Clydesdale: Saving the Greatest Horse

Once, there were thousands of Clydesdales roaming the famous Clyde Valley near Glasgow. Now, they’re all but gone. The horse was once so valuable the Scots sold them all over the world. The most sought after were the pure blacks.

Now, one woman is on a quest to save the Scottish Clydesdale. Janice Kirkpatrick is an award-winning Glaswegian designer and passionate about this horse.  (infieldflyproductions.com)

In addition to creating understated animations for the numerous archival photos in the film, we were also tapped to design a title treatment that would encapsulate the elegance of the subject matter. The producers let us play with a few ideas that pushed at the edges, and ultimately refined a tasteful text overlay that helped complete the composition featuring a stunning closeup of a Clydesdale’s eye.