Substance: Direction. Design. Title Sequences.

Following on from a successful title sequence pitch, Scott went into full production on the Cops titles with a team comprised of both in-house staff at the LaB Sydney and freelancers. As Design Director, Scott headed up this team creatively and as point of contact with Channel Nine. Using hand-picked footage of main actors, we set about bringing the pitch frames to life. We shot the Cops LAC car on location at Cops headquarters under the Anzac Bridge, using a Canon 5D mkII and a 2nd support camera, shooting Raw for both environment and car plates. Stills were used mostly for reflection shots, and, as darkness fell, we complemented these with HD footage of abstract, flashing police lights, controlled by our stunt driver (no designers were harmed during these stunts). An additional night shoot using GoPro suction mount cameras provided us with plates of reflections traveling over the car surface, which we warped and composited onto the cleaned-up stills from the previous shoot, in order to bring them to life. With a fast edit cut to the rockabilly track “Howlin’ for You” by the Black Keys, the journey was complete, simply and effectively capturing the attitude of the show and it’s characters. Many thanks to the Channel Nine producers who helped make this happen.

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Motion Served on Behance

Credits:

Titles Director:

Substance / Scott Geersen

Pitch/Design:

Scott Geersen

Compositors:

Scott Geersen

Daniel Bavell

Morten Rowley

Jess Morgan

Live Action Car/Location Shoots:

Morten Rowley

Daniel Bavell

Scott Geersen

Jessica Morgan

Ian Watson

Lab Producer:

Jayne Herrmann

Head of Production,
The Lab Sydney:

Prue Fletcher

Audio:

“Howlin’ for You” by the Black Keys