FITC Toronto 2015 (2015)

“Human evolution, at first, seems extraordinary. How could the process that gave rise to slugs and oak trees and fish produce a creature that can fly to the moon and invent the Internet and cross the ocean in boats?” —Steven Pinker

Out from the most ancient and basic of substances emerges the opening title sequence to FITC Toronto 2015, a three-day conference celebrating design, web development, media, and innovation in creative technologies.

In this opening by Designer Will Reid and Animation Director Jim Manduca, we are given a sleek vision of evolution, the lines blurred between practical and digital. As we move from the microscopic to the massive, it becomes clear that there’s a connection to be made, lurking beneath these slick gestures. That O, stretching beyond itself and into another, is absolutely smooth – a subtle nod to binary fission. The music, composed by Rob Plowman, is a call of animation and industry and hope. Connection and osmosis and replication. An organism being created to an organism creating.

Conferences like FITC are meant to be agents of change, monoliths that push creatives beyond their limits – instigators of cultural evolution. To enter that arena, we must be open to change. And we must use disorder, communion, and the unexpected to grow stronger and to evolve.

A discussion with Designer WILL REID and Animation Director JIM MANDUCA.

Give us a little background on yourself and what you do.

Will: I’m a motion graphics designer and video editor at Fuel Youth. I graduated from the graphic design program at Algonquin College in Ottawa about 10 years ago. After graduating, I changed my focus and pursued a career in photography that later transitioned into video and motion. I feel like I’ve done a full circle but I’ve collected a lot of useful tools and skill sets along the way.

Jim: I’m the video and 3D animation director at…

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