Below are two different projects that I created for the 2017-18 season of the Iowa Wolves. The Wolves are the rebranded Iowa Energy of the NBA G-League and play at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, IA.
The first is a logo transition piece. This was created in after effects using the saber plug in and using the mask tool to first outline the state Iowa with the Wolves secondary logo, then a burst and it transitions to their primary logo. There are matching pieces made for the fascia and auxiliary boards in the arena
The second piece is a animated wheel of emoji's to be used as a keyed layer on the video board. The wheel plays through the Ross Xpressions system. The wheel is designed to start with the wheel already in motion so as to mask the previous outcome, it spins for six seconds and lands on a determined outcome, the final frame is held for 10 seconds, but in Xpressions, freezes on the last fame. The Wolves have ten created fully functioning wheels with icons and a template to create more.
The video above showed as we unveiled the new $2,500,000 video board and control room at Wells Fargo Arena on September 26th. The video highlights the past ten years of events at the arena and looks forward to the events coming up in the next year.
The project to upgrade the arena included replacing the entire center hung scoreboard, the video control room, cabling and cameras as well as replacing the existing metal halide lights with instant on LED lights.
