BLKSHP — Blackship Studios

Established 2012

Film

UEX

Documentary

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Film

Commercials

GYMDER

Social Media

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Commercials

Commercials

BMW x PUMA

Product

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Commercials

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Commercials

BMW CLASSIC

Documentary

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Commercials

Film

RESISTANCE OF LIGHT

Experimental

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Rendering

PORSCHE

3D Rendering

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Rendering

Commercials

KICKZ

Social Media

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Commercials

Commercials

FAW

Automotive

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Commercials

Rendering

IONITY

3D Animation

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Rendering

Film

ARCHITECTURE AT GUNPOINT

Documentary

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Film

Rendering

NIKE

Concept

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Rendering

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BLACKSHIP STUDIOS

We are an international media and tech studio. Our client network spans from Europe to Asia and US.

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e are a wild bunch of international creatives. Our team has a wide array of skills in the fields of animation, film, design, games, app development and visualization. We only work with the best of the best. Outstanding artists who are passionate and willing to walk the extra mile.

Beautifully Designed

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100% Responsive

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Smooth Animations

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CMS Content

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Pack of Components

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Friendly Support

Magazine advertising is the most versatile, but this is solely dependent on the size of your ad and how many other ads compete with yours.

Animation

Successful animation relies heavily on the skill of the artist and software experience. Our teams have a wide range of software development skill in 2D and 3D animation. We have a long track record of successful projects realized for Commercials, Movies and Games.

Apps / Games

App and Game development is one of our favorite disciplines. Still a relatively fresh skill in our portfolio we have realized mobile apps, games and platforms. We can cover the whole production pipeline from early stage development to final production, offering front- and backend solutions at the highest level.

Commercials

We create high-quality TV-spots, commercial- product- and design films. Our films standout with their original storytelling, aesthetic visuals and talented cast. Our spots have one several creative awards for their fine narratives and exceptional concepts. We work with companies such as Airbus, BMW, Disney and many more.

Design

Many of our clients and partners work in design related industries and we can claim a deep understanding and passion for design thinking since the early days. Design can be the breaking point for products and services. Therefore we take this step very serious and love to offer original aesthetics.

Film

Filmmaking is by far the royal discipline of them all. Thanks to our network of actors, cinematographers, directors, music composers and writers we are able to offer high-quality movie production for corporate, commercials, events, narrative and serial content.

Rendering

Our Rendering department is a team of highly skilled international artists. All of our professionals have technical and artistic training background at some of the best studios in the world. With 10+ years of experience in cgi, we realize all sorts of visualization.

UI / UX

User experience and user interface design, as well as interface animation became a major service in our studio over the last 5+ years. Being experts in animation, car and product visualization we have a deep understanding for device interfaces such as car screens, apps and IOT interfaces.

Virtual Reality

To round off our portfolio we became experts in AR and VR applications. We love new challenges and our clients love to consult us for new projects and task. Our strong expertise in game development and programming applications makes virtual reality a fun playground for us.

Awards & Nominations

Work hard, play hard

OUr mission

Flexible Networks

Key to our success – we build our projects with state of the art technology.

Achievements

We have more than seventy top artists and technology experts in our creative network.
We are early disrupters in virtual communication and production pipelines.
We work with the latest technology such as real-time rendering e.g. Unreal Engine and Unity 3D to reduce production costs.
We offer a 24/7 working pipeline to accomplish efficient project and time management within our projects.

Working in global teams is more important than ever before. Our flexible networks allow fast and precise production workflows. Feel free to contact us to learn more.

Our FLOW

Lean, Scrum… Shotgun!

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Ideation and Research

Every project is new. To keep our heads fresh we spend a fair amount of time with ideation and collecting information. It's common practice to meet our clients and explore their products and services throughout creative workshop and brainstorming sessions. Working many years in the creative industry we push ourselves to stay provocative and open for new ideas. We draw our inspirations from daily life experiences as well as self-initiated experimental projects. We collaborate with artists from all disciplines to learn more about their creative methods. We look forward to hear your story. Let's shine together.

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Pre-Production

A successful project starts with a professional plan. Working side by side with Hollywood companies such as Disney, Dreamworks, Paramount and TheThirdFloor, we gained a deep understanding how to setup structure and setup animation and movie projects. We all love the power of coincidence, that creates beauty and original art, design and music. But in a professional world with tight deadlines, client expectations and deliverables, everyone looks for reliability. All our teams work with state of the art technology and have have deep understanding of prototyping, previsualization and real-time workflows. At the pinnacle stands communication. Using modern project management software such as Github, Slack, internal Cloud Services and Shotgun, enables us to share information efficiently as well as being able to track down information. It's rather simple to produce a movie, but extremely hard to re-render shots or re-schedule production days that will swallow your budget. Being experts in this field gives you the extra flexibility and safety.

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Production

We fly you to the moon and back. There shouldn't be any questions left once we close pre-production. Now it is time to kick-off production and make your app, game or movie stand out! You are used to procedural project development? You want to iterate and influence the direction of the outcome? Yes, we are open to do so, but it needs to follow our overall approach of getting things done within in time and quality. From experience we know that what really matters is the the final result. We are not afraid to guard our approach nor to consult you throughout the production to make sure you get what you need.

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Post-Production

A term that established over the years in film production. A term that could be defined by final adjustments and assembly of all elements to make sure all works and looks fantastic. Due to the fact of real-time workflows, post-production moves closer into production for animation and filmmaking. Looking at app, game and web development this stage aligns with testing, debugging and final assembly. As product owners we approach this stage of development with care, precision and persistence. You don't fix major problems at this stage but you can polish and fine-tune to enable a soft launch.

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Launch and Maintenance

We made it! Not really. A lot of projects ask for launch control and maintenance. The delivery does not end with exporting the finals and sending them to the client. Obviously the nature of each project is different and there are crucial differences between a commercial spot and a social media app. No matter what are the requirements, we take care of the product as long as you want. You need a trailer for the movie? You want backend support? You want to animate your design? It's up to you to define the support duration. You can count on us.

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BLK TM

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Founder and Producer at Blackship. Simon studied Design (University of the Arts Berlin & Art Center Pasadena), Directing (California Institute of the Arts) and Film Production (University of Film & Television Munich). He worked in the film industry for Bavaria Film, Disney and The Third Floor Inc. He founded Blackship and since then realized projects for clients such as Airbus, BMW and Shell. Simon has been selected for several national and international awards.

Simon Baumann

Founder & Producer

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Nicolas Mussell works as a cameraman on productions for various media. He studied camera at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). Since In 2011 he works full-time as a cameraman and has various scenic, documentary and promotional productions for MAN, Joop !, eGym and BMG implemented.

Nicolas Mussell

Head of Camera

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Enrique Gonzalez works as head of story at Blackship Studios. Earlier he worked for the international film studio 4 Directionnes in Columbia. Enrique accomplished more than 20 projects in Germany, USA and Columbia for TV networks. He studied Fine Arts at California Institute of the Arts and holds a MBA from Harvard Business School.

Enrique Gonzalez

Head of Story

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Trevor Scott is responsible for the animation department at Blackship Studios in Los Angeles. Previously he worked for US animation studio LAIKA Animation. He is experienced with 2D and 3D animation. He studied Character Animation at California Institute of the Arts. He also works as an animation instructor at CalArts and his works have been nominated and awarded for several awards.

Trevor Scott

Head of Animation

NO LIMITS FOR OUR

STUFF

Check out our latest LAB projects. Experimental studies, art projects and techy developments.

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AUDI – ELAINE

Virtual Reality 360° Experience AUDI ELAINE autonomous concept.

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PCKD

PCKD – Behind the Scenes – FORCES OF NATURE – YouTube Series

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2020

BEIRUT CALLING

Drive by shooting country and people in Lebanon.

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2020

THE EMPIRE

We visited the star architect Bernard Khoury in Beirut for the second time and interviewed him about developments in architecture. His controversial buildings are known all over the world for their brutal design language.

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THE MIRROR HOUSE – Behind the Scenes

The Mirror House – Behind the Scenes

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