Hasta La Motion!

Superfad Seattle brings more than just eye candy to this surreal exploration of live action and vfx for Sony Bravia HDTV.  Unfolding in three parts, “Birth of Color,”  ”Explosion of Color,” and “Release of Color,” the piece takes us on a dreamlike journey, with each section visually manifesting Sony’s global brand message of “make.believe”.

Drawing from the theatrical world of fashion photography, Superfad chose spherical objects to represent the dot in “make.believe” and serve as a thread that runs throughout the piece.

For an extra bonus, we’re including both the final piece and a behind the scenes video in HD. Also check out the process frames and style boards sent from Directors Will Hyde and Carlos Stevens.

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Descendants, a short film written directed by Heiko van der Scherm. Takes 3 years from first script to final work.div class=”feedflare”
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Radical Friend brings us another cult sensible music video for Brooklyn based musicians Yeasayer.

Their last collaboration for the track Ambling Alp brought us to a Jodorowsky meets Zardoz world. This time around we travel to a mid-afternoon futuristic 90s rave, with a dash of Beyond Thunderdome.

The bands equipment has been replaced with space crystals, which is nothing short of what I expect from a group creating such interesting sounds.

We hope to see more videos from such an amazing combo of talent.

Director: Radical Friend
Producer: Josh Lind & Jett Steiger
DP: Kevin Phillips

Art Director: Peter Klein
Wardrobe: Diana Contreras & Mindy le Brock
Hair & Makeup: William Lemon III
Choreography: Nina McNeely

Editor: Justin Fong
Visual Effects: Andrew Cook
Sound Design: Michael Baird

Production Company: DandyDwarves & Paranoid US
Co-Producer: Spy films.
Postproduction: Paranoid US
UK Label: Mute Records
US Label: Secretly Canadian

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Zhou Fan Artist Statement: A series of my paintings is based on dreams that I had as a child of many many jellyfish floating in the sky, some of which fell to the ground on parachures and became mushrooms. These dreams had a strong impact on me, and I remember them vividly. Somehow I feel that it is easier to focus on dreams than reality. In one particular painting, there is a boy crying because he keeps things within him, is easily sad, and he refuses to face reality.

It gives me tremendous pleasure when we get to feature a studio that’s not located in the Motion Design Meccas of the world (NYC, LA, London). I know how frustrating it is when the pond is small. It means smaller budgets, more conservative brief,  harder environment to push the creative envelope, in general.

So everybody, meet Bobby, a Swedish production company with an office in Stockholm and Gottenburg (or Goteborg). I’m not saying these things necessarily apply to Bobby, but it’s refreshing to turn our attention away from the ‘obvious’ hot spot cities when Motion Design is concerned.

With these three projects: Gottenburg International Film Festival (GIFF), Stena Recycling, and Bokia, Bobby shows us their versatility in handling different aesthethics and subject matter. My only problem was I wanted a more dramatic, fitting ending to the GIFF intro–it was a bit anticlimactic, given how gorgeous the dragon embryo looked at the start.

But overall, these three spots are very nicely executed, and rather memorable too. For more of their stuff, be sure to visit their official site here.

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