Revenant Welcomes CG Supervisor Drew Robertson and Supervising Producer Lindsay Weir
May 2, 2024
Brand New School Signs Director/CD Chris Dooley
Chris Dooley, who co-founded National TV, launched Not To Scale in the US and directs music videos (for Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato e.g.), adds his many talents to the roster at Brand New School. [Watch]
Inky Drama for Netflix Marco Polo Titles
Mill+ co-directors Ben Smith and Bryce Wymer hit themes of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry in the title sequence for the new Netflix original “Marco Polo” written by John Fusco and produced by The Weinstein Group.
“Bryce developed a technique to capture the images being ‘invisibly painted’ using an overhead projector and meticulously hand-painting the images onto a dense paper stock that allowed the water to sit on the surface of the paper.
“Sumi ink (ink formulated for sumi painting and calligraphy) was then dripped onto the invisible water paintings, spreading beautifully throughout the entire image. This was captured through high-speed photography to create an elegant, monotone image, confined to the waters edges.”
Compare and contrast: Here’s a smaller scale ink-in-water treatment from 2011 called “Dirty Water” from hush.fr director/illustrator Clément Beauvais For BDDP Unlimited:
Not To Scale Sign Chris Curtis
Former Passion Pictures director Chris Curtis moves his talent for mixed media to Not To Scale’s roster in London, New York and Amsterdam. [Watch]
Steve Fuller Joins Not To Scale Roster
Director Steve Fuller (Emmy win for Mad Man titles and Emmy noms for Nurse Jackie and The Pacific) is now repped by Not To Scale for the UK and Holland. [Watch]
Chris Dooley and Not To Scale NY: Virgin Hotels “Brilliant”
This rocking new two-minute animated online spot from Not To Scale director Chris Dooley thru agency 1 Trick Pony just makes me want to stay at Virgin Hotels. [Watch]
WOW: Warlords of Draenor Cinematic
Never played World of Warcraft. Never will.
But thank the gods and the hordes of fans who do, giving Blizzard the motivation and the cash to produce head-snapping cinematics like this one for the game’s latest expansion pack called “Warlords of Draenor.”
It seems Garrosh Hellscream has “escaped through the Dark Portal and forged the orc clans of old into a terrifying war machine known as the Iron Horde,” but we all know narrative is not the point – we’re here to get sucked down the rabbit hole of infinite rendering detail, the impeccable lighting, sweeping scale and blazing action. And then watch again.
FYFI: Duncan Jones’ World of Warcraft feature is now in post and due for release in 2016. [Watch]
