We are a full service production company specializing in broadcast graphics and animation. We can take on your complete project or work with a production company to assist. Based in Portland, Oregon, SPOT is part of the PangHansen Creative Group.
SPOT Demo
This is a compilation of spots and design from our artists, some of the content precedes their time with SPOT.
Around the House
Spot worked with Creative Motion Group creating "Around the House", a half-hour program similar to an HGTV type of show. The open starts with a blueprint which gives way to a full model house, and then ends at the front door with a close-up of the shows logo adorning a welcome mat. Inviting people in to stay for the show. SPOT created all show graphics including Title design, show opens, bumps and internal show graphics.
Pinball - Blazers Campaign
The pace is fast and exciting and can change at anytime. Live footage was shot as well as digital sections where created to help bridge the realism of pinball play. Many sections were interchangable to fit the upcoming games.
Fairytale
Telco credit union was back for another spot, working off the success of their first spot. We decided to create a fairytale style telling of the scary world of credit unions of the past, and Telco's friendlier way of better lending and service for living happily ever after.
Awards: OR Broadcasters, Telly
Get Connected
Heritage called on SPOT to create a commercial for the local theater in Treasure Valley area of Idaho. We had a very short timeline to put the spot together, approximately 10 days to create a script, storyboard, animate and audio post the spot. The client was extremely satisfied with the outcome. On time and on budget.
Smooth Jazz
Night shots were taken of downtown from rooftops and parking structures and created a projection of music videos on different buildings tying in the tag–line “Portland’s smooth jazz”. 4 total spots were produced for the campaign.
30 bikes in 30 days
The promotion was to give away 1 bicycle everyday for a month. The idea was to create a Monty Pythonesque stop-motion style of bicycles riding thru the commercial revealing different points to the contest.
Salmon Creek Hospital - Legacy Health System
Legacy Health System called on SPOT to create two :30 second spots for the new Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital in Vancouver, WA., one general spot and a spot promoting the specialized pediatric services. We animated HiRez images and worked with the new hospitals color schemes and while retaining the colors of the Legacy brand. We also produced the soundtrack in house.
Moscow Ballet
This is the second year PangHansen produced a local presence for The Moscow Ballet. The job of branding Portland's Cinderella performance and Salem's Nutcracker performance while maintaining Moscow Ballet's main identity is both challenging and rewarding. SPOT created a combo 30 second spot that took elements from both performances.
Neighborhood
The KGW Producer Doug Zimmerman had an idea to create more integration into the neighborhoods to be a part of the Portland landscape. Creating a sepia style tone to the spot, gave it a timely feel of being in the neighborhoods for a long time.
Awards: BDA Bronze, Emmy nominee
Know Your Noodle
Pastini Pastaria hired SPOT to create an animated 15 second commercial to run in local theaters in Portland. We modeled and animated seven different types of pasta. The spot was posted using a big band jazz sound. No pastas were hurt in the making of this commercial.
Convertible
Telco credit union was using a small stress squeeze toy in a shape of a yellow convertible car. This had a strong following with Telco members. We decided to capitalize on this little icon. We used the car as marketing vehicle (no pun intended) in the commercial. The idea was to have the car travel down different roads of the benefits of joining the credit union. So we devised a plan that we could animate all our pieces and then add the marketing rate at the last minute, in case of any rate change during production. We modeled and animated the car in 3D in a toon shader. The backgrounds were created with a simple "Warner Bros. Cartoon" style. The spot was a hit, and membership went up by 20%.
Awards: OR Broadcasters, Telly
Weathervane
Weathervane was a completely CG weathervane composited into actual weather footage. Included in the compositing was color and illumination correction. Visual fx of weather elements such as snow and rain added to the realizm.
Awards: BDA Gold, OBA, Telly
Where in the NW is Dave Salesky
Playing off the popularity of NBC's Today Show segment "Where in the World is Matt Lauer". KGW sent weatherman Dave Salesky out to different locations for a week. We thought that a retro iconic style map was the perfect style for this fun week-long segment. This project included bumps and segment graphics.
Awards: OR Broadcasters, Telly