CAMP Festival 2015 (2015)

The predominant trend in conference opening titles is to instill excitement and energy, to prepare audiences to be blown away by the creativity and brilliance of presenters. The opening titles to CAMP Festival 2015, on the other hand, are a deep breath put to video. Studio Dialog’s relaxed approach to the task at hand takes inspiration to a quiet place, open and full of possibility. Unrestrained. Warm. Welcoming.

There’s a sense of luxury in this hike through the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, in time and space, in the air between dirt and dawn. The footage and the movement are gorgeous, but it's the music that adds texture and emotion, adding heft and depth to each footfall, each skip of the stone. Chris Vail’s tender timbre glides over simple strings, reaching into sadness and coming out light. In all, the sequence is a gentle reminder that inspiration is as likely to emerge from small, quiet sparks as it is from bright, roaring blazes.

A discussion with Designer STEVE SEELEY of Studio Dialog.

So, the last time we talked was in 2011 for Blackstone. What have you guys been up to since then?

A lot of different things. We’ve started, this last year, getting into some more live-action stuff. Both myself and Rob Thompson started as graphic designers, doing print and digital stuff. We moved on to motion design when we started Studio Dialog, and just as we’ve gotten more into photography and that kinda thing, recently were like, why don’t we do more live-action stuff? So we’ve been doing a lot more of…

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