Road to the Tour (Outdoor Life Network)

Project: Studio Production, Editorial & Graphics Package
Designer/Animator: Dan Chau
Editors: David Russell, Frank Mangiero, & Francis Sheehan
Client: Outdoor Life Network

Every Thursday the soundstage at Palace Digital Studios is a buzz with exciting
cycling information leading up to the Tour de France. OLN anchor talent, Bob Roll and Kirsten Gum, host "Road to the Tour," a show which features OLN correspondants embedded with Lance Armstrong's rivals such as Armstrong's former teammates, Tyler Hamilton and Levi Leipheimer. Each show, the correspondants report back what the rival teams are doing to prepare for this year's Tour de France.

In addition to providing (3) camera studio production, Avid editorial and DBeta online editorial for "Road to the Tour," Palace Digital Studios created a graphics package for all interior support graphics. OLN challenged Palace Digital Artist/Animator, Dan Chau, to design and create animated graphics for 20 different stages of the race, including the names of the stage and the start to finish routes. As part of the graphics package, Chau treated OLN supplied cycling footage with an earthy color palette and created an AfterEffects animation that cycles through all the team names and team backgrounds, revealing the team being featured each segment.

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