Shot in Prague in the Czech Republic by DP Kyle Kibbe using the ARRI Alexa camera, “Runaway” promotes West’s forthcoming studio album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” Company 3 created virtually all of the visual effects in the film, while sister company Beast NY hosted editor Derek Lee while he cut the film under West’s supervision.
Beast NY’s Flame artist Scott Bravo also handled cleanup and final conform. “This was a major step for Company 3’s visual effects division,” commented CO3 NY executive producer Angela Lupo. “Our work has primarily been on commercials until now.”
“It was really a joy to help bring Kanye’s vision to life,” said CO3 NY senior visual effects artist Tom McCullough. “He had very definite ideas about wanting the effects to have a look that has something of a graphic novel sensibility, but also a 1970s sci-fi movie feel to them.”
McCullough worked on the film with six other Autodesk Flame and Inferno artists, including Company 3 staffers Stephen Morris, Randie Swanberg and Chris Wiseman. The team handled everything from simple green screen composites and rig removal to explosion elements for the surreal and strikingly beautiful sequence when Ebanks arrives on Earth costumed as a phoenix.
About Company 3
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Recent commercial projects include campaigns for Apple, Audi, BMW, Heineken, Nike, and others. Recent feature film credits include Unstoppable, Alice in Wonderland, Robin Hood, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, The Hurt Locker, A Single Man, Public Enemies, and Star Trek.
CREDITS
Kanye West “Runaway”
Executive Producer: Kanye West
Production Company: Island Def Jam Records Music Group
Production Company Producer: Jonathan Lia
Director: Kanye West
First Assistant Director: Mark Taylor
DP: Kyle Kibbe
Art Director: Vanesa Beecroft
Choreographer: Yemi Akinyemi
Editorial: Beast
Post Supervisor: David Kirchner
Post Producer: Elizabeth Krajewski
Editor: Derek Lee and Peter Johnson
Asst. Editor: Rebecca Beluk, Jai Shukla, Martin Henson, Drew Nissen
VFX: Scott Bravo
VFX and Finishing at: Company 3 NY
Company 3 VFX Producer: Angela Lupo
Company 3 Production Coordinator: Matthew Engel
VFX Flame Artists: Randie Swanberg, Steve Morris, Tom McCullough, Chris Wiseman, Kevin Quinlan, Yoshiko Hirata
Post Production Sound: Sound Lounge
Color Grading: Nice Shoes
Colorist: Ron Sudul
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