We started with the theme of personality in social media at first. After narrowing it down and let it match with FITC we took it into the direction of the creation process. We wanted the viewer to be sucked into the mind of a creative. Show his roller coaster of emotions in his process. We contacted creative writer Tifene Huchet to write the story. She shaped Sam, a man that dreamed about discovering the universe since he was a little boy and is driven by it till this day.
After creating a moving storyboard and treatment a lot of people became enthusiastic and joined us to fight the deadline (2 1/2 weeks from there on). With guys working from Sweden & Los Angeles, Skype was a real invention! We divided scenes, so everybody could do his own bit. With rendering and compositing done at our studio we could match the final look and created it as a whole. We aimed on creating a film noir look with its typical lighting and be very subtle with adding color.
Studio Takt did an amazing job (again!).…
We started with the theme of personality in social media at first. After narrowing it down and let it match with FITC we took it into the direction of the creation process. We wanted the viewer to be sucked into the mind of a creative. Show his roller coaster of emotions in his process. We contacted creative writer Tifene Huchet to write the story. She shaped Sam, a man that dreamed about discovering the universe since he was a little boy and is driven by it till this day.
After creating a moving storyboard and treatment a lot of people became enthusiastic and joined us to fight the deadline (2 1/2 weeks from there on). With guys working from Sweden & Los Angeles, Skype was a real invention! We divided scenes, so everybody could do his own bit. With rendering and compositing done at our studio we could match the final look and created it as a whole. We aimed on creating a film noir look with its typical lighting and be very subtle with adding color.
Studio Takt did an amazing job (again!).…
"I am searching for abstract ways of expressing reality. Abstract forms that will enlighten my own mystery."
The reel is a compilation of past projects; existing of commercial- and independent projects. A lot of work is done at, and in co-operation with, the amazing motion studio Onesize ( www.onesize.nl ). My role varied from (co-)direction to (post) production, but mostly art direction. Nowadays I work as independent director & designer.
Studio Takt ( www.studio-takt.com ) did an outstanding job with his futuristic, cutting-edge music and sounddesign!
More work on my site: www.mennofokma.nl
facebook.com/mennofokmastudio
Playgrounds festival curator Leon van Rooij asked us to create the artwork for this years edition of the festival. While working on the stills we became enthusiastic to see them move. Previous months we also started collecting film equipment and really wanted to experiment with it. With these things in mind we decided do an extra tribute to a festival we love and started working on this live action with cgi driven short.
The main Playgrounds image came from illustrations I created earlier, Factory Series: http://mennofokma.nl/site/project.php?id=31 . Every image is a new canvas for visual research. In that way a personal 'Playground' to develop new imagery. The factory is the key object which is present in every visual. In the short we choose to focus on the moment before the experiment also, the part that takes place inside.
Kevin Megens (www.artibite.com) wanted to make his hands dirty and started working on the device. Wrapping our small basement in plastic was a nice solution…
Don’t Fear Change. Cross The Line
Concept & Direction: Categorie 1
3d Design & Animation: Menno Fokma
Audio: Krampfhaft (Joris Van Grunsven)
“The Kid”: Pip Kuyt
The Blackboard. Audio: Nebulo (myspace.com/nebulo). Visuals: Menno Fokma.
Part of my 2010 showreel project. Spectrum (With Studio Takt) / Blackboard Full Version / The Whiteboard (T.B.A.).
Online early April.
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