October 10, 2009 by John Dickinson | 1,765 views | Comments (30)
Mark Coleran is widely recognised in the motion graphics industry for his outstanding on-screen graphic design and production for numerous feature films including The Island, The Bourne Ultimatum and Alien Vs Predator. In this candid discussion Mark gives a revealing, behind-the-scenes insight into how he broke into the world of on-screen graphics, what it takes to succeed, and how it lead him to a position as Director of Human Interaction and Visual Design with GridIron Software – makers of Nucleo and Flow.
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October 10, 2009 at 5:17 am |
Thanks a lot for the interview . Mark Coleran work is amazing , Inspiring.
Keep it with the great work Jhon
October 10, 2009 at 3:51 pm |
Thanks for your support Jose. Regards, John.
October 10, 2009 at 5:54 am |
Ren & Stimpy reference – excellent!
Thank you Mark.
I think this might be the best one yet from my perspective. A lot of really good practical information about the “tools” the “business” and the “art” within the business.
Your interview style is really coming into it’s own. You’re “steering” the conversation in a very palatable fashion. Example: when you attempted to extract the actual “expressions” that he referenced in passing
Thank you BOTH for your time and your efforts.
Sincerely
October 10, 2009 at 3:53 pm |
Thanks for the feedback Jim. Best wishes, John.
October 10, 2009 at 8:54 am |
This series continues to get better. Great stuff John, thanks for putting all these interviews out there!
October 10, 2009 at 3:53 pm |
You’re welcome Scott.
October 10, 2009 at 5:11 pm |
Thanks to JD and to Marc – this is an excellent Interview. JD, it seems like you got an allstarlineup of Motiondesigners on your unplugged series – just awsome what you are doing. I want to see so bad that presentation at Motion09 by Marc. It´s really a shame that they won´t record it…
October 11, 2009 at 2:50 pm |
Thanks illd. I’d love to watch that presentation as well
Best, John.
October 11, 2009 at 12:58 am |
Hi John,
Fascinating interview!!!
Incidently,
Mark Coleran has been featured heavily on FXPHD.com and he has actually gone through how he creates the motion graphics for his films…I might add very time consuming effort involving illustator, photoshop, after affects and cinema 4d…he has also gone through and shown how he gets backlit tables’ and desks’ graphics to work with motion tracking…
Yours sincerely,
Mario
October 11, 2009 at 2:52 pm |
Thanks for that Mario.
October 11, 2009 at 8:22 am |
Hey John and Mark!
Awsome interview! You’ve really tapped into something unique there John, making all these interviews with the big names, something really unseen. You can go to these guy’s blogs and read/watch their tuts and stuff, but to hear them talk about themselves is really fascinating.
Anyway, I’ve been looking into Mark’s work for some time now…Albuquerque doesn’t seem too far off for some reason..
Now we know the reason you made that short on Motion sketch as well!
Thanks!
October 11, 2009 at 2:53 pm |
Thanks Ivar and yes it was my chat with Mark that reminded me about Motion Sketch! Best wishes, John.
October 12, 2009 at 4:18 am |
Now we have to find a way to interview you John!
October 12, 2009 at 2:26 pm |
Hi Ivar, that’ in the pipeline
Best, John.
October 11, 2009 at 11:37 am |
Great Interview!
Fede from Cordoba, Argentina.
October 11, 2009 at 2:54 pm |
Thank you Federico and all the best to you in Argentina! John.
October 11, 2009 at 3:28 pm |
Super cool interview John!
October 11, 2009 at 11:16 pm |
Thanks tillimanjaro.
October 11, 2009 at 11:09 pm |
great interview. i have a question that is a little bit off topic. what software did you to record, what i assume is a skype call?
October 11, 2009 at 11:17 pm |
Hi Clark, I use an application named “Call Recorder” for OSX. Best, John.
October 14, 2009 at 8:02 am |
Hi John, best interview yet..It’s great how you know/understand/appreciate the history of After Effects.
It was great hearing you ask in depth q’s Mark & about some of the behind the scenes aspects of working in film/on-set.
btw//following you on twitter
Best,
:Steve
http://www.stevedilley.com
October 15, 2009 at 2:58 pm |
Hello John!
Greetings from Finland!
I think you are doing a very important job by gathering these interviews. These podcast are very eye opening let’s us finally meet the persons behind all these great plug-ins and popular effects.
I work in a museum as a technical designer and I see that these interviews has also historical value. I hope that these podcast will remain somewhere for next 50 years. Wonder what future graphic designers will say about Trapcodes Particular or shine or Mark Coleras screen graphics. Will it look so familiar for them that they won’t even pay attention who created the idea on they holographic displays or what ever they will have.
It is interesting to think how great impact these industry heroes will have in the future.
keep interviewing these great persons. It is valuable work!
October 15, 2009 at 3:02 pm |
Hi Olli, I totally agree. These discussions are a snapshot of our industry right now and will be interesting to look back on in the future. Putting a human face to our industry is very important and I’m proud to be doing this! Best wishes to you and Finland, John.
October 21, 2009 at 6:16 am |
you are interviewing all the people I’ve always wanted talking to!
thanks for your work and all the BOD discussions.
ciao!
October 21, 2009 at 2:30 pm |
Hi Stefano, it’s wonderful to be able to share time with the amazing people in our industry and to bring the world in on the conversation. Best wishes, John.
October 21, 2009 at 2:37 pm |
Glad you are now able to hear what these great people have to say Stefano. All the best, John.
November 9, 2009 at 4:59 am |
As always a really good interview. Never heard of Mark but got a good inside look of his fantastic work. I think a lot of people out there don’t recognize that these screens do not exist and have to be created.
Wonder if the AE User Group Sydney still exists?
November 9, 2009 at 2:58 pm |
Thanks man, there has been no Sydney AE user group since that time
Best, John.
November 10, 2009 at 5:13 am |
What a pity! I guess the whole thing today is more or less online.
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