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• Release Trailer for EA’s “Spore”

“Spore Galactic Adventures”, Will Wright’s follow up to the extremely successful “Sims” online game, sold over 1,000,000 copies since it’s release. With the game already being out for some time, there was a pretty clear message for what this trailer had to do: convince gamers that this was the must have update providing them with endless adventures and open ended gameplay. It’s one of the first games ever to literally allow gamers to create their own game, upload it to the net, and have others play it and modify it.

• Golden Trailer Award Winner!

Ubisoft awarded the “Tom Clancy’s EndWar” video campaign to eyestorm who created 9 vignettes, a viral video, and this final release trailer.

• Fastest Selling Star Wars Game In History!

• Golden Trailer Award Winner

• Awarded GT Diamond (10 Million Views!)

• 9.5 Rating on GameTrailers.com

The new, highly anticipated installment from LucasArts, “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” hit the shelves this month, backed up by our TFU Release Trailer & Previous TFU Teaser Trailer. With over a million hits on YouTube and a 9.5 rating on GameTrailers.com, our trailer has help build the buzz around one of the most anticipated titles of 2008.

The people that brought us CREATE Magazine have honored Eyestorm with 4 awards in their annual CREATE Awards Showcase. “THX: Amazing Life” received three “Best of Category” awards for Advertising: Self Promotion, Animation: 3-D Computer Generated, and Motion Graphics: Use of Animation. Our music video “Are You For Real” won a Silver CREATE Award under the music video category. All the winning entries will be exhibited this October at CREATE Chaos 2008 in Orlando, FL.

About The Create Awards:
The Create Awards is one of the top competitions for working creative professionals across the nation and is open to all creative professionals and students working in advertising, film and video, motion graphics, graphic communication, photography, printing, interactive media, and copywriting.

Cut Chemist - 1st Big Break from eyestorm on Vimeo.

• 2 X Telly Award Winner

A revolutionary music video for legendary scratch DJ Cut Chemist. It is the first known use of a 360-degree panoramic lens in a music video. Since it’s release last year it has stirred a buzz internationally by being picked up UK’s “The Reel” preceded by Radioheads “House of Cards”. Additionally It has been screened by REZfest Brazil, the Tiburon International Film Festival, and Sweden’s Garage. Most recently, it has garnered two Telly’s in the categories of Cinematography and Music Video. Thanks to everyone who worked so hard on this one.
Directed and produced By Kyle Ruddick with the gracious help of many. Please check the video for a full list of credits.

• Awarded 9 X Trailer Campaign

• COMING SOON: Viral & Release Trailer Campaign!

Newly wrapped campaign for the first ever, voice activated video game: Tom Clancy’s EndWar. EndWar rated high for playability, but was being perceived as a complicated game to play. There were concerns that a general audience would be scared away from playing a really good, but unfamiliar genre game because of its innovations. Our campaign was launched with every intention of breaking down that barrier by revealing how easy the game is to play, thus enticing a new gaming audience to buy it.

It’s one of Eyestorm’s largest campaigns to date; a total of 9 unique trailers, a viral video, and a release trailer. The game, developed and published by Ubisoft, is the first of it’s kind to be controlled almost entirely by voice. Check out just one of the nine videos above which describes how to use the voice command feature. There are more videos to come, as the game’s Election Day release nears.

• Awarded 2 Tellys!!

• Awarded 4 Create Awards!!!!

• Distributed to 3,000 Theaters

View “The Making of THX Amazing Life” Documentary

It’s true! For the first time ever, Eyestorm took home not 1, but 2 beautiful bronze angels (also known as a Telly Award). Our most recent theatrical commercial titled “THX Amazing Life” was distinguished amongst 14,000 other applicants and a highly esteemed panel of judges as the new boutique company to keep an eye out for in the world of creative advertising.

The Telly Awards are one of the most sought-after awards by industry leaders in international firms, production companies, and ad agencies. They honor the very best local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions, and work created for the Web. Since 1978, their mission has been to strengthen the visual arts community by inspiring, promoting, and supporting creativity.

# Press Write Ups: #

• Forbes Magazine
• Animation Magazine
  
• Siggraph Magazine
  
• Yahoo
  
• Business Journal
• Phiidelphia Business Journal
• Earth Times

• International Business Times
  
• PR Newswire
  

Both Lucasfilm and the USC School of Cinematic Arts have recently published exclusive write-ups covering the latest creation of eyestorm’s THX trailer titled “Amazing Life.”

Other Press Write Ups:

• Forbes Magazine
• Business Journal
• Animation Magazine
  
• Siggraph Magazine
  
• Yahoo
  
• Phiidelphia Business Journal
• Earth Times

• International Business Times
  
• PR Newswire
  

PRESS RELEASE can be downloaded here: CLICK FOR WORD DOC or CLICK FOR PDF

• Won 2 Telly Awards!

• Distributed to Over 3,000 Theaters

• 100% Conceptualized & Created by Eyestorm

Eyestorm is proud to announce its 6 week production schedule on a 100% CG trailer has come to an end. “Amazing Life” was fully conceptualized and created in house by eyestorm productions and has spread across the world to over 3,000 THX certified cinemas.

• 3 Minute Doc of Our Creative Process for THX

• 2 X Telly Award Winner

• 4 X Create Award Winner

A 3 minute doc to help show our creative process on conceptualizing and executing this 100% CG trailer all done in house!