28 Years Later promo video commissioned by Sony Pictures
Title sequence for the Sky Studios documentary series investigating the tragic death of promising young, horse-loving jockey, Katie Simpson.
I designed and directed the animation using a combination of hand-drawn elements edited through Photoshop and After Effects.
Thank you to Walk On Air, Northern Ireland Screen and Sky Studios for having me involved in such a brilliant project and a special mention to series director Niamh Kennedy, who was incredibly supportive of my work and a joy to collaborate with.
The series is a Walk On Air and Sky Studios production in association with Northern Ireland Screen. The Executive Producers are Rachel Hooper and Jonathan Smith for Walk On Air, Vesna Cudic for Sky Studios and Bruce Fletcher for Sky.
The series is directed by Niamh Kennedy and produced by Natalie Maynes.
1 of 5 animated sequences I directed for documentary One Million American Dreams by Brendan Byrne. Narrated by Sam Rockwell.
The story of one of New York's darkest secrets: An island where one million American souls are buried. Those who fell through the cracks of the American dream buried by prisoners from Rikers Island.
Title Sequence created for the Nelfix Doc Series.
The Strand at Lough Beg is a poem by Seamus Heaney that deals with the murder of his cousin Colum McCartney. Narrated by Stephen Rea.
Music Video for 'Arborist' single 'DARK STREAM'
Client: Netflix
Client: Netflix
A short film based on the first leg of the 2013 Champions League game between Real Madrid and Manchester United. A match the media hyped up pre game as "The Perfect Match". The film is made up of nearly 1000 hand drawn frames.
Illustration and Animation - Peter Strain
Music - Mark Todd
2 of 5 animated sequences I directed for documentary One Million American Dreams by Brendan Byrne. Narrated by Sam Rockwell.
The story of one of New York's darkest secrets: An island where one million American souls are buried. Those who fell through the cracks of the American dream buried by prisoners from Rikers Island.
Please refrain from using your mobile phone animation made for the brilliant Queen's Film Theatre Belfast in 2015. This would play ahead of every film and I'm so happy to have been another small part in the cinemas history.
Peter Strain teamed up with State Design to celebrate the launch of the FIFA Women's World Cup that is being aired on Fox Sports. The FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 takes place this Summer, June 6 – July 5 on FOX and FOX Sports 1.
STATE CD Marcel Ziul: “Fox Sports commissioned us to work on a rousing spot about the history of FIFA Women’s World Cup from the perspective of the USA national team. If that wasn’t cool enough, we privileged to pair up with renowned illustrator Peter Strain."
“STATE’s grandest challenge was figuring out how to breathe life into the amazing illustrations within the abbreviated time allotted. Another challenge was determining how to seamlessly weave our art direction into that of Strain’s illustration style.
We labored for days figuring out all of the transitions and how we wanted to combine footage, illustration, graphics and cel animation all together. Strategizing was key in making a project work like this work and work well.
We created all of our mattes and brushes the old fashioned way — by hand in our studio. Also, We had to match the 3D look to the Illustration aesthetic and apply that to the crowd generation to fill up the stadiums.
Being a two minute spot, we poured over every single shot carefully, ensuring the viewer would always be engaged. In the world of Insta-Vine, everyones attention span is no longer than 6 seconds. We had to keep it rolling!"
A process video of my Official Angel illustration commissioned by Vue Cinemas for X MEN Apocalypse.
Animation: Peter Strain
Music: Mark Todd
