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design and animation by THE WILDERNESS our main task was to keep in spirit and tone of the film, so our initial ideas came from elements that relate to the natural motion of running (heat, air, wind, water). we chose a simple yet elegant font that conveys the message of physical presence and strength. since running can be an individual or group activity on any day, at any place and any season we had to make certain the animation, lighting and motion,…
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opening titles designed and directed by THE WILDERNESS being inspired by dutch and flemish painters, such as peter paul rubens, we began our initial exploratory for the title sequence, interstitials and closing sequence. to keep the sincerity of stephin merrit's personality, we decided the most visual compelling answer was going to come from his storage of personal artifacts. many compositions and still life set ups later, we ended with cool and…
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design, direction and editorial by THE WILDERNESS we directed a video for brooklyn based AWESOME COLOR for the single "EYES OF LIGHT" off their sophomore album electric aborigines. the song has so much drive and energy, that we wanted to make sure that we captured it with our concept. we designed and shot loops of slit-scanned animation that we projected behind the band, therefore bathing them in a unrelenting world of light and color that perfectly…
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design and direction by THE WILDERNESS heads are nodding to antipop-consortium's VOLCANO, the first single from their eagerly awaited comeback album, fluorescent black. for the songs visual counterpart, we worked through several ideas before we found the solution that matches the songs vibe. working from inspiration garnered by human tetris and "do the right thing", we created "blade runner" inspired lighting by shooting many rounds of flares, prisms…
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directed, designed and produced by THE WILDERNESS for GORDON VOIDWELL'S video "IVY LEAGUE CIRCUS", our concept stems from our love of chess mixed with gordon's love of tropicalismo. fusing these together, we created a linear story of a day in the "life". using old jvc tube cameras, we ran two simultaneous sets, shooting a human chess game, dinner party, croquet game, hobo world, party train, etc. then in post, we took props from the shoot and rescanned…
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