I feel pretty lame for leaving my website updates for 9 months, but in my defence I've been pretty busy...
As usual, for the first half of 2006 I worked more or less non-stop at Nexus Productions. The weeks were split between working on a 3 minute short film for first time director, Darren Price and working on several commercials for international television broadcast.
Details below!
From August 2006 onwards, I moved to Tokyo with my wife where I have been slowly learning Japanese to tackle the daunting prospect of working out here. Fingers crossed...

	Potapych: The Bear Who Loved Vodka I spent about 4 months working as Lead 3D Animator for Darren Price working under the Channel 4 Mesh scheme. Everybody who worked on the film is very pleased with the final result and it's been getting a lot of attention on the internet hitting the front pages of a lot of major animation sites. see the film
	Coca Cola I spent a month working for Smith & Foulkes on this massive advert for Coca Cola, parodying the highly succesful video game; Grand Theft Auto. I mainly worked on the crowd of nearly 1000 characters in the final shot, but I also animated the dancing rats! see the ad
	BBC Jam Since being in Japan, I modelled and rigged this bunny character for director Carolina Melis at Nexus Productions. The ad was for the BBC's new Jam scheme for educational content for children.
	Renault Megane At the start of the year, I worked on this ad using a caricature of the Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso. I worked on Alonso's rig, mainly creating his face controls and working on his jacket deformations. I also animated the squirrel at the start of the ad Directed by Smith & Foulkes at Nexus Productions.

9th March 2006 - British Animation Awards

BEST FILM / TV GRAPHICS -
Motorola Grand Classics
BEST COMMERCIAL: DIRECTION -
Honda Grrr
www.britishanimationawards.com

November 2005 - Eyetoy Play 3

For the release of Sony's Eyetoy Play 3 camera and game, we created a 30 second advert for international television release. The advert was designed to look like a futuristic sports commentry sting in the style of american sports readers. Directed by Tom and Mark Perrett at Nexus Productions.

17th September 2005 - The Big Day!

On Saturday 17th September, I got married to Phil, my gorgeous girlfriend of nearly 6 years. All our thanks must go to our family and friends who made the day even more special!

D&AD Awards 2005

Honda won several trophies at this year's D&AD Awards, including Gold for Television and Cinema Advertising. I was awarded a Silver Award for my animation and modelling contributions towards the advert.

26th May 2005 - Motorola Grand Classics

To celebrate classic movies, Motorola have launched their Grand Classics campaign. The first event was held for a limited audience at the Electric Cinema in London's Notting Hill, showing Casablanca, which was introduced by Michael Caine. Directed by Smith & Foulkes at Nexus Productions.

March to June 2005 - BEEFY & LAMBY TV Adverts

To promote quality British beef and lamb, 3 adverts were designed with Ian 'Beefy' Botham and Allan 'Lamby' Lamb portrayed as cartoon characters cooking various beef and lamb dishes. I animated 8 shots and made various models including the streaker and policeman for the second ad(designed by the director). Directed by Jim Le Fevre at Nexus Productions. www.beefyandlamby.co.uk

26th November 2004 - LEMONY SNICKET'S UK Cinema Release

'Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' was released in cinemas across the UK today. I worked on 'The Littlest Elf' which is a short animated sequence at the start of the film. Credited with modelling and animation. Directed by Smith & Foulkes at Nexus Productions.

1st October 2004 - HONDA UK Television Broadcast

The new Honda advert began its tv run today. I contributed to the modelling, animation, lighting and rendering of the final piece. Directed by Smith & Foulkes at Nexus Productions.

23rd July 2004 - THUNDERBIRDS UK Cinema Release

'Thunderbirds' was released in cinemas across the UK today. I worked on the opening animated title sequence as an animator and modeller for Nexus Productions.