2001
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

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WINNER - 2002 DVD Pro Discus Award - Best Special Features
WINNER - 2002 DVD At Its Best - Gold Ring Award
WINNER - 2002 DVD Awards - Navigation Design and Implementation

Director - Hironobu Sakaguci
Studio - SQUARE PICTURES / COLUMBIA TRI-STAR

As the Executive Producer and Creative Director at ZUMA, i led a production team in Hawaii, LA and NYC for almost a year in creating this groundbreaking DVD. Here is a link to an article from Millimeter by Kristinha Anding about the Special Edition. Darcy Dahl was the designer of these amazing menus.

Kenneth Cole Kiosks

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Client - Kenneth Cole
When Kenneth Cole opened their flagship store at Rockefeller Center in NYC, they hired ZUMA to design, build and install WebDVD interactive shopping kiosks. Darcy Dahl designed the hypnotic videos and i produced the hardware / software.

Nickelodeon Upfront Presentation(s)

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Client - Nickelodeon
Many ActiveDVD clients also hired ZUMA to design and produce their presentations. This Kids Planning Guide for Nickelodeon was part of a print, DVD and PPT package that we produced for their Upfront sales presentations.

TIAA CREF Retirement Planning CD-ROM

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Client - TIAA CREF
It was rare to get to shoot film for a CD-ROM project. Working with director Tarquin Cardona we produced a captivating series of vignettes that were used in TV commercials and a Financial Planning CD-ROM. Users would associate with a type of investor through watching the footage and then would be led into retirement planning tools we created.

Calvin Klein - Click-to-Buy

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Client - Calvin Klein
This prototype for Interactive TV was actually a WebDVD that i produced for Calvin Klein at ZUMA. Viewers could watch the fashion show, either full screen or with product information, and then click on outfits to purchase the products. Ahhhh someday...

Scream Ultimate Edition DVD Box Set

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WINNER - 2001 DVD Awards – Best Interactive Feature

Studio - MIRAMAX / DIMENSION
Developed by ZUMA for the Ultimate Edition Box Set, this unique concept and technical solution for settop DVD re-editing allowed viewers to easily create a playlist using only the DVD remote control. This implementation later was expanded into LibraryDVD™.