SAFEGATE - THE SAFEGATE EFFECT

While at Upperfirst, I had the opportunity to work with the team to create and lead the Safegate film.

With a graphic style and a cinematic approach, we are telling the story of Safegate Group, a global company that wants to solve the future challenges of air traffic expansion at airports. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight.

I was in charge of the visual direction, direction, planning, storyboarding, and animation. My main goal in the planning stages was to have subtle camera movements for a smoother overall pace. Not with your overly jumpy graphics all around.

VISUAL DIRECTION

Part of the references presented in the early stages *images for reference only

Some of the references watched to come up with the right tonality

Concept sketches

I have a special appreciation for this project. Everything was super smooth, the illustrations are just bad ass. Each frame done by Eric is a work of art. The animation part done by Thiago Steka is spot on.

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The project gathered a lot of attention after it was released in the design community, and we got some international prizes too. Google is your best friend.

CREDITS

Client: Safegate Group

Creative Executive Producer: Deni Dimovski

Visual direction & Direction: Germano Mombach (while at Upperfirst)

Production Company: Upper First

Animation: Thiago Steka, Germano Mombach

Lead animator: Thiago Steka

Illustrations by Eric Pautz, characters by Mariana Ikuta

Sound fx: Ljudateljén