What it takes to make

Each still here represents months and months of hundreds upon hundreds of individuals working diligently. A Pixar film averages three to four years of production. Just imagine how much we take on and accomplish at Noir when we are only three.  I'm not saying we are  like Pixar in production quality... but who is? It is company's like them  that provide us with our gold standard.

Emmy Nominations!

This Saturday September 7th is the 2013 Emmy Awards Gala! (Mid Atlantic chapter). Our very own David Van Allen and Jeffrey Baxter were nominated for "Best Commercial Spot" and "Best Graphics/Animation" Wish us luck and we hope to bring home our 5th Emmy!

Ceasars Fire

Check out some Photoshop magic by our own David Van Allen! Photo by Chris Razoyk. Audio by Baker Sound. Stay tuned there is more to come!

Ferrari Test

Here is a virtual Ferrari we have been toying with. — with Jeffrey Baxter, David Van Allen and Shama Chohan.

Here's the New Kid

Check out our latest creation for the Philadelphia Zoo, Kid Zoo U campaign. We teamed up with the talents of Left Hand Creative, Visual Innovations, and music by Joe Fusco. We are really excited about the spot, congratulations to all involved!

"There's a New Kid in Town"

We've had a lot of fun working with Left Hand Creative, Visual Innovations and the Philadelphia Zoo on the new campaign for their newest attraction "Kid Zoo U".

There's a New Kid in Town: Boat House from Noir Worldwide on Vimeo.

There's a New Kid in Town:Charge from Noir Worldwide on Vimeo.

There's a New Kid in Town: City Hall from Noir Worldwide on Vimeo.

Interrogation Photo (Making of)

Created by our very own David Van Allen

Dave: I've been fortunate enough to work with some amazing photographers on some of my photo manipulations. Photographer Chris Razoyk is no exception. His amazing attention to detail and well trained eye make my job that much more fun.



Music: Killbot – sound surgery


The trick to getting this photo just right was the tone of the overhead light. Chris and I spent some time figuring out how it should look and feel in conjunction with the subject matter. After all we are trying to tell a pretty compelling story so it had to be just right. Chris and I also wanted the blue tone in the background to stay prevalent in order to give the photo a good sense of depth. Overall I feel the piece is a great success. I used Photoshop CS6 My trusty Wacom and Red Giant plugins for the lights.

Check out Chris's blog for more details on the shoot and an amazing video about it.

Chris also had a great article written up about his process in ISO1200 Photography Magazine's Blog.