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nokia_motion graphics

video still
video still
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culture of mobility advert
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in our second collaboration with jackblood productions we worked on a project for nokia's new online zone, 'culture of mobility'. the aim of the project was to depict the essence of mobility through that of everyday life. in this case the medium was film. we provided two levels of graphical animation for the project. initially we worked on motion graphics in keeping with the 'big brother' feel of the track 'paranoid' by ninjatune artist, one self. later we provided scripted textual animation based around the motion graphics time code sequences.
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versionindustries.com/movies/nokia/nokia_advert.mov
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mogul_motion graphics

video still
video still
_what
music video for the london-based rock band, mogul.
_how
similarly to the video work we did for thomas newbolt, this video came about as the result of video we captured of the band performing with intent to use it in some way for their website. however when the focus of the band turned away from a flash intensive website & more toward a music video & mtv airplay they took one look at this video we had of them & sent it off to the festivals. what was meant to be a collection of clips we'd insert at key moments into a website, became elements of a quickly edited, raw & very live music video for their next single. whether the video decided the single or not is unknown, but we certainly cut the video to 'under rub' because we thought it was the best song they'd ever done.
_link
versionindustries.com/movies/officerkicks/underrub.mov
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rage events_motion graphics

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_what
'the rage' animation
_how
ric yerbury at rage events wanted us to take the logo design we did for him and make it a part of a short animation that would get people excited about his new rage of seasonal 'the rage' music based events. with bands like wyclef jean, the flaming lips and gnarls barkley possibly on the books, he wanted something that would have a classy yet rock 'n' roll feel to it. we took this and made an animation that suggested that not only the whole world would be coming to one of ric's events, but also those from another planet!
_link
versionindustries.com/movies/rage/rage.mov
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hope rides alone_motion graphics

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'hope rides alone' music video for the protomen
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the protomen wanted an intro animation to their website that would start to visually tell the story of their debut album. in the end we created an entire animated music video for the first track 'hope rides alone'. working with the protomen has been inspirational. their precise and exacting vision is one that pushed us to explore new realms in terms of what we've been capable of up to this point. we just hope it shows! sit back, turn out the lights, turn up the volume & enjoy.
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versionindustries.com/movies/protomen/hoperidesalone.mov
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the will of one_video

_what
'the will of one' music video for the protomen
_how
the protomen played in new york as a part of their 'the fight for light' tour. we filmed them and produced this video in an effort to capture what it is to see & hear them live. we hope that at least it's one better than what you can find on youtube.
_link
versionindustries.com/movies/protomen/willofone.mov
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big black delta_music video, record sleeve + poster

EP cover
poster
_what
EP artwork + music video for the LA-based band, big black delta
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jonathan bates, better known for his part in the fantastic band mellowdrone, recently got back in touch with us regarding a 'new thing' he was working on. as luck would have it, it was some seriously rich and rewarding new music. the kind which fills the mind with images pretty fast. well, the next thing you know we're watching the thundercats intro in total awe, debating wallpapering our apartment walls with TRON screenshots, and obsessing over UFOs. how one thing lead to another is neither here nor there, but it turns out we were all down with this new thing ... and it was taking us places.

what then ensued was the constant, rapid exchange of music for artwork, much the way a choir does their psalms and responses. there's no question in our minds now that big black delta was the only name you could use to sum up the music, what inspired it and everything we'd ultimately made together from that point forward. cut then to just a few days ago. cut right to the moment when we slung the cover you see above onto the proverbial coffee table. cut to us all looking at each other like we knew it was time. yep, ufologists were about to get some melody in their google.

additionally we shot and edited a short film to accompany the release of the song IFUCKINGLOVEYOU. it was shot over a couple of days around independence day in los angeles. the idea was simply to capture everything we got up to in the short time we had, be that searching the night sky for flashing lights, watching dan akroyd talking about UFOs on youtube or jonathan bates making strange noises on his studio floor. we hope the end result, if nothing else, makes you feel like all these things are related. not forcibly, but maybe with a little serendipity.
_link
bigblackdelta.com
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sonoio red_music video, record sleeve + print

print
album cover
_what
music video + print design for LA-based band, sonoio
_how
we'd been aware for a while that sonoio (alessandro cortini) intended to follow up his unique and well received experimental synth debut, with a 'sequel' record of some kind. then a few months ago we were given the rough mixes of this new record and started to put together ideas for how to top the artwork for the first record and yet make it feel like an organic and fluid transition conceptually. alessandro had already made it clear to us that this record would be based around the colour red, so we simply had to evolve things and further the story of the matisse-esque characters we'd developed for the original blue album cover.

furthermore alessandro was toying with the idea of a music video this time and asked that we might pitch a few ideas to him for a couple of different songs on the record. we came up with 3-4 ideas he chose the most 'live performance' based concept that we had and soon things were under way. the video was for the song enough, which to us was one of the songs that immediately jumped out on the record when hearing it for the first time. once more we recruited the talents of matt sundin (who helped us shoot the 65daysofstatic and war widow album covers) and soon after alessandro was flying to new york to shoot the video with us in brooklyn.

you can read more about making the artwork + video here.
_link
sonoio.org
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