Musical Machine Madness….

We worked with Endoline machinery to produce this video production as a promotional piece for both their new website and exhibitions throughout 2016 and 2017.

The concept was that the machine was able to create a percussive accompaniment to a music track, using sounds created by the machine itself.
This was a very tricky shoot as the machine only performs certain movements at certain intervals. We started by sampling each and every element of the machine separately, importing those sounds into Logic Pro, and then creating the drum track from there. Once the drum and music track had been created, we were then able to shoot all the live action elements. As the factory is in constant use, we had to work around the size limitations by placing the machine on a white background and then, extending the set digitally, removing all the extraneous factory elements in post.

As the machines are built to construct boxes, they are very limited in their music capabilities, this meant that we had to shoot each machine part separately, opening and closing, then bring them into the edit and animate them by hand to match the music synch.

This was a very long process and with a mix of split screen as well, there is a huge amount work that goes on behind the scenes to give the impression that this little machine creates the music.

A very fun and interesting shoot, once again creating something unusual and memorable.

Corporate Cartoon Caveman Capers….

This is an animated film we developed for Smiths Metals. Tasked with creating an original narrative that engaged audiences as well as sell the virtues of their supply system, we delivered a film production that is funny, informative as well as engaging.

With many corporate video productions, the subjects can tend to be very techno-babble heavy, but with the right concept and narrative, there is no reason why the films can’t be as engaging as they are informative.

What would usually be classed as a long film, this speeds along nicely and the run time flies past.

 

Evolution of a Horror Movie Poster…

We were tasked with developing some artwork for the new movie ‘Dead Squad’, which is in pre-production for an early shoot in 2017.  This monster/horror which is due to shoot in Bali, is being directed by our good friend Dominik Hauser and looks to be a lot of fun. When Dom asked us to work on the poster concept we jumped at the chance. Taking in the key elements of the script, tropical locations, impending doom and monsters, the idea was to create an image that tantalised the tastebuds but didn’t give everything away. Dom was blown away by the design and off the back of this, we are now developing some last minute production and monster designs to help Dom realise his vision.

Check out the process from initial sketch through to full rendered poster and follow the development of the film at:

https://www.facebook.com/DeadSquadMovie

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