Asif Mian for 1st Ave Machine: ReRun

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Like a bat out of hell, Asif Mian laces up, and breaks away with ReRun. Hatched straight from the lab at 1st Ave Machine, ReRun is an abstract film with a nitty-gritty fusion of cinematography and top-notch CG. While not overly conceptual, the film follows a slum-dwelling basketball player who weaves through the streets of a desolate ghetto. In his wake, and with every passing step; a shoe is left behind in suspended animation. Amid the course, the ball dribbling night-walker takes a spill, and with him, one by one, the trail of shoes come crashing down. Brushing himself off, the main character rises, and so too do the shoes. With the shoes now serving as a path, the man soldiers on, and continues along his shady trek of personal discovery.

Undeniably, ReRun is an odyssey of visual and audio. The Sound Design of the film is particularly electronic, with an ebb and flow that chauffeurs the narrative along at a fluctuating tempo. The visual, or CG for that matter, is done in good taste, and does not overshadow the plot, however ambiguous in nature it is. With its world premiere at OneDotZero_Adventures in Motion 2009, the film will fit snugly into the catalog of hits for both 1st Ave Machine, and Director Asif Mian.


Director: Asif Mian
Director of Photography: Zak Mulligan
Art Department: Sean O’Connor, Dustin Highbridge
Live-Action Producer: Rich Hutchins
Production Company: 1st Ave Machine
Executive Producer: Serge Patzak
Post Producer: Crystal Campbell
Editor: Asif Mian
Lead CG Artist: Mike Merron
3D Artists: Ajit Menon, Tyquane Wright
Original Music: HPrizm

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Asif Mian: Emilie Simon “Dreamland”

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1st Ave Machine’s Asif Mian, in association with Warm & Fuzzy, captured the dark fantasy of a Victorian nightmare in his latest music video for Emilie Simon’s “Dreamland.”

As usual in Asif’s work, the VFX work never gets in the way of the storytelling, letting the strange logic of the video unfurl like, well, a dream.

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Paper Animation Pt. 4

I pop up books hanno sempre affascinato i bambini ma anche gli adulti, sono un fantastico modo per creare ambientazioni fantastiche e surreali.
Lo stesso effetto strabiliante viene aumentato quando ci sono le immagini in movimento o quando le pagine del libro servono come transizione per l’animazione.
Su MG ci sono stati già altri articoli che riguardano i pop up books, ma qui voglio mostrarvi il making of del film Enchanted (2007 Walt Disney).
Lo studio Reel Fx Entertainment spiega come hanno prodotto le transizioni per il film e di come sia stato difficile concepire la struttura delle animazioni.

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Il secondo video è di Asif Mian per il videoclip “Fast Cars” di Aesop Rock.
In questo caso l’animazione è a passo uno, molto più grezza e scarna, ma tutti gli effetti pop up sono stati fatti a mano e molti frames sono stati stampati e incollati sul libro che viene sfogliato.

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Director: Asif Mian
DP: Valentina Caniglia
Art Director: Asif Mian
Producer: Chesley Heymsfield
Post Production: Evaq Studio

Articolo redatto da Stefano Paron