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Shirley Collins at Rough Trade
On 08, Nov 2016 | In news / blog | By Layla
Last night we got to meet the wonderful Shirley Collins at an event on East London. She was interviewed on stage then performed a few songs. She was amazing, thanks for a magical evening Shirley.
How We Made Pretty Polly
On 28, Oct 2016 | In news / blog | By Layla
Get an exclusive, glamorous, behind-the-scenes glimpse of how we made Pretty Polly. It’s a look back on an incredibly craft-centred few summer weeks. Keep an eye out for our lovely studio dog, our shorts, our army of helpers and our paint-splattered studio.
Pretty Polly out take
On 17, Oct 2016 | In news / blog | By Layla
A little bit of behind-the-scenes from Pretty Polly
Cardboard, puppets, 16mm film, what’s not to like?
On 14, Oct 2016 | In news / blog | By Layla
Finally we can show you the fruits of our craft-based labours this summer. It’s the music video for folk legend Shirley Collins’ new single “Pretty Polly”. The album “Lodestar” marks the return of Shirley Collins after a break of 38 years. The video is the result of hundreds of hours of painting, drawing, inking, cutting, problem-solving and idea-wrangling. Shot on 16mm film this was lovingly created and directed by Layla Atkinson with enormous help and collaboration from the marvellous John Harmer and Jock Mooney with further support from Richard Barnett, Rebecca Manley, Garry Rutter, Pete Ellmore and a cast of thousands. A big “cheers” to everyone involved.
Steve Mason | Alive
On 18, May 2016 | In news / blog | By Layla
Here’s our wonderful Rok Predin’s video for Steve Mason’s new single “Alive”. Rok took Steve’s original idea and extrapolated it into an isometric universe.
Rok Predin creates a music video for Steve Mason.
On 12, Apr 2016 | In Press | By Pip
Trunk Animation’s Rok Predin creates a ‘Controlled’ music video for Steve Mason.
Director Rok Predin at Trunk has animated “Alive” the second track from Steve Mason’s third solo album ‘Meet the Humans’, released to rave reviews this spring. The video is a homage to 1990’s video gaming, and rather than the iconic platform style as seen in Trunk’s recent work for Blur’s track ‘Ong Ong’, Rok adopted the isometric look of early 16-bit video games such as Street Fighter and Sim City. The clunky pseudo 3D graphic look of those games was lovingly and skillfully recreated by Rok and the team using Cinema 4D and After Effects.
The song’s theme drove the context of the video. In the game each character is held in a sort of stasis by a virus that hovers over them. To break free, the characters first need to understand what is keeping them captive, before classically having a big all out scrap! This is cleverly brought about, with a heavy and knowing nod to John Carpenter’s classic sci-fi movie “They Live”, by donning a pair of glasses that reveal the viruses.
Rok says, “Alive was a really inspiring song to work to. Once we honed in on the visual language of the story that Steve wanted to tell everything else came pretty naturally. The idea that we’re all just participating in a sort of game, a power-play of forces beyond our control, is very Orwellian and something that everyone can relate to. Nonetheless, our story does have an optimistic twist. What we are saying is that insight into the ways in which the power structures operate and influence our opinions and everyday decisions is all you need in order to free yourself from being PLAYED.”
Trunk’s producer Richard Barnett notes, “To create a well-known classic look, such as a 90’s console game, and to do it with an amount of believability, is always tricky. We used a number of rules and techniques to help us, such as an aged colour palette, balanced pixilation, and we were always very conscious of the audiences point of view when playing those games. We recreated that feel by using a lot of aerial shots that moved through the city and side on fixed shots that we all remember well from playing the games endlessly as kids.”
Richard continues, “as always it was a pleasure to collaborate with Steve and work with the team at Domino, they have to be one of the best Record Companies out there for supporting their artists and the creative community at large. Creative freedom seems to be rare or costly these days, and allowing passion and artistic ideals to flourish is often ironically the first thing to be stamped out on a project, but not this time! We wish the album all the success it deserves, and hope everyone enjoys the vid!
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Credits :-
Director: Rok Predin
Animation: Rok Predin, Caroline Tarrago, Layla Atkinson, Lesley Dart.
Sound Design: Barnaby Templer @ Fonic
Producer: Richard Barnett
Production Company: Trunk Animation
Commissioner: Jonathan Bradshaw
Record Co: Domino
Bubblegum nominated for UKMVA’s
On 13, Oct 2011 | No Comments | In news / blog | By Richard
Congrats to Alasdair + Jock, their Clinic video just got nominated for best animation at this years UK MVA’s, it’s the guys second nomination after Bottom of the River was pipped at the post at the MVA’s in 09. The Clinic video has been a rioting success so far and follows in the footsteps of the multi multi award winning BOTR. www.ukmva.com
Directors: Alasdair Brotherston & Jock Mooney
Producer: Richard Barnett
Animation: Layla Atkinson, Ben Brown, Tom Bunker, Jon Clarke
Music: Clinic
Commissioner: Bart McDonagh
Label: Domino Records
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