We are closing the office from 24th December and re-opening on January 4th 2010.
With lots of projects to be finished by Christmas we ran out of time to complete our spectacular annual e-card which we know you all await with eager anticipation..... so if you didn't receive one it's not because we don't like you anymore. We'll make sure next year's is twice as good to make up for it! See you in 2010. Festive greetings from the Bottletops.
We were delighted to be asked a couple of weeks ago to pitch to refresh The Gadget Show for 2010. Bottletop originally branded the show back in 2004 and has produced a couple of versions of the titles since, but this time the producers (North One Television/Five) asked us to give the show a completely new look. It has been a bit tricky juggling an office move, current clients and a pitch we very much wanted to win, but..... we did it! Following a meeting at Five's HQ in London today Bottletop is currently working on the new look graphics which will be on screen in the new year.
Bottletop is now firmly established in its new offices at Antenna.
Our new phone number is 0115 993 2345. Come and see us - you can help to sort out some boxes... has anyone seen my HB pencil?
Bottletop has produced a series of animations for Oracle to be used in their international corporate communications. Commissioned by Breathe Productions, Bottletop created a vibrant animating energy trail which was tracked over existing HD footage of Oracle's major international locations and its HQ in California creating an introductory title sequence. Longer animations were then produced featuring the cities of Tokyo, Dubai, Milan, Paris, London and New York in more depth to create animations for global communications from those specific locations.
Bottletop was invited to attend today's screening of the first three episodes of 'Jinx' at the Phoenix Cinema on Finchley High Road. The audience was composed of cast, crew and lots of young viewers who were all delighted by what they saw. The Phoenix, which has been named 'the best single cinema in London' by Time Out was the perfect setting. After the show the kids fought tooth and nail to get their hands on signed copies of the Lulu Baker books by Fiona Dunbar on which the series is based. Jinx starts transmission on Saturdays and Sundays from 31st October at 10.30am on CBBC.
Bottletop has provided the animations for Citv's latest half-term promotion. Fur & Feathers puts programmes featuring furry animals against programmes featuring feathered ... er ... birds!
Built in Cinema 4D and assembled in After Effects.
Bottletop is moving. We are really excited to be one of the first tenants at Antenna, a new media centre in Nottingham. A stone's throw from the Lace Market, Antenna is a smart, new members-only creative work space featuring a restaurant and bar, screening rooms and meeting rooms. Other tenants include EM Media and Spool Films.
So from November 2nd our new contact details will be:
0115 993 2345
Bottletop is in the news this month. Our Jinx titles for CBBC are also featured in this month's Televisual......
This week's 'Broadcast', the national industry magazine, has chosen to feature Bottletop's recent titles for Jinx in its Creative Review section. Transmission begins on October 31st, every Saturday and Sunday at 10.30am on CBBC.
Bottletop has just delivered the titles for Jinx - a new children's series for CBBC - to meet a deadline that will enable producer Kindle Entertainment to launch the show at MIP Junior in Cannes in October. Shot and delivered in HD, the titles feature a mix of live action and animation to reflect the fun, chaos, mess and mayhem of the programme storylines.
Strudel Films commissioned Bottletop to produce several animated sequences for TV advertising in Saudi Arabia. The Vimto bottle and label needed to be photorealistic whilst showing the graphics 'writing on'. Created in Cinema4D, the animations are being used to promote the famous fruit cordial in a country where it is the market leader.
A couple of the team were at the BBC's Oxford Road Studios in Manchester on Friday to shoot the cast for the 'Jinx' titles. Shooting on HD against blue and white screen, Bottletop were up against a tight schedule working around the producer's run of the first episode being held the same day. Everything ran like clockwork and the shots are in the can - first episode delivery is scheduled for launch at MIP Junior in Cannes.
Bottletop has been commissioned by Kindle Entertainment to create the titles for its new CBBC series 'Jinx!'. The 13 x 30 minute series will air in the autumn and is being shot in Manchester at the BBC's Oxford Road studios. The programme is based on the Lulu Baker trilogy of novels by Fiona Dunbar. Lulu cooks up recipes with magical effects, aided and abetted by Cookie, a mischievous fairy.
Doesn't time fly when you're enjoying yourself? We can hardly believe Bottletop is five years old today. Gorgeous weather too for some modest celebrations....
Bottletop has produced several animated idents for CITV to promote a new series coming soon to the channel. Huntik follows the adventures of Lok Lambert, Sophie Casterwill, their mentor Dante Vale and the rest of the Huntik Foundation as they use magical powers and allies called Titans to explore strange locations, find lost treasures and battle evil.
Bottletop is pleased to have been accepted onto the Recommended Agency Register. The Agency takes confidential and independent references from clients to get an honest overview of a company's abilities and performance.
Bottletop will be working with children's channel CITV over the next month creating some more jolly promotions and idents.
Well done to Anne's brother Iain and his team mates John and David who not only completed their 350 mile gruelling trek to the North Pole but won the race against 4 other teams by a considerable distance. Braving hungry polar bears and temperatures of -50 for over 4 weeks the boys raised thousands of pounds for charity. Read all about in on their website www.pole-in-one.com (donated by Bottletop) or on the official race site at www.polarrace.com.
To celebrate our upcoming fifth birthday we thought it was time for a revamp of the Bottletop website. This has taken rather longer than expected as we have had to keep stopping to do 'proper' work, as you will see from the further news below. The website now reflects a better cross-section of the many areas in which we work, contains case histories of all the projects and is easy to navigate. We hope you like it.
Ten Moving Stories is a video produced as part of the training resources within The UCH Education Centre. Filmed at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, the video focuses on management structure and the reaction of staff to radical change to enable learning by review. The DVD features interviews with project leaders, senior clinicians and administrative staff and is to form the backbone of a training course pack.
Bottletop has delivered a showreel DVD explaining the purpose of, and the facilities within, The Education Centre at University College Hospital. During a two day shoot in London Bottletop filmed all the facilities within the centre including the Minimal Access Surgery Unit . The DVD will be sent to all prospective delegates, students or trainees and also appears on the website.
This week the website for The Education Centre at University College Hospital has gone live. Designed and built by Bottletop, the website is a showcase for the centre which is the UK's most advanced medical training and teaching facility. Bottletop was commissioned to deliver both the showcase website and also a database driven website for internal use, dealing with clinical statistics, to be used as an analytical tool. The website features a fly-through animation to help explain the facilities within The Education Centre.
It's the Sick Chicks versus the Hot Cross Bunnies in the battle for possession of the legendary Beaster Egg on Beaster Island - another Bottletop promotion for children's channel CITV. Bottletop developed and drew the characters (with pencils!) and animated them in After Effects. The idents are used to top and tail stop frame animatics produced in-house at CITV in Manchester. The promotions were transmitted before and during the Easter holiday period.
Bottletop were asked by BBTV to create a 3D, animated version of the famous Morgan logo to be used as a sting within a film celebrating the first 100 years of the famous British car company.
Derbyshire-based engineering firm Integrex contacted Bottletop with a need to refresh their branding and create a bright, clean and easily navigable website.
The forty-year-old company designs, manufactures and supplies electronic and IT solutions such as Top Up kiosks, touch screens, projectors, IT networks, hardware and software to a diverse market place including aerospace and education. Two microsites for Integrex's own-brand products VisiLift and PayPix link into the main company site. PayPix and VisiLift have been given their own sub-brand identity which allows Integrex to add new products as they come on stream. Bottletop is now working with Integrex on further marketing materials to celebrate its fortieth year of business.
Bottletop has donated a website to Pole In One - a team of intrepid adventurers, including Anne's brother Iain - who are racing to the North Pole in April to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
Read all about it here:
Pole in One
Welcome back to a brand new year. Despite all the doom and gloom we're still here with many varied projects to look forward to in 2009 including work for the NHS, drugs company AstraZeneca, and a Derbyshire-based engineering company.
