I had the pleasure to work in this fantastic music video directed by Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett and Nexus Studios Director Fx Goby.
Originally based at Kong Studios in West London, early last year the group of musical misfits relocated to Silver Lake, California where their new mansion home in the hills proved to be the perfect base from which to recruit new members to join ‘ The Last Cult ’. Early reports from the Golden State indicated that The Great Leader AKA Murdoc is not only in love with the lady next door, but has a new scent, bottled as his own Divine Essence. Russel is glued to the TV in an effort to salvage some meaning from the static and save humanity, while Noodle is compiling a handbook of wisdom and knowledge. 2D is busy being 2D. With the band in search of the One Truth to fix the world (and Murdoc out to impress his neighbour), they are barrelling towards a prophesied day of reckoning called The Rupture. What this is, and the fate of the band itself, is revealed in the new ‘Silent Running’ video.
CLIENT : Gorillaz DIRECTION : Jamie Hewlett, Fx Goby EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS : Jamie Hewlett, Damon Albarn, Eleven Management LONDON STUDIO EVECUTIVE PRODUCERS : Charlotte Bavasso, Chris O'Reilly, Mike Bell, Fx Goby CG SUPERVISOR : Dave Hunt VFX SUPERVISOR : German Diez DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Ricky Patel LEAD COMPOSITOR : Sasha Danjou EDITOR : Dave Slade PRODUCTION : Rachael Moss (Head), Isobel Conroy (Producer), Jo Bierton (Producer), Ruyi Meer (Manager), Tyler Antin (Coordinator) HEAD OF PIPELINE : Tom Melson SYSTEMS : Ryan Cawthorne (Engineer), Rory Bedward (Studio Admin), Vinicius Donadio (IT Support) CHARACTERS : Andrew Hickinbottom (Modelling), Florian Caspar (Texturing) ANIMATION : William Lorton (3D Lead), Marylou Mao, Tom Lowe, Bethany Levy (2D FX) 3D GENERALIST : Josh Barlow, Matilde Vinther COMPOSITING : Sander Saks, Gareth Tredrea STORYBOARDS : Emmanuelle Walker, Louis Kynd RIGGING : Niko Rossi (Lead), Nayla Nassar VFX EDITOR : Andrea Zantiras, Zaki Fulford DESIGNER : Leuan Lewis CREATIVE & TALENT DEVELOPMENT : Delfina Maria RESOURCING : Natalie Busuttil (Head), Meg Dupond (Studio Coordinator) PR & Marketing : Valentina Tarelli, Nancy Edmondson, Steph Anjo SYDNEY STUDIO PRODUCERS : Darren Price (Executive Creative), Tina Braham (Executive), Diana Angelius HEAD OF STUDIO : Ben Seager IT MANAGER : Jason Lee COMPOSITING : Gary Fouchy (Head), Navid Bagherzadeh (Lead), Mat McCosker, Daniel Alvarez, Chris Charlton, Wendy Lu DIGITAL MATTE PAINTING : Jamie Phillips LIGHTING : Mike Lomas (Head), Trent Rogan, Cosmo Park 3D TRACKING : PEANUT ROTO : Team VFX Artist SOUND FX : JM Finch (Designer), Brain Audio (Recording) GRADE : Black Kite Studios, George K (Colourist), Billy Dawson (Assist), Jade Denne (Producer) LIVE ACTION PRODUCTION COMPANY : Tuna Icon PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE : Ivana Antic LINE : Diana Bojovic MANAGER : Janko Djoric COORDINATOR : Igor Milakov DESIGNER : Goran Joksimovic PD ASSITANTS : Navena Mijuskovic, Izabella Radovanovic ASSITANT DIRECTOR : Ivan Grbin (1st), Boris Obrenov (2nd) SFX COORDINATOR : Zamal M'Barek STYLIST : Ivana Ivic (Costume), Ivana Djuric (Assistant), Sofija Jaksic (Assistant), Jalena Dujovic (Hair) MAKEUP ARTIST : Irena Miletic PROSTHETICS MAKEUP ARTIST : Katarina Bugarski Gajic (Lead), Nenad Gajic (Lead) ASSISTANTS : Olga Baturan (1st), Teodora Davidovic (2nd), Nikola Rakovic (3rd) WORKSHOP : Kosta Kolac, Kristina Tekic, Milan Mihailovic KEY GRIP : Ivan Pavlovic GAFFER : Igor Pavlovic STUNTS : Slavisa Ivanovic (Supervisor), Jelena Bakovic, Dejan Popadic RIGGING : Djole Alavanja TRAS COORDINATOR : Pedja Mos FOCUS PULLER : Milan Kostic 2ND AC : Nikola Cojcic VIDEO ASSISTANT : Zeljko Nikovic Q-TAKE : Ivan Tanaskovic DIT : Jovan Nikolic PLAYBACK OPERATOR : Aleksa Racic UNIT MANAGER : Oliver Rnjak TRANSPORT COORDINATOR : Nikola Kopilanovic CAST : 2D, Noodle, Russel Hobbs, Murdoc Niccals SUPPORTING CAST : Milica Tepavac, Dejan Kolarov, Jelena Tjapkin, Budimir Stosic, Anisja Stojkovic, Ljubica Ikic, Dimitrij Ponkratenko ELEVEN MANAGEMENT : Niamh Byrne, Regine Moynett, Tanyel Vahdettin, Stars Redmond, Astrid Ferguson, Gaby Power, Ellie Nolan, Katherine Nash, Suzi Grossman, Selena Dion, Saskia Blow, Clare Moss, Hannah Norris OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHERS : Ed Caurana, Tom O'Malley