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leaving hope_film

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writing, directing, title design and poster design for a short film.
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two years ago caspar wrote and directed his first short film. the film is now available through the online short film festival, no budge. the film stars laine rettmer and is about loss and the fear of making a film.

the film's titles and poster were also designed by caspar.
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nobudge.com/videos/leaving-hope
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the song of sway lake_title sequence

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end title sequence for the feature film, the song of sway lake.
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we met director ari gold at a party on his rooftop. in discussions about his forthcoming new film he revealed he was looking for a title sequence. sharing a love for the filmed title sequences of saul bass, we agreed to stay and touch and discuss things further. a few weeks later producer alexandra byer, cinematographer shabier kirchner and i found ourselves upstate filming by a lake. not long after that were cutting the sequence you see here into the film. the piece combines almost every aspect of what we do as a company, from record cover design through to film direction.
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swaylake.com
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willis earl beal_traveling eyes_music video

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music video for singer and songwriter, willis earl beal.
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tim sutton called and asked that caspar might direct a music video for willis earl beal. willis had starred in tim sutton's second feature film, memphis. caspar had gotten to know willis on the set of memphis, a film upon which he'd also worked. since then caspar had seen several of willis's show and had been floored by his performances each and every time.

the song was called traveling eyes and willis described to tim and caspar the video he imagined in his head when listening. caspar asked that chris dapkins might be the cinematographer for the music video. chris had been the cinematographer on memphis, and he and caspar had made friends during that time.

soon it was agreed that caspar and chris would co-direct the video, and they shot the film in upstate new york with a small cast and crew over 2-3 days and nights. once the edit was locked, caspar then proceeded to work on the post-production and frame-by-frame compositing work. josiah newbolt then added some finishing touches to the overall picture quality, and the piece was done.
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vimeo.com/144372164
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sonoio_thanks for calling_music video

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music video for the los angeles-based band, sonoio
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sonoio is one of the many side projects of alessandro cortini. the moment he sent us a demo of 'thanks for calling' we set to work devising a treatment that we felt did the song justice, psychologically and tonally. alessandro was keen not to be in the video this time, so matt sundin and caspar took the opportunity to devise a story that spoke to some of their own personal experiences. the result is a hitchcockian / felliniesque flight of fantasy.

you can read more about the making of the film on our blog here.
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sonoio.org
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polinski_stitches_music video

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music video for polinski's debut single, stitches.
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paul wolinski is one quarter of the experimental musical machine that is 65daysofstatic. polinski is his more purely electronic side-project. labyrinths is is the debut album from polinski.

the music video for the album's first single, stitches, was an attempt to bring back the feeling of using the sinclair ZX spectrum computer, whilst detailing some of the album's narrative elements. paul and caspar wrote the video's story, which expanded upon the lyrics jonathan bates from big black delta was singing on the song. john delucca then beautifully redrew and further illustrated the graphics caspar had made for the vinyl record's packaging in pixel art format, and josiah newbolt then animated those graphics.
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polin.ski
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color in design 2012 award winner
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BBD_IFUCKINGLOVEYOU_music video, record sleeve + poster

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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.
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bigblackdelta.com
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