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nokia_motion graphics

_what
culture of mobility advert
_how
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.
_link
versionindustries.com/movies/nokia/nokia_advert.mov
_tags
video still
video still

mogul_motion graphics

_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
_tags
video still
video still

rage events_motion graphics

_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
_tags
still

hope rides alone_motion graphics

_what
'hope rides alone' music video for the protomen
_how
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.
_link
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
_tags

65daysofstatic_promo video

_what
promo video for the 65 days of static live album, 'escape from new york'
_how
we cut this video to promote the forthcoming cd / dvd double album from long-time collaborators, 65 days of static. all photography & editing by us, with post-production by asylum films.
_tags

a-alikes_promo video

_what
promo video for the a-alikes documentary, the ballot or the bullet
_how
director paul biedrzycki came to us with a series of video clips he wanted to use as a music video element in his new politically charged documentary about underground rap groupd, a-alikes. knowing we have a particular appetite for destroying things, he told us he wanted this section of the film to feel like it was 'being watched by a kid with a broken tv with rabbit ear antennae in bedford stuyvesant'. having lived in this neighbourhood of brooklyn not long ago, we were familiar with the vibe he wanted. we set about editing together the fragments he had, inserting various graphical elements to amp up the aesthetic and then obliterating the footage as best we could.
_link
versionindustries.com/movies/a-alikes/kar_720x405_h264_48khz.mov
_tags
still
still

sonoio red_music video, record sleeve + print

_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
_tags
print
album cover