Following standout work for both Thom Yorke and Mitski in 2019, director Saad Moosajee gift wraps dance, costume, VFX, and motion capture in Renaissance lighting for this music video for Japanese singer/songwriter Joji.

Produced by Pomp&Clout under the VFX supervision of James Bartolozzi, the film features dancer/choreographer Maya Man motion captured by Silver Spoon Brooklyn and enhanced with Houdini work from Swordfish in San Francisco.

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Label: WMG (on behalf of 88rising Music/12Tone Music, LLC); Pulse Recording
Artist: Artist: Joji

Production: Pomp&Clout
Director: Saad Moosajee
Executive Producer: Ryen Bartlett
Head of Production: Kevin Staake
Producer: Russell Greene
Visual Effects Supervisor: James Bartolozzi
Lead Design/Animation: Saad Moosajee, Zuheng Yin
Design/Animation: Chanyu Chen
Storyboard: Zhoutong Qi
Asset Design: JD Gardner
Typography: Min Kim
Texture Painting: Jenny Mascia
Rigging TD: Lee Wolland
CG Generalists: Piotr Gabinsky, Henry Hilaire Jr
Render Support: Kyle Doris
Dance/Choreography: Maya Man
Costume Design: Chanyu Chen, Zhoutong Qi

VFX: Swordfish
Houdini Artist: Dan Clark, Tatsuma Nakano
Producer: Danielle Karstetter

Motion Capture: Silver Spoon
Virtual Production TD: Mahe Dewan
Performance Capture Supervisor: Peter Collazo
Managing Director: Dan Pack
Exec Producer: Laura Herzing
DIT: Kazim Karaismailoglu

Special Thanks: Epic Games, Alistair Thompson, Vayner Productions, Laura Shea