Hong Kong-based Brand Energies crafted a dancer out of ribbons of light for the main titles for China Showbiz, a televised talent show that airs on China’s CCTV4. Brand Energies also used the design, which reimagines the traditional Chinese ribbon dance, to create the show’s new motion-graphics package.
To create the sequence, the agency recorded a ballet dancer in London using 3D motion capture. It then took that recording and forged a spectral look for the dancer, with ribbons of colorful light encircling her. Brand Energies worked with London-based creative studio Coffee & TV on the animation.
The dance sequence is intercut with the China Showbiz logo, the characters of which were given a prismatic sheen by Brand Energies. In the show’s graphics, a tiny version of the dancer pirouettes across the screen.
CCTV4 launched the new package on August 8.
CREDITS
Client: China Central Television’s CCTV4
Creative Agency: Brand Energies
Founder, Creative Director: Sandy MacMillan
Designer/Director: Jason Keeley
Account Director: Saisai Li
Producer: Celia Chapman
Animation: Coffee & TV
Compositor: Jonny Stopford
Music: David Lowe
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