Urge Productions - Entertainment & Media Production

Branding Video for Bluekiwi

Jeff Steinmetz — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:58:02 +0000

We recently worked with a great group of talent to produce the latest branding video for bluekiwi software.
Bluekiwi re-launched their site, and it includes several videos produced by our team. Additional production work included voice over casting, audio supervision and post production, after-effects, rendering, technical direction and in studio voice over production. The project also included the delivery of several product screen demos.

BlueKiwi – Brand Animation from Urge Productions on Vimeo.

Marketing Video for ABCey Events

Jeff Steinmetz — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:19:14 +0000

We worked with ABCey Events (http://abcey.com) to shoot and produce promotional marketing materials while at the razorfish holiday party. The ABCey logo animation and opening motion treatments were composed in Adobe After Effects. We provided the motion graphics, photography and video.

Commercial Spot: 2010 Collection – S&G Clothing

Jeff Steinmetz — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:21:05 +0000

Short format commercial for Los Angeles based designer S&G clothing. Video featuress model Khrystyna K. (Look Model Agency).

Promotional Video

Jeff Steinmetz — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:51:21 +0000

Web Promotional video - A Runway show featuring S&G Clothing’s new Spring/Summer line.

Rock Band Unplugged Announced

Jeff Steinmetz — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:45:25 +0000

Rock Band Unplugged, as it’s titled, is currently in development at Backbone Entertainment. Jeff Steinmetz (Urge Productions) has been working with a team of musicians designing the in game play. Team members include notable composers such as Dave L and Mark Grisky.

The gameplay is largely the same as that of Rock Band and Rock Band 2; players must hit corresponding buttons in-time as they scroll by on-screen. There will not be a peripheral attachment available, like that which Activision produced for Guitar Hero: On Tour for the Nintendo DS. Instead, all input is handled by the ‘Left,’ ‘Up,’ ‘Triangle,’ and ‘Circle’ buttons. The player can switch between guitar, drums, bass, and “vocals” (although he won’t physically be singing, merely tapping buttons) using the L and R shoulder buttons.

Tracks are broken down into what are called “phrases.” Play a phrase perfectly to earn a multiplier boost and a prompt to switch to a different instrument. The player can actually choose to switch instruments at anytime, but switching prematurely will cause him to lose his multiplier. “Overdrive,” used to rack up big points and avoid failing a track, is of course included as always.

The game will ship with tracks from Blink 182, Boston, AFI, Kansas, Lit, and The Police. DLC tracks will be made available through the PlayStation Network and can be accessed through the game’s own built-in store.