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Three IDs for Resistor Art & Design.

Weird Cubes

Weird Blob

Weird Food

An experimental curriculum vitæ visualisation set to music by Aphex Twin. CV presents an animated timeline of education, employment experience, and notable milestones, along with a division scale of different design roles I’ve taken on over time.
Best viewed in HD on Vimeo at: http://vimeo.com/bcruz3/cv

PSA for Japanese relief efforts.
On March 11 at 2:46pm JST a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake occurred near the northeastern coast of Japan, creating extremely destructive tsunami waves which hit Japan just minutes after the earthquake, and triggering evacuations and warnings across the Pacific Ocean. The earthquake and tsunami have caused extensive and severe damage in Northeastern Japan, leaving thousands of people confirmed dead, injured or missing, and millions more affected by lack of electricity, water and transportation.
Please make a donation at
http://google.com/​crisisresponse/​japanquake2011.html
All funds received will be sent to the Japanese Red Cross Society donation account and will be distributed directly among those affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

We got a chance to work with the fantastic Kensie creative team to produce three fashion films for their Fall 2010 collections.

Creative Director: Jocelyn Fortier
Model: Sarah Stephens
Shot by Geoff Barenger and Nathan Drillot
Post-Production by Bienvenido Cruz
Music by Louise Burns

Updated with new stuff from a busy Summer.

Bumper treatment for Puma Hong Kong.

I’ll be teaching an advanced motion design course at Vancouver Film School this term.  Motion Design 4 will will explore the history of title design, analyzing film for theme and composition, understanding storytelling, semiotics, film/TV branding.

Inside/Out is a promotional video for Switch Interactive to showcase the company’s assorted abilities. Created while at Switch, we utilized the talents of their entire team to produce the interface designs, animation, and special effects for this entirely greenscreen-shot spectacle. Our contribution was in directing the live performance, shooting, editing, and compositing.

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While at Switch Interactive, we designed and animated the motion ID package for Peace it Together.

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At Switch Interactive, we art directed and designed the main titles for a new CBC pilot from Omni Film.

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A title sequence for a feature film by by Bruce MacDonald. (more…)

At Switch Interactive, we art directed and designed the main titles for Fido. Director Andrew Currie wanted something reminiscent of 1950′s melodramas a la Douglas Sirk. Sadly, the distributors decided to cut the opening title sequence for the theatrical release, but they will appear on the DVD.

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Main title design for a independent Canadian feature film.

Eve and the Fire Horse was directed by Julia Kwan. We not only designed this title sequence but the IDs for the three production companies who produced the film: Red Storm Productions, Holiday Pictures, and Firelight CineMa (sic).

Watch it here

Main title design for an online comedy series.

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At Switch Interactive, we designed the main titles for Severed, an independent feature directed by Carl Bessai.

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