Type2error

Type2error is a video and animation production company comprising Matt Simmonds and Ed Emmerson, graduates of Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in Kent, England. They have produced videos and animated live shows for numerous musicians in England and Europe.

History

Simmonds and Emmerson made their first promo, a seven-minute animation for "Black Dollar Bills" by British rock band Hope Of The States. This video was selected for Antenna (a series of screenings of underground music videos) at the National Film Theatre in London; it was also play-listed on MTV2. Following the success of this job, Simmonds and Emmerson registered as Type2error Ltd. in May 2003.

They toured the UK, Europe, the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia with Hope Of The States throughout the first two years of their career; they played their custom live projections on stage with the band. Later, they decided to stop touring to concentrate on their showreel and portfolio. However, they continued to work on many of the band’s videos and all of their sleeve artwork, as well as art directing their website before the band split in August 2006.

They joined London based production company Godman in November 2003. Before leaving in May 2006, they worked on twenty three music videos for clients such as Sony BMG, EMI, Polydor and V2 Records. The company made a series of animated virals for TBWA Dublin which won a gold SHARK at the Irish Advertising Awards in 2005. They also made an animated TV commercial for DDB London Fact|date=March 2007. They made the title sequences for comedy series Look Around You (BBC 2) as well as a handful of private short films.

Siimonds and Emmerson were shortlisted for best new director at the 2003 CAD awards and nominated for best director the following yearFact|date=March 2007. In January 2005, they featured as part of the Halloween Short Film Festival at the ICA in London, presenting a 60 minute retrospective of their promos, short films and other self-initiated projects to two sell-out cinema showings; they also curated the live music that night. They were guests at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2005 where they played a live audio-visual show as headline artists on the Cabaret Stage.

After leaving Godman they started working with the recently opened UK offices of American production company, Crossroads Films.

The company has worked on a selection of record sleeves and other graphic design projects since starting Type2error. Clients include Sony BMG, EMI, Paul Smith (music industry), Heavenly Records, Specialten Magazine, Rough Trade Records, Fierce Panda Records and V2 Records.

Videography

, Wait A Minute
V2

Air Traffic, Never Even Told Me Her Name
EMI

Paul Weller, Wild Blue Yonder
V2

The Dears, Whites Only Party
V2

Jarvis Cocker, Running The World
Rough Trade

Little Man Tate, Man I Hate Your Band
V2 Records

Milburn, What You Could've Won
Mercury Records

Captain, Glorious
EMI

Fields, Brittle Sticks
Atlantic

Hope Of The States, Sing It Out
Sony BMG

The On Offs, Wrong Upstairs
Parlophone

Every Move A Picture, Signs Of Life
V2

Les Incompetents, How It All Went Wrong
Drowned In Sound & White Heat

The On Offs, This Town
C & C Management

The Rakes, All Too Human
V2

The Rakes, 22 Grand Job
V2

Duels, Pressure On You
V2

Battle, Demons
Transgressive

Pure Reason Revolution, The Intention Craft
Sony BMG

The Rakes, Work, Work, Work, Pub Club Sleep
V2

JJ72, Coming Home
Sony BMG

Komakino, Say Something
Drowned In Sound

Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies, Ores
Fierce Panda

Pure Reason Revolution, Bright Ambassadors
Sony BMG

Bloc Party, Helicopter
Wichita

Manic Street Preachers, The Love Of Richard Nixon
Sony BMG

The Duke Spirit, Cuts Across The Land
Polydor

Ed Harcourt, This One's For You
EMI

Hope Of The States, Nehemiah
Sony BMG

Hope Of The States, The Red, The White, The Black, The Blue
Sony BMG

Fiery Furnaces, Tropical Ice-Land
Rough Trade

Hope Of The States, Enemies/Friends
Sony BMG

Hope Of The States, Black Dollar Bills
Sony BMG

Awards

*Shortlisted for 'Best New Director' at the CAD awards 2003
*Shortlisted for Best Director CAD awards 2004
*Gold SHARK at the Irish advertising awards 2005

External links

* [http://www.type2error.co.uk Type2error]
* [http://www.youtube.com/type2error YouTube - Type2error]