.::Hector Herrera::.

TED-Ed | 10% Of Your Brain

February 10, 2014 by hH

Animated lesson on the way the brain uses energy. My third collaboration with the wonderful TED-Ed team, in this occasion debunking the 10% brain myth by renowned neurologist Richard E. Cytowic. If you want to know more about the TED-Ed project check out their site here. And find more lesson on their YouTube channel. CREDITS DESIGN & DIRECTION: Hector […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: 10% myth, Brain, Education, Neuroscience, TED-Ed

TED-Ed | Music In Ancient Greece

December 4, 2013 by hH

Animated lesson on the importance of Music in Ancient Greece for TED-Ed. I’m extremely proud to have been able to collaborate for a second time with the great people at TED-Ed, this time on a lesson by Tim Hansen. If you want to know more about the TED-Ed project check out their site here. And find […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: Ancient Greece, Education, music, TED-Ed

Stoli ORGNL.TV | The Origin Of Hair Metal

November 27, 2013 by hH

I was among the filmmakers commissioned by Jacknife Design and Stolichnaya Vodka to develop an original film to celebrate the brand’s beginnings. They gave all the filmmakers carte blanche on the script, style and story we wanted to tell, as long as it was an origin story. Partnering up with Pazit Cahlon to write and […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: hair metal, ORGNL.TV, origin story, short film, stoli, vodka

WWF | Freshwater

September 10, 2013 by hH

I’m incredibly proud to have been commissioned trough TOGETHER: Words+Picture for Art & Culture by WWF Canada to write, design and animate the video to introduce their Freshwater Health Assessment initiative. Working with the amazing team over at The Public Assembly we were able to have a direct-to-client relationship with the folks at WWF. Take a look […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: Environment, Freshwater, short film, WWF

TED-Ed | First Impressions

August 18, 2013 by hH

Animated lesson on the psychology of First Impressions for TED-Ed. I’m extremely proud to have been able to collaborate with the great people at TED-Ed on this lesson by Peter Mende-Siedlecki. If you want to know more about the TED-Ed project check out their site here. And find more lesson on their YouTube channel. DESIGN & DIRECTION: Hector […]

Categories: animation, design, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: Education, first impressions, TED-Ed

Fight Like Soldiers, Die Like Children | Animated Sequences

April 18, 2013 by hH

Animated sequences for the documentary film based on Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire’s book of the same name. Trough TOGETHER: Words+Pictures for Art & Culture I got the chance to design the five animated sequences in Patrick Reed’s new documentary film based on Lt. General Roméo Dallaire’s book about child soldiers. TOGETHER was not only tapped to pitch […]

Categories: broadcast design, documentary, featured, film, music video/short film • Tags: animation, child soldiers, direction, documentary, film, Romeo Dallaire

Beastly Bards | Half A Pantaloon

April 18, 2013 by hH

HALF-A-PANTALOON is the second “chapter” of Beastly Bards. In the style of a public service announcement, it warns the viewer of the perils of wearing shorts in professional situations. Even charming monsters can’t get away with sartorial blunders. Half-a-Pantaloon is a 5-minute animated short starring a charming monster named…um, well, we didn’t name him, but […]

Categories: animation, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: animation, beastly bards, character design, short film

Beastly Bards | Typesetter Blues

April 18, 2013 by hH

Typesetter Blues is a 3-minute animated short starring a likeable monster named Harold. In this melancholy love story, Harold falls for a new coworker, who unfortunately falls harder for someone else. Voiced by Canadian legend Gordon Pinsent (Away From Her, Pillars Of The Earth) Typesetter Blues is written in the nonsense poetry tradition of Edward […]

Categories: animation, direction, featured, music video/short film • Tags: animation, character, design, short film

YMCA | Challenges

April 18, 2013 by hH

Call to action PSA for Toronto’s YMCA. Last year I got the opportunity to work with MacLaren McCann/Edge Productions on this animated PSA for Toronto’s YMCA. The concept behind it was to shed some light on the little known support services that the Y offers. Working off a just a script an a lot of […]

Categories: animation, broadcast design, design, direction, featured • Tags: community, PCA, toronto, YMCA

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