codatronca.it
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An Animated Web Film to promote Codatronca, a fast super car made in Italy.

Director Kobayashi has been contacted by Paolo Spada, one of the owner of SVS (Spada Vetture Sport), around 6 months ago to develop an online campaign for their brand new product: Codatronca, a super car with amazing performances (0-100 Km/h in 3.4 sec.) and a unique design.

Kobayashi immediately associated this car to his most loved comics and manga's vehicles, like Kaneda's bike in Akira or the Batmobile. The only difference... Codatronca is real!

SVS asked the director to take as much time as needed to craft the best possible experience and gave him complete creative freedom and a high budget for the entire production. Kobayashi wanted to maintain total control over the production process, so, thanks to his 360° skills, he took care of every single aspect of modeling, animation, rendering, compositing, editing and sound design by himself alone.

He decided to create a Digital Anime settled in Tokyo, all centered around the car's incredible driving qualities. To emphasize the beautiness of its design he rendered the environment and the vehicle with two different styles. The result is a clash between photorealistic 3D and painted 2D images.

Kobayashi also worked on a cinematographic soundtrack, made by the engine's sounds mixed with an highly addictive music theme.

Credits:

Director / DOP / Editor: Kobayashi
Creative Director: Kobayashi
Advertising Agency / Production Company: Kobayashi
Executive Producer: Kobayashi
3D / 2D modeling, animation and rendering: Kobayashi

24 Likes

  • Ademos 1 month ago
    Amazing color-choices, video-editing, music choice, 3D modeling and audio/visual in general.

    My only problem would be that the grunge font and low text-to-background contrast makes the text a little hard to read.

    So perhaps a cleaner font and/or increase in text contrast might make it easier to read the text quickly.

    But other than that, amazing work as always, great analogy of the Batmobile.
  • Director Kobayashi plus 16 days ago
    Thank you so much for your feedback Ademo!!!
    I spent a long time in choosing that font... I know it's quite difficult to read it, but I liked the "rough asphalt" effect of it...
  • Ademos 16 days ago
    Well I watched the video again, and the font seems more readable this time.

    So I like everything now! :P
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  • Harrison Brooks 1 month ago
    Simply amazing! I love that car! I am blown away!!!!!!
  • Director Kobayashi plus 16 days ago
    Thank you Harrison!
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  • Florent Porta plus 16 days ago
    Realy nice rendering !
  • Director Kobayashi plus 16 days ago
    Thanks Florent!!!
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  • FIVE5IVE 16 days ago
    Beautiful! Especially the white light on black car zebra effect (if I may call it that)

    Superb - Thanks for sharing!
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    Hi ffocus5, thank you for your feedbacks!!!
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  • Steve Weiss plus 16 days ago
    Incredible, Sound, animation, screen direction, design & story as good as ILM. Great job.
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    ILM is on another galaxy, but thank you anyway for your compliments Steve :-)
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  • Counterbugs plus 16 days ago
    Good work Brother. Fuck that car is sweet. Really like the Akira approach......good motion. Loved the image of the lights flickering past the camera at a high rate of speed. And I thought the font was fine.....don't see the issue. The thing you get-- is your spots are always FUN.
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    Hey Counterbugs!!! It's good to hear from you again, thank you so much for your nice feedbacks! I always try to put some fun and action in my work ;-)
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  • Spencer Zappolo 16 days ago
    Thats Sick
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    Thanks Spencer!
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  • Cliff Frost plus 16 days ago
    The car looks an awful lot like a Corvette... Nice video.
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    Lol! This car is strange... someone loves it, someone hates it ;-)
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  • lostinspace 16 days ago
    sweet!!
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    Thanks guys... I love your work!!!
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  • Saulo Valley 16 days ago
    Your works are amazing, my friend!
    "Mama say mama sa mama ma cusah!"
  • Director Kobayashi plus 12 days ago
    Thank you Saulo!!!
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  • Pierre 16 days ago
    I love Italian cars, but this one seems from outer space. What a great videojob done lord Kobayashi!
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    Thank you so much Pierre!!!
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  • evanoah sea☆ 15 days ago
    poor auto styling for my tastes. the comparisons to batmobile and gotham city actually detract from it even more. BUT really cool animation, great great colors, and overall very strong work! you did good!! =)
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    Thanks for your feedback Evanoah!!! I tried to do my best ;-)
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  • Amenon plus 14 days ago
    Ottimo lavoro - belissima la grafica ed il montaggio - molto efficaci. Complimenti.

    Se mi posso permettere, potrebbe forse valer la pena far rivedere i testi del sito Kobayashi da una persona di madrelingua. Non che ci siano errori veri e propri, ma alcune modalita' di espressione che risultano normalissime in italiano possono invece suonare curiose in inglese.
  • Director Kobayashi plus 13 days ago
    Grazie mille Amenon!!!
    Se conosci un buon traduttore passami il contatto ;-)
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