CNN

Client

CNN Presents is an award-winning, weekly American documentary program that looks in-depth at important news stories of the times.

Challenge

Develop three different concepts for the opening title sequence for the CNN Presents documentary, “We Were Warned: Iran.”

Solution

Concept 1: Dossier: intelligence-gathering. Concept 2: Juxtaposition of sound and imagery from both “sides;” Concept 3: Abstract line moves in relationship to images and is revealed to be the map of Iran.

MetLife

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Client

MetLife is one of the leading providers of insurance and financial services to millions of individuals and organizations throughout the United States.

Challenge

Create an animated presentation to be used by MetLife broker’s to potential clients during in-person sessions.

Solution

An animation that tells the story of MetLife and visualizes the relationship between MetLife and its customers, including an custom app that allows each broker to customize it.

New York Foundation for the Arts

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Client

New York Foundation for the Arts gives more support to individual artists than any other private organization in the country.

Challenge

Create a motion sequence that expresses the essence of NYFA’s mission.

Solution

An animation that draws an analogy between NYFA’s tag line and a dandelion scattering its tendrils.

Smart Apparel

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Client

Smart Apparel is a leading resource for top clothing brands and retailers, offering concepts, design, merchandising, manufacturing and delivery services to its clients.

Challenge

Develop a visual message that suggests the nature of the company, to be used in their reception area, and as an environmental element in their showroom space.

Solution

A “woven” pattern of the brands that are customers of Smart Apparel lining the alcoves behind product examples.

INA

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Client

INA is New York’s best and most well-known designer consignment store, with five locations in New York City.

Challenge

Establish an appropriate and recognizable brand image that will speak to fashion consumers.

Solution

Since its establishment in 1994, Level Design Studio has worked to establish a unique and appropriate image for INA and steered its evolution and development ever since.

More Title Sequences

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Client

Other title sequences designed by partners at Level, in collaboration with and while at Balsmeyer & Everett, Inc. include:

Girl 6, directed by Spike Lee; Fargo, directed by Joel Cohen; The First Wives Club, directed by Hugh Wilson;

Nil By Mouth, directed by Gary Oldman, Waiting To Exhale, directed by Forrest Whittaker

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