The Bottletop team is creating the titles and special effects for 'Jinx' a children's programme for Nickelodeon. The effects include a multitude of appear, disappear and shrinking effects as we follow the adventures of Lulu, Aunt Cookie and a magic cookery book.
...for Nottingham Hairdressing Training Agency.
NHTA has three distinct and different arms to its business and needed a clean modern image which tied the strands of the business together visually and overhauled the brand completely.
Bottletop produced branding and print work up against a forthcoming trade show deadline. The clients are delighted with their new look and have commissioned Bottletop to create an online presence for the company via a website.
Bottletop welcomes new team member Matt who came to us for work experience straight from his degree course and has now become a permanent feature!
Bottletop has completed branding for a new arm of global drugs giant AstraZeneca.
Design work extends to a complete style guide and ongoing work with presentations and printed material.
Bottletop was delighted to be short-listed down to the last three in the Graphic Design category in last Thursday's Awards. We didn't win but like the England Rugby team we took it on the chin. It was a fabulous evening - our congratulations to the winners.
Bottletop has been commissioned, by Kindle Entertainment, to create titles and digital special effects for 'Jinx' a pilot for a new children's series for Nickelodeon. Shooting takes place at ITV's Leeds Studios in October with post production running up to December.
Bottletop has been short-listed for the Nottingham Creative Business Awards. The award ceremony will take place on October 18th and celebrates the creative industries' contribution to business in Nottingham.
Bottletop has been commissioned to produce a video for Megahertz Broadcast Systems for display at the major broadcast industry exhibition IBC.
Bottletop has been commisioned to brand a new arm of global drugs giant AstraZeneca.
More soon.....
Bottletop has now completed nearly 200 animations for the Tesco TV retail channel.
The animations run in Tesco's main stores nationwide and are an ongoing project for Bottletop.
Following the success of the JuJu Jellies site earlier this year, Bottletop has just completed its sister site - JuJu Wellies. www.jujuwellies.co.uk
Bottletop had a visit last week from Johnny and Richard, presenters of National Geographic channel's 'I Didn't Know That'. Director John Boam needed to illustrate the merits of Photoshop to viewers - particularly its uses in photo-retouching. Johnny and a male model were shot against green screen in the studio. One of Bottletop's designers, Mark, was then filmed retouching Johnny's six-pack and stubble by borrowing elements of the male model's body and successfully turned back the years without any need for cosmetic surgery!
Bottletop has delivered titles, bumpers and end credits for Cartoon Network's new children's series, 'My Spy Family'. Produced by Kindle Entertainment, the series is currently in production at ITV's Leeds studios. The sequences were created in After Effects following a green-screen studio shoot in April.
Bottletop has completed a 3D build and fly around of Leicester Grammar School's new site which is due for completion in Autumn 2008. The school is currently under construction and the animation has been developed as part of a DVD to help parents of prospective pupils understand the benefits of the move and the improved facilities that it will bring to the school. The 3D animation was contructed from plans provided by the architects and interpreted by Richard Osborn at Bottletop.
New Bottletop team member Mark Pyper has joined us this week to help with an ever-increasing workload. Mark has a BSc in Product Design and also a BA in Video Production and is already getting his sleeves rolled up helping us with our delivery of animations for a major supermarket's retail television network.
Hot on the heels of the JuJu Jellies website we are now creating the JuJu Wellies site.
We have an office full of wellies - leopard print, pink, green, flowery.....and the ever present smell of rubber.....
Our Junior Designer vacancy has now been filled....
More news soon.
We've now shot all the green screen footage required for the titles of My Spy Family. The series is being produced at ITV's Leeds Studios. We now have until the end of May to deliver the final titles.
Bottletop is looking for a Junior Designer to join the team.
Are you educated to degree level in design/media?
Are you a talented designer with excellent knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects?
Are you self-motivated, well organised and willing to learn?
Would you like to work across a broad range of disciplines including broadcast television, video, web and print?
Are you a car owner?
If YES to all of the above then please apply IN WRITING to Anne Whiteley at Bottletop.
The new JUJU Jellies website has just gone live with design and build by Bottletop.
Bottletop's offices were full of jelly shoes for a while in order to photograph all of the products which inspired a lot of interest and amusement from our other clients. www.jujujellies.co.uk
Bottletop has been commissioned to produce a 3D architectural fly-through and build of the new Leicester Grammar School. The animation will be incorporated into a DVD produced to help prospective parents envisage the great opportunities available to pupils at the new location. The school is moving from Peacock Lane in Leicester to Great Glen. Construction started on site at the beginning of February 2007 and will be ready for occupation by Leicester Grammar School in Autumn 2008.
Elision Health has commissioned Bottletop to brand the new Leicester-based company.
A full corporate branding exercise is underway involving web design, print, signage, exhibition and interior design. The new four storey Colton Street office is currently being completely refurbished with design management being provided by Bottletop. 
Bottletop is producing a DVD for Buxton Museum and Art Gallery.
'Arresting Solutions' is a project to develop educational resources on Citizenship for Key Stage 3 pupils. The DVD features interviews with various members of the police force explaining their job roles and responsibilities.
Shot at Regional Police HQ in Ripley, Derbyshire the DVD will form part of a resource pack for teachers.
Based in Northampton, JuJu Jellies approached Bottletop to provide a showcase website for their products with a brief to be bright and fun. The website is which features the full range of the funky jelly shoe collection is currently under construction and will go live shortly.
Chesterfield College’s new logistics course ‘WHEELS’ now has a new website designed and produced by Bottletop to complement the corporate identity already completed in 2006.
Bottletop has designed a voice-description DVD with ‘talking’ menus for visually impaired viewers.
Produced by Keith Wootton of Peaktime Media the DVD features the work of VocalEyes who provide voice description services for theatres and other venues to aid people with visual impairment.
