The AICE Awards Show has grown into the post production industry’s premier competition for excellence in post production, creative editorial, music, color grading, design and sound.
This year the event honored The Colonie creative editor, Brian Sepanik, with an award for the quirky, comedic GrubHub spot, 'The Winner Picks Lunch,' in the ‘Dialogue, Monologue, Spoken Work’ category. The editorial and post house's cutter, Keith Kristinat, also garnered a win, giving it the distinction of taking home the most awards of any Chicago-based company at this year’s presentation.
Sepanik cut the :30 live-action/CGI GrubHub spot, while helming The Colonie's team of visual effects and motion graphic artists, providing a seamless, full-service approach to the project. Directed by Tyler Jay out of Tandem Inc., The humorous storyline pits two co-workers against each other in a fast-paced game of ping pong with high stakes – the winner gets to decide what they will order for lunch.
The editor spent three days rough cutting the footage and then worked remotely with Jay, collaborating on the final version. The main challenge Sepanik faced was timing the movement of the fast-paced ping pong paddles so that they hit the ball just right – and coming up with some innovative solutions to cover numerous timing issues, while taking a few liberties and letting the sound design carry some of the action.
About The Colonie:
The Colonie is an award-winning Chicago-based creative editorial, motion design, visual FX and finishing boutique with a seamless full-service approach to creating spots and cross-platform content that engages, entertains, informs and moves audiences.
Its multi-disciplined collective of creative, technically skilled storytellers work as a creative partner with clients, following a shared vision - from rough-cut through completion – and consistently delivering a final product that exceeds expectations.
A wide range of national and global clients, such as Nintendo, Google, McDonald’s, Pepsico and Bayer, rely upon our accomplished team of talent to consistently deliver compelling creative content that elevates the viewer’s experience and connects them to brands. For more information about The Colonie and its services, visit www.TheColonie.com, or contact executive producer Mary Caddy at 312-225-1234, or Sonia Blum or Hillary Herbst at Hilly Reps, 312.944.1100.
CREDITS:
Client: GrubHub
Title: ‘Winner Picks Lunch’
Type: Broadcast Spot
Production + Creative Company: Tandem, Inc., Chicago
Executive Producer/Director: Tyler Jay
Group CD: Richard McClellan
Associate CDs: Michael Wright, Daniel Edwards
Art Director: Caitlin Douglas
DP: James Kniest
Copywriter: Chris Tag
Editorial Company: The Colonie, Chicago
Creative Editor: Brian Sepanik
Assistant Editors: Stephania Dulowski, Ben Pokorny
Finishing: Tom Dernulc
Executive Producer: Mary Caddy,
VFX Artist: Tom Dernulc
VFX Assistant: Ben Pokorny
Senior Motion Graphic Artist: Jennifer Moody
Color Correction: Filmworkers Club/Chicago
Audio Company: Particle/Chicago
