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Pill-shot!
Finally, one last "Sexpert Franzen" animation not in the film, but used for a promo, and used quite well! For the technically-minded, the...
Mark Heggen
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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Lawn-awaited scenes
Here's another promo for "Sexpert Franzen", this time for an indy film festival showing. (If you haven't seen this wonderful short, look...
Mark Heggen
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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Animation sexpertise
By now, the wonderful short by Maria Vorhis and Kaitlyn Busbee has swept the country and racked up the awards--and deservedly so! I...
Mark Heggen
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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Driving Becomes Electric
The Central Iowa Power Cooperative (CIPCO) own a nifty little electric car, tricked out with fun appliques on all sides, to promote the...
Mark Heggen
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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A better way (to see the USA)
Okay, I stole that line from Chevrolet. But they haven't used it since 1973, so I'm using it now because it fits Brand USA's Musical...
Mark Heggen
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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Follow the path to farm careers
The Future Farmers of America wanted Meredith Corporation to turn their gigantic Stem Careers flowchart into something a bit more...
Mark Heggen
Aug 20, 20191 min read
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The coolest history in town
A cold storage history too dry and cold a topic for you? Well, dry ice is both dry and cold--but hot to the touch! I just finished a...
Mark Heggen
Aug 7, 20171 min read
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Nothing compares to getting a jingle on the air
I was asked to provide an original music bed for this year's Iowa State Fair TV/radio campaign--but once I saw the poster, I felt it...
Mark Heggen
Jul 16, 20171 min read
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Bonds with a (new-to-me) Community
This last weekend, I worked outside of my usual wheelhouse, putting together some video elements and music cues for a locally-originated...
Mark Heggen
Jul 7, 20171 min read
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Deeds Not Words
Jack Lufkin and I made a short video last year chronicling the amazing story of the first black officers' training camp, right here at...
Mark Heggen
Jun 2, 20171 min read
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"CJ The Little Blue Jeep" Trailer
I just finished this project for Florida-based children's book author Mark Eule Sr., who--with the illustrative help of his son...
Mark Heggen
May 5, 20171 min read
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"This Way Back" Main Title
I created this main title from scratch for the pilot episode of a local Des Moines history show I produced; my aim was to design...
Mark Heggen
Apr 10, 20171 min read
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"The Muppets" Intermission Gags - excerpt
Yet another chance to write copy in addition to design/animation--the idea for this Bluray gag was: why just have nothing onscreen when a...
Mark Heggen
Mar 22, 20171 min read
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"Hummin' It Old School" CD Ad (from "The Lorax")
Another (very) short bit I did for the "Seuss on the Loose" section of "The Lorax" DVD. I've always been a big fan of those old K-Tel...
Mark Heggen
Mar 21, 20171 min read
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"1000 Uses for a Thneed" (from "The Lorax")
Another "Lorax" bonus from the "Seuss on the Loose" section. I wrote this one, but had a lot of help with the visuals (especially the 3d...
Mark Heggen
Mar 21, 20171 min read
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Batman "Mad Love" Mo-Comic - all 7 episodes!
This was a fun project that took around 4 to 6 months to complete, over at the Technicolor office on Olive in Burbank; we had a nice...
Mark Heggen
Mar 21, 20171 min read
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"O'Hare Scooter" ad (from "The Lorax")
More "Lorax" fun from half a decade back, and another wonderful Jim Cummings voicing:
Mark Heggen
Mar 21, 20171 min read
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Oak-A-Matic Ad (from "The Lorax")
Here's an example of something I not only designed and animated, but also wrote copy for: the faux "Oak-A-Matic" ad that appeared as a...
Mark Heggen
Mar 21, 20171 min read
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Met Life, Enjoyed It
For much of 2016, I spent time animating about a dozen and a half short instructionals for MetLife's new My Direct portal. These quick,...
Mark Heggen
Feb 3, 20171 min read
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Animation sexpertise
Here's the beautiful poster for the equally beautiful (and funny) short film Sexpert Franzen by Kaitlyn Busbee and Maria Vorhis. I was...
Mark Heggen
Feb 1, 20171 min read
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