LYNYRD SKYNYRD SUPERBOWL SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL LYVE
Design/Animation: Michael Barrett

   

This is the :30 graphic open for a live Lynyrd Skynyrd concert performed night before the 2004 Super Bowl in Jacksonville, FL. The entire graphics package had to be created to be run live out of a mobile editing truck and included keyable animated logos, lower thirds, bumps, titles and credits. Graphics were also needed and created for a giant LED wall to run behind the band members during the performance.

The design style is an aged, coffee-stained, brown paper, retro, 70's, classic rock, album cover look mixed with a colorful sports jumbotron effect. The band members and football players were rotoscoped out of their backgrounds and animated over concert shots of Lynyrd Skynrd and dramatic NFL football action shots. The piece was musically driven by a live version of "Saturday Night Special" and was enhanced by fireworks and explosions to create a celebratory collision of Southern rock and The Super Bowl.