Here are shots from some of our best work.
Sun is one of our regular clients. We've produced a great number of marketing
pieces for them, which often include difficult hurdles such as tight time
and travel schedules or acquiring high-resolution computer images directly
from Sun workstations using a scan converter.
Special Sun projects include the first animation of
their Java logo for video, a number of shoots with Sun's President Scott
McNealy, and a series of six videos shot at some of Sun's biggest clients
around the world to help coordinate their international marketing and sales
efforts.
The Making of Silicon Valley
A two hour broadcast documentary on the history of Silicon Valley produced by the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association and hosted by Walter Cronkite.
This special program includes interviews with dozens of
people central to the formation and growth of the modern communication era,
and hundreds of historical photos.
Professional Golfers' Association
The Stanford Research Institute provides training and educational materials
for the PGA. Together with SRI, Avatar has produced a number of important
training videos for national use by PGA professionals in areas such as tournament
operations and golf car fleet management.
Glaxo Wellcome
In preparation for Glaxo Wellcome's 1997 release of Zyban, a new drug for helping people stop smoking, Avatar has produced a series of videos to explain the mechanisms of tobacco dependence and how Zyban works. Each video is targeted at a different audience (doctors and other medical professionals, or people with no medical training), and includes extensive computer animation and explanations by some of the leading doctors in the field.
A large part of the research on Zyban takes
place abroad, so in early 1997 we flew to Stockholm, Sweden for a week to
visit the lab of Dr. Torgny Svennson, world expert in nicotine dependence.
Crystal Dynamics
Producers of video games for the Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, 3DO, and Nintendo 64 platforms,
Crystal Dynamics produces a large
number of marketing videos to generate industry excitement about their games.
Crystal's productions always include a lot of footage from their titles,
including game play and full motion video excerpts.
Mountain Home LodgeA dream of a production for us! Spend a week in the Cascade Mountains of Washington shooting footage for a scenic vacation lodge--of course, this means sprinting around on mountain trails with a hundred pounds of camera gear for several days. The results were spectacular.
Documentary and Special Interest
Some other important productions include "The Served With Pride," a documentary shot on 16mm film detailing the contributions of Chinese Americans in World War II. Also, a full-length, multi-camera program for the St. Germain Foundation on their passion play on the life of Jesus Christ, shot at their facility near Mount Shasta.
Famous Folk
Other famous and important people we've had in front of our cameras include Bill Hewlett and David Packard (co-founders of Hewlett Packard), Senator Diane Feinstein, world-famous dance choreographer Twyla Tharp, Intel founder and Chairman Emeritus Gordon Moore, and Silicon Valley marketing guru Regis McKenna.
