Hasta La Motion!

This raw lo-fi offering from Asif Mian, gives us a break from the commercial world for a brief moment so that we might be either shocked or just bust up laughing. (Both are good in this case)

On this two-minute ride, we follow a bizarre and possibly drunken clown on his random and comical journey—packed with a message for the kids. The film was a part of RE:UP magazine’s Easy 10 short film series, sponsored by Scion.

Asif created a look and story quite different from his highly polished music video for Woodhands, yet he still worked in his stop motion antics and bizarre in-camera effects.  He also scored the piece, adding an extra layer of quirkiness.

Asif has recently signed with 1st Ave Machine, so stay tuned to see what lies ahead.

“Get Yo KLOWWWN”
Created and Written by Asif Mian

KLOWWWN character: Luke Meginsky

Director: Asif Mian
Director of Photography: Zak Mulligan
Art Director: Asif Mian

Editor: Asif Mian and Colin Travers
Post Production: Evaq Studio
Original Music: CX KiDTRONiK
Music Score Arrangment: Asif Mian

Producer: Josh Hassin
Produced by: 1st Ave Machine
Curated by RE:UP Magazine
Sponsored by Scion

Created for Scion’s Easy 10 project

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Get Yo KLOWWWN : Asif Mian

Illustrator Siggi Eggertsson was born in a small town off the North Coast of Iceland, but has moved on to work with the likes of Karlssonwilker in New York and Big Active in London.

Q: What’s better than slaving away on VFX jobs in downtown Detroit? A: Doing it all in an abandoned casino!

Seems like the tax breaks the great lakes state is offering have drawn some big VFX money. According to the Detroit Free Press, the facility called Wonderstruck…

would be the first of its kind in Michigan. Wonderstruck said it would deliver full-scale Hollywood productions from inception to state-of-the-art computer generated 3D software. Its content is mostly targeted toward families and young audiences.

They’ll be setting up shop inside an old MGM Grand casino so they better start trying to get the cigarette and spilled booze stench out of the carpets now. Oh, and there is the slight problem of not having anyone there to do the actual work.

Since Michigan currently lacks many workers with the skills Wonderstruck needs, Wonderstruck said it was developing an intense training program for potential new Michigan employees.

I wonder if they will keep the cocktail waitresses and nickel slots open for the new artists in training.

LINK to the full article

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After being offline while it made the festival cirtcuit and drummed up enough support to get nominated for an Academy Award, the wonderful “Okatpodi” is back online. Check it out here.

Don’t miss the making-of goodies on the official site. Our original Motionographer post can be found here.

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“Oktapodi” Back Up

New site and reel from the Laundrymat. “2008 was a busy year for us. We had the pleasure of partnering with brands like Nike, Wrigley’s, Zune, and Absolut (to name a few) and created some great spots both directorially and from the post production side. We also had a blast working with artists like […]