Patrick Connelly is responsible for the graphics and visualization in the film, The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music that Changed America.

Patrick is an animator and designer currently working in Los Angeles, California. He has worked in television and film production since 1998 in many roles, from production assistant to producer.

Most of his work has been in animation and motion graphic design, for which he’s worked on shows like Family Feud, Blind Date, and Jimmy Kimmel Live.

In 2007, Patrick was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the main titles of Rachael Ray.

More recently, he’s turned his attention to documentary visualizations.

In addition to the Savoy King, Patrick has created animation for many other documentaries, including:

• Ancient Aliens
• Batman Unmasked
• Star Wars Tech, and several others.

To see a partial list of his credits, please visit the Internet Movie Database.

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One of the challenges of creating a documentary about people who lived over seventy years ago is that much of the imagery is damaged, and of low quality. Just to give you a taste of some of what we’re up against, we wanted to share with you some images before and after our restoration efforts.

CHICK ON HIS DRUMS BEFORE & AFTER RESTORATION:

Rollover the picture to watch the tears, wrinkles & the writing on the drum disappear.

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Here is another example of the magic of photoshop and its creative use to restore old photographs. This photo was originally in an old magazine. The challenge was to improve the image quality, blow it up so that it could be used on HD video and restore the detail of the patrons inside the Savoy. This image has been scaled down from the final large photo, meaning the larger picture is of comparable resolution. Rollover the picture to watch the tears, spots & blotches magically disappear.

INSIDE THE SAVOY—BEFORE & AFTER RESTORATION:

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