Saranac came to us for seamlessly integrated titles for their "Generations" spot.
Credit:
For Manhattan Born:
Executive Producer/Producer: Casey Steele
Designer/Animator: Craig Tollifson
Unilever was looking for an internal product video that would excite and engage their sales team while showing off the new product offerings in a dynamic light.
For Manhattan Born:
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Creative Director: Paul Darragh
Animator: Seong Hye Kim
Animator: Adam Glucksman
Promo for Nat Geo's three night documentary series about the 90's, we created this graphic look to represent the entire decade, but with a contemporary twist!
CREDITS:
For Manhattan Born
Casey Steele: Executive Producer/Producer
Paul Darragh: Creative Director/ Designer
Federico Saenz Recio: Designer
Seong Hye Kim: Animator
Christopher San Agustin: Animator
Adam Glucksman: Animator
For The National Geographic Channel
SVP/Group Creative Director: Andy Baker
Creative Director: Tyler Korba
Executive Writer/Producer: Erin Newsome
Design Director: Carla Daeninckx
Senior Motion Designer: Matt Jenkins
Editor: Brannon Shiflett
Sound Design/Mix: Grahame Davies
Dove Mens + Care, official sponsor of the NCAA March Madness, along with agency Ryan Partnership asked us to put together this infographic video featuring all of the stats from the 2014 March Madness. We added a raw duotone aesthetic to footage to enhance the nature of the sport. The video was featured on ESPN.com following the final with a win to Connecticut. How did your bracket do?
We worked closely with the team at MTV to create the branding and packaging for MTV's Spring Break 2014. MTV wanted to achieve a fun and high energy feeling for this colorful spring package.
CREDITS:
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Seong Kim & Chris SanAugustin
Music + Sound Design: Oliver Spencer
FX Network asked us to pitch ideas for the promo of CHOZEN. The first animated gay white rapper. Right up our alley. These are the awesome concepts we came up with.
CREDITS
Creative Direction & Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Manhattan Born presents Alphabet City: A New York app to learn your ABC's.
Teach your child their ABC's with the sights and sounds of New York City. Have fun with the cultural icons, landmarks and people that make New York the coolest place in the world. There is also a quiz that goes through the 26 flashcards for your child to review.
Only $0.99 at the Apple App store
United States Of Manhattan - Times Square Animated Billboard.
Sephora approached us to create a gigantic animated billboard for Times Square, NYC, advertising their new flagship store in Manhattan.
The result was an optical masterpiece using black and white graphics and photography. So much fun!
CREDITS
Creative Direction & Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Chris SanAugustin
50: The March & The Movement.
We worked closely with the team at BET News to create this compelling title sequence and graphics package for a news special.
CREDITS:
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Christopher Jeffries & Dominika Nicman
Pitch for Thai T.V network, True Visions, branding spot.
CREDITS
Creative Direction & Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
For Sephora's Holiday campaign, entitled Beautiful Blizzard we created a massive animated billboard in NYC's Times Square. A combination of product and talent photography mixed with beautiful snowy graphics to bring some holiday cheer to Times Square!
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Chris SanAugustin
Animation: Justin Bakies
VH1 asked us to create this promo video for the Critics Choice Movie Awards. The result is an optical & graphic mash up of shapes and patterns.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Chris SanAugustin
Nickelodeon approached us to create the style of the Kids Choice Awards for 2013. This is a collection of images that their internal creative team could be inspired by.
CREDITS
Creative Direction & Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
This video for Penguin Prison had various components. First of all we created a bunch of graphic short animations to be projected on the soundstage. We projected these over P.P as he was performing the track. Then we edited it all together. As you can see the result is psychedelic!
CREDITS
Director: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Director of Photography: Pat Scola
Stylist/Hair/Make Up: Valissa Yoe
POST & ANIMATION CREDITS
Editor: Benjamin Nicholas
Animation + Compositing: Myles Robinette
Animation + Compositing: Chris San Agustin
To celebrate our move to our new East Village Studio we created this dedication to our beloved neighborhood. Three 3-D characters were designed and created out of classic downtown iconography. These little guys roam around the hood before ending up at our new shop.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation & Modelling: Ted Chen
Centric asked us to update our previous years branding of the Soul Train Awards to give it a more Vegas feel - the home to the 2012 award show. We had fun with Las Vegas iconography and also added a brighter pallet to the show graphics. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
3D Animation: Akira Thompson
Animation: Chris SanAugustin
We've created the infographics for Discovery's Moonshiners doco-series for the last three seasons. This is a selection of the type of animated diagrams we create for the show.
CREDITS:
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Garrett McGee & Adam Glucksman
For VH1's upfront, our Robot character became a celebrity and started walking the red carpet. He also became a USB stick for VH1 staffers and friends!
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
3D Modeling & Animation: Akira Thompson
We created these concepts as a pitch for AOL's taxi TV spots. Various concepts to reveal the AOL logo in negative space.
CREDITS
Creative Direction & Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
We were asked my director Paul Stone to do the interstitial and title graphics for his documentary, The Boom Box Project.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Animation: Paul Darragh
Animation:Oska Ho
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Documentary Directed by Paul Stone.
Song: Apache by Incredible Bongo Band
(Grand Master Flash remix)
All Photographs © Lyle Owerko
Centric approached us to create the title graphics for the series Apollo Live. Showcasing talent from the classic Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City. We played with the traditional signage of the theater for the graphics.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
3D Animation: Joe Mota
Title graphics, branding and package for MTV's Totally Clueless, hidden camera show.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Ted Chen & Carter Blackwood
This is a video lookbook for NYC based menswear designer, Carlos Campos. The spot features pieces from his Fall 2012 collection. We wanted to show this as a journey through a graphic landscape.
CREDITS
Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Photography + Art Direction: Christopher Heydon
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
2D & 3D Animation: Myles Robinette
Sound Design: Music By Design
We created this psychedelic viral spot for Skittles inspired by the youtube video "Double Rainbow". Step into the sweet candy world of Skittles!
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh | Executive Producer: Casey Steele | Animation: Pablo Testa of Animarte | Sound Design: Musikvergnuege
Centric approached us to rebrand their Soul Train Award show in 2011. This was a complete brand overhaul. We created all the branding, promotional material and print collateral for the show. As well as stage graphics that were projected throughout the show.
The brief was to take the original soul of the soul train, and give it a modern twist.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Chris SanAugustin
3D Modeling: Chris McCard
We created this spot for Adidas.
The idea was to animate the logo to the music, incorporating the beautiful and simple Adidas brand.
CREDITS
Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
2D & 3D Animation: Myles Robinette
Song: The Presets- My People
We created the graphics for the VH1 show, Love and Hip Hop Atlanta. Taking inspiration from the Atlanta Hip Hop Scene.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Drew Arnold
Animation: Justin Bakies
Animation: Wisnu Hanapie
We created this branding video for menswear street designer Marc C. Marc wanted to showcase the graphic nature of his collection through a high energy graphic spot.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Justin Bakies
VH1 asked us to create a character and content for their 2011 Upfront iPad presentation. We created the VH1 Bot in five different scenarios, each representing an element of the VH1 brand.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation & Modelling: Ted Chen
Dream approached me to create a dynamic in room experience video that their guests could be met with upon entry into their rooms.
Concept and production: Casey Steele
Designer: Paul Darrragh
Animation: Bobo Do
Audio: Olivier Spencer
Line By Line productions wanted a classic tag for their studio.
Producer: Casey Steele
Designer: Paul Darragh
Commercial spot for the furniture company Rooms To Go. Aired across the U.S
CREDITS
Creative Direction & Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Design: Austin Watts
Animation: Adam Glucksman
We directed and produced the title sequence to Comedy Central's Roast of Donald Trump. This involved a two day shoot, flying in helicopters, shooting at Trump Tower HQ on 5th Ave NYC and Miss America.
CREDITS
Director: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Line Producer: Mario Romeo
Production Manager: Michelle Cameron
Director of Photography #1: James Henry
Director of Photography #2: Joseph Victorine
Assistant Director: Yori Tondrowski
Stylist/Hair/Make Up: Valissa Yoe
Storyboards: Al Johnson & Amanda Craft
POST & VFX CREDITS
Creative Director & Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Editors: Nate DeYoung & Libby Fabricatore
3D Tracking, Animation + Compositing: Chris McCard
Animation + Compositing: Myles Robinette
MAC Cosmetics asked us to create several interactive flash banners and a Times Square billboard for their MAC VIVA GLAM campaign featuring Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Chris SanAugustin
We created these two graphic user interfaces for the Foneclay Android platform. A new way to interpret your smartphone.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Chris SanAugustin
Branding and title graphics for the Logo Network show, In The Big House. A graphic spot using photography as the principal element to tell the story.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Ted Chen & Carter Blackwood
Production end tag for TV production company, Magilla Entertainment.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation & Modelling: Ted Chen
Viral spot for our favorite NYC sneaker brand ALIFE. Yes SON!
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Tanaponn Kulsedzeranee
Animation: Siam Mayomhin
Animation: Artchvit Vongvittayamatakul
Sound Design: Olivier Spencer and Damon Baxter
For this viral spot for Ray-Ban's "Never Hide" campaign, we created a neon world. A journey of a helmet that you should never hide in.
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Ann Sankosik
Animation: Fuchun Chu
Sound Design: David Kamp
Viral Spot for Microsoft Zune player. Fun and colorful - this artistic piece was inspired by the saying "Whatever Boy!!"
CREDITS
Creative Direction & Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
Animation: Dan Defilice
Track: Clown by Ssion
HBO wanted a documentary style open to the Back Nine of Cherry Hills, something that was cinematic and incorporated vintage stills.
Producer: Casey Steele
Designer: Paul Darragh
We worked with current to develop the edit and graphics for this sizzle.
UsTwo™ contracted Manhattan Born to contribute an NYC themed pack to the Granimator app.
The Granimator lets you create amazing desktop images in the style of Manhattan Born. Complete with the sounds of the city.
Download it for free at the Apple app store and also check out www.granimator.com/
When we launched Manhattan Born, we created this piece as a vision of who we were to become. Inspired by the City of New York and the classic, Metropolis. This is the story of the Goddess of Manhattan. New York, we love you!
CREDITS
Creative Direction + Design: Paul Darragh
Executive Producer: Casey Steele
D.P: Ryan Bucci
Make Up Artist: Susie Sobol
Hair Stylist: Anna Schneider
Talent: Caroline Clements
Animation: Tanaponn Kulsedzeranee|
Animation: Siam Mayomhin
Sound Design: Olivier Spencer and Damon Baxter
For our three year anniversary, Manhattan Born released a book.
From the notes:
Casey and I had the collective realization after starting Manhattan Born, that its’ energy and potential was bigger than ourselves. We had given life to something that had previosuly never existed, and have been continually excited to see it grow and mature through our careful nurturing.
Manhattan Born, our little baby beast, continues to push us and excite us inspiring commitment, creativity and inspiration at every turn.
Compiling the last three years of our favorite work into one book has been a love letter. Some of these images are seeing the light for the first time on these pages.
This book serves as a shot in the arm for the future of our creativity and aspirations.
-Paul Darragh & Casey Steele. April 2013.