Autor: Karl Ranseier

Prepare your synapses for a series of strange shorts.

INORI (prayer)
High-Speed Face-Tracking And High Speed (1000fps) Projection Mapping.
Making
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This project is achieved as collaborative work between AYABAMBI,TOKYO, Ishikawa Watanabe Lab, The University of Tokyo and WOW, responding the call for collaboration by Nobumichi Asai (WOW).

Staff

Nobumichi Asai [Creative Director | Technical Director – WOW]
Shingo Abe [CG Director – WOW]
Atsushi Yoshimura [Programmer – WOW]
Ayaka Motoyoshi [Assistant Producer – WOW]

Eiji Tanigawa [Director | Editor – TOKYO]
Senzo Ueno [Director of Photography – TOKYO]
Toshiyuki Takei / Shinya Masuda [Producer – TOKYO]
Minami Chiwaki / Yuma Yoshimura / Kohei Takayama [Production Manager – TOKYO]
Suzuko Ohgaki [Making Director – TOKYO]

Aya Sato [Choreographer]
AyaBambi [Cast]
Oi-chan[Management]

Shootings

Tomorio Takahashi [Gaffer]
Hisashi Morikawa / Mie Inaba / Akihiko Imai [Light Assistant]
Takashi Ideguchi [Camera 1st Assistant]
Shibuya Hiromi / Fujii Ryosuke [Camera 2nd Assistant]
Setsu Fukushima / Ryosuke Taniguchi [Music – Ongakushitsu Inc.]
Yosuke Nagao [Music Composer]

Yasuo Fukuda [Colorist]
Ryota Abe [Online Editor]
Mizuki Kawano [Mixer – TAIYO KIKAKU co.,ltd]

Special Thanks

Yoshihiro Watanabe [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo]
Masatoshi Ishikawa [Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory,University of Tokyo]
Tomoaki Teshima [Exvision]

TOKYO ELECTRON DEVICE LIMITED
Takeshi Yuasa / Kiwamu Sumino / Hiroshi Watase /Toru Yamashita
Atsuko Kushima / Tomoaki Kiguchi

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The director, Tanigawa (TOKYO) made a proposal for the theme of “Life.” First, the soundtrack was composed according along the theme. The creative director, WOW’s Technical Director, Asai and the CG Director, Abe was inspired by the music and then made face mapping work. Aya Sato designed choreography. The crew of TOKYO, which Tanigawa directs, completed the project by making the video work.

The music brought Asai the image of “the radioactive.” The destructive force of the radioactive could cause “death,” “suffering,” and “sorrow.” And “prayers” could overcome them. These subjects infuse AYABAMBI’s powerful performance. Their performance crushes and conquer black tears, skulls and the Heart Sutra. We built up the concept during the production and Abe designed animation for face mapping.

There was a big challenge in technical aspects. We realized the new mapping system that allows us to follow intense performances by using the latest 1,000 fps projector, DynaFlash(*1) and a super speed sensor. It is very new and it had not been done before. Projected images become part of their skin and they transform their faces.

At the beginning of our development, there was an issue, AYABAMBI would loose freedom of performances if we accelerated the tracking speed. Asai, Yoshimura (WOW), Lecturer Watanabe and Teshima (EXVISION) explored how we could keep the tracking speed securing the freedom of performances, taking three months of trial and error to reduce a few milliseconds. And we finally developed this system(*2).

AYABAMBI is a dance unit who is internationally acclaimed working with Madonna and high fashion brands. TOKYO is an international award winning video production and famous for videos and commercial films employing technologies. Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo focuses on the study of the innovative computer vision. This was an exciting opportunity that these talents met WOW, which has amazed the world with tech art like face mapping and VFX.

*1 “DynaFlash” is developed jointly by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo and is commercialized by Tokyo Electron Device Limited.

*2 For tracking hands, we use the dynamic projection mapping technology developed by Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory, the University of Tokyo. For tracking faces, we use the face mapping technology developed by the visual design studio, WOW inc.

WATCH THE NEW SHOW BASED ON THE WEB SERIES STARTING WEDNESDAY MAY 17 9:30|8:30c ON ABC : http://ift.tt/2nnE3vc

00:00 – Episode 1: Friendship
01:17 – Episode 2: Walking
02:32 – Episode 3: Aging
03:51 – Episode 4: Animal Instincts
05:22 – Episode 5: Special Time
07:06 – Episode 6: Driving
08:36 – Episode 7: One Good Thing

Created by Michael Killen and Samm Hodges, and produced by the team at Animal (www.animalstudio.com), “Downward Dog” is the original web series that provided the inspiration for the upcoming ABC comedy of the same name. ABC’s “Downward Dog” follows the day-to-day life of Nan (played by Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated Allison Tolman, „Fargo“), as told by her increasingly lonely and philosophical dog, Martin. The broadcast series is created and written by Samm Hodges and Michael Killen, who will executive produce with Mosaic Media Group’s Jimmy Miller and Sam Hansen, Animal’s Kathy Dziubek, and showrunners Kat Likkel and John Hoberg. It stars Tolman, Lucas Neff as Jason, Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Jenn, and Barry Rothbart as Kevin. The series, from Legendary Television and ABC Studios, premieres on ABC in May.

Production Company: Animal (www.animalstudio.com)
Creators: Michael Killen & Samm Hodges
Director: Michael Killen
Writer: Samm Hodges
Director of Photography: Stephen Hunter
Executive Producer: Michael Killen, Kathy Dziubek, Jim Kreitzburg, Danny Yourd
Producer: Amy Kersnick, Nancy Richert
Associate Producer: Ally Oleynik

Editor: Elisabeth Voltz
Post Producer: Nathan Voltz
VFX: Animal
Color & Finishing: Allan Stallard
Title & Credit Design: Idil Gozde, Joe Oak
Composer: Danny Bracken
Sound Design: Defacto Sound (www.defactosound.com)
Additional Music: Dr. Dog “The Breeze”

STARRING
Sadie Torles, Martin
Rachel Vallozzi, Nan
Samm Hodges, Martin’s Voice
Jack Horovitz, Tony
Mousse, Herself
Myra Oleynik, Mousse Owner
Dr. Joanna Rubin, Veterinarian
Matt Dobbins, Veterinarian Assistant
Hazel, Pepper
Marilyn Hesemann, Pepper Owner

Court-métrage fiction| Canada, Québec | 2015 | 21 min. | ALEXA | couleur | 1.85 | son 5.1 | Français with English Subtitles

Distribution – Cast
Dany Placard
Sandrine Bisson
Isabelle Blais
Louis Champagne

Équipe – Team
Production : Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette & Ménaïc Raoul (Voyelles Films)
Réalisation : Jean-Marc E. Roy & Philippe David Gagné
Scénario : Jean-Marc E. Roy & Philippe David Gagné
Direction photo : Olivier Gossot
Direction artistique : Maryse Touchette
Montage : Jean-Marc E. Roy & Philippe David Gagné
Son : Laurent Ouellette
Musique : Dany Placard, Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné

Synopsis
Bruno, trentenaire en mal de rêve, se retrouve à la rue suite à une rupture. Sans se décourager et sous l’œil maternaliste de sa grande sœur, il reprendra envie à ce gars de shop de remettre son suit bleu et de renouer avec une ancienne flamme.

Bruno, in his thirties and in desperate need of a purpose, ends up homeless after a breakup. Without despairing and under the watchful eye of his motherly big sister, this sawmill worker will find the drive to put his beloved blue suit back on and to rekindle an old flame.

Biographie des réalisateurs – Directors‘ biography
Jean-Marc E.Roy et Philippe David Gagné se sont rencontrés au Saguenay en 2002 et travaillent ensemble depuis 2008. Maintes fois boursiers du CALQ et de la SODEC, leurs productions ont été vues dans plusieurs pays, en festivals et à la télévision, et ont remporté de nombreux prix autour du globe. On a pu les suivre au Labrador dans leur série « PICK-UP: à la rencontre d’un bout du monde » qui a d’ailleurs remporté un Gémeaux en 2012. Une autre série web-documentaire, COWBOY: un rêve canadien, est également disponible sur le site de TV5 et est également en nomination aux Prix Gémeaux. Leur dernier court métrage, « Bleu Tonnerre », a été sélectionné en compétition à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs à Cannes en 2015 et a remporté de nombreux prix. Les deux réalisateurs travaillent présentement à tourner leurs longs métrages respectifs (fiction pour Gagné et documentaire pour Roy) ainsi qu’à la production d’une nouvelle série documentaire « Retraite(s) » et de leur nouveau court métrage, « Crème de menthe » en 2017.

Jean-Marc E.Roy and Philippe David Gagné met in Saguenay in 2002 and have worked together since 2008. Their shorts were seen in several countries and have won some prices around the globe in addition to being posted on the web and on American television (PBS). We were able to follow them in Labrador with PICK-UP who has won a Gemini in 2012. Another web documentary series, COWBOY: A Canadian dream, is also available TV5’s website and was also nominated for a Gemini Award. BLUE THUNDER has been selected in CANNES’S Director’s Fortnight in 2005. The two directors are currently working on there feature film. Their most recent short, CRÈME DE MENTHE, will be released in 2017.

Carrière du film – Film’s career
•QUINZAINE DES RÉALISATEURS – Festival de Cannes
•13e IFF Pacific Meridian, Vladivostok, Russie
•Festival de Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal
•Raindance film festival, London UK
•Guanajuato Film Festival, San Miguel de Allende, Mexique
•59e BFI London Film Festival, London, UK
•16e Off-Court, Trouville, France
•Orlando Film Festival, USA

•Bogoshorts Film Festival, Bogota, Colombie 

•Berlin Interfilm, Berlin, Allemagne 

•Curta Cinema – Rio de Janeiro Intl Short film, Brésil
•Asiana International Film Festival, Séoul, Corée du Sud
•Franzoesische Filmtage Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Allemagne
•Festival Séquence court métrage, Toulouse, France
•Zagreb Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatie
•41e FILMETS, Badalona, Espagne
•Duhok Intl. Film festival, Irak
•Kiev Intl. Short film festival, Ukraine
•Minimalen Short Film Festival, Trondheim, Norvège
•Akbank Short Film Festival, Turquie
•19e International Kutzfilmtage, Winterthur, Suisse
… et 47 autres sélections de festivals / and 47 more festival selections.

Contact
Travelling, les films qui voyagent / Attn : Alexandre Dostie / info@travellingdistribution.com/ 1 514 467-8160
Voyelles Films / Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette / gabrielle@voyellesfilms.com / 5333 avenue Casgrain, Local 906, C.P. 1220, Montréal, Qc, H2T 1X3, CANADA / 1-514-912-1982 jeanmarceroy@gmail.com/ phildavidgagne@gmail.com

Brad, an uptight office drone, seemingly discovers the perfect vehicle for letting off steam when an advertisement for a business catering to his innermost desires pops up one morning on his computer. Brad’s subsequent visit to the business and encounter with its receptionist Janine, however, don’t quite go as planned.

‚Brad Cuts Loose‘ is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it here: http://ift.tt/2oib1hu

Written and Directed by Christopher Good
Produced by Andreina Byrne
Director of Photography: Jeremy Osbern
Sound Recorded and Mixed by Danny Bowersox
Executive Producer: Jeremy Osbern
Produced in Association with Through a Glass Productions
Styled by Sarica Douglas
Original Music by Matt Hill
Color and Titles by Stephen Deaver

Starring
Kentucker Audley
Tipper Newton
Wilson Vance
John Ennis
Sally Bremenkamp

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