'Ode to the North' is a video I created as part of my application for the Fjällräven Polar 2012 expedition, a 330 Km dog sledding adventure in the North of Sweden and Norway.

The contest is closed now (15the of November 2011) and I ended at the 15th position for the Benelux countries. Thanks to all those who voted for me! This was my entry page: www.fjallraven.com/outdoor-life/polar

For now I can only hope to be selected by Fjällräven as one of the 'extra' team members, they are going to pick one person per country to be part of this adventure as well. I can't wait to start making a winter version and eventually a 4 seasons Ode To The North video! So my fingers are crossed! ;)

About the video:
I shot a lot of pictures during my two hiking trips to the Northern parts of Sweden. Being out there on my own was a surreal experience. For this video I selected 5 of those pictures and animated them using camera projection in Cinema 4D. All color grading and typography was done in After Effects.

More info about the process of creating this video can be found on my Behance Portfolio: www.behance.net/gallery/Fjllrven-Polar-2012-Ode-to-the-North/

Credits:
- Concept, photography, 2D/3D design and animation: Michiel Verweij
- Sound design: www.hugoverweij.com

1:
Just a first render of a little test/learning scene I'm building. Inspired by the great piece 'Kinetic Type' by Motion504 I wanted to create a little surreal machine, from wood this time ;) The main challenge for me was how to create the 'sails' using the clothilde tags in Cinema.

2:
A little experiment combining MoGraph 2 dynamics, cloners and attractors and Metaball:

Nederland 1 Christmas promo:

Credits:
Director: Danyael Sugawara
DOP: Francois Perrier
CG-Artist / Art direction: Marco Stolker
Post-Production: Michiel Verweij

I’m organizing a monthly internal challenge project at HC around a theme. This month’s theme was “Traffic”. I decided to use MoGraph for the entire piece. It’s a great way to learn more about a specific tool while still ending up with a nice piece instead of all sorts of little test renders. With one basic shape ( the cube) and 3 different colors I made a lot of different Mograph tests and let them resolve in the word Traffic.

Update: After watching my Traffic animation the nice people of Maxon asked my permission to use the video on their website for Cinema 4D / MoGraph 2 promotion! It's a real honor to be asked to share my work with the Maxon community, so here it is on the MoGraph 2 page of their website: www.maxon.net/products/modules/modules/mograph-2.html

Music & Sound-design by my brother Hugo Verweij: everydaylistening.com

www.motionographer.com
I love the work they use to select! Also their Cream O’ the Crop list is great, you should check it out!

www.xplsv.tv
Nice site for and by motion designers. You can submit your own work and get inspired by fellow pioneers!

www.motionserved.com
Part of the Behance Network Portfolio website. Nice selection of work.

www.motionspire.com
Also a nice list of motion graphic work. You can upload your own as well.

"The Five Second Projects were created to give you an opportunity to make cool shit for your animation portfolio every week."

This is my first 5SP for the theme circles and spheres: