Chemical Brothers
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
project overview.
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION STUDIOS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES / CREATIVE CONSULTANCY / ENGINE OPERATION / 3D TRACKING
The Chemical Brothers video features a unique one-shot music promo created by Dom&Nic in collaboration with a technical team. They successfully brought together four different scenes in real time in one continuous shot.
Studio : ARRI X CT stage London
Post : Untold Studios
Production : Outsiders
Directors : Dom & Nic
Label : EMI
Live Again Music Video
The video showcases Kukor awakening in a crowded trailer and transitioning into different environments such as a desert and a forest, portraying endless possibilities for both background and performance
Video Credits
Production Company: Outsider Producer: John Madsen Executive Producer: Simon Elborne Production Manager: Tom Benkins DOP: Stephen Keith-Roach Steadicam Operator: Rick Woollard Choreographer: Supple Nam 1st AD: James Sharpe Production Designer: Chris Oddy Stylist: Tara Stift Dancer: Josipa Kukor Editor: Ed Cheeseman @ Final Cut Sound Mix and SFX: Adam Smyth @ String and Tins Untold Studios: VFX & Real Time Production: Untold Studios Chief Creative Officer: Neil Davies Executive Producer: Ian Berry Producer: George Reid, Simon Downie Production Assistant: Helena Almeida Virtual Production & Real-time Supervisor: Simon Legrand VFX Supervisor: Matt Kavanagh Technical Artist: Heyden Adams Artists: Vlad Pascanu, George Rockliffe, Emma Lepuil, Tom Moreland, Carlo Carfor, Ankur Arora, Emien Arkin, Emre Samioglu, Garry Driver, Lucas Girault, Murali Krishna Reddy, Richard Harris, Pillippe Moine, Shariq Altaf Arri: Virtual Production Studio: ARRI Stage London Virtual Production Supervisor: David Levy Production Consultant: Rob Payton Stage Manager: Sean Ryan Board Operation: Shane Greenway Rigging Operation: Michael Apostolou Creative Technology: Project Manager: Connie Glover Project Coordinator: Anette Moreno Engine Operator: Joseph Loe Systems Engineer: Callum Smith-Halvorsen Systems Engineer: Raoul Mohamdee Creative Consultant: Will Case Lux: Virtual Production Supervisor: Jack Dartford Engine Operator: Simon Mullot Camera Tracking Lead: Daniela Espada Camera Tracking Tech: Kieran Wilkinson Label: Virgin Records / Universal Music Marketing Executive: Alex Henderson Video Commissioner: Ailsa Robertson Directors’s Representation (Music Video): OB Management
BTS - The Making of Live Again
As the directors say here, the journey of making it pushed the technology beyond its known limits, breaking new ground, and adding weight to the proposition of embracing virtual production as a creative choice first and foremost.
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“We created virtual CGI worlds and used long unbroken camera takes, without edits, moving between those different worlds seamlessly with our hero character.”
One shot, multiple worlds: Chemical Brothers’ “Live Again” at ARRI Stage London.
Directing duo, dom&nic, push the boundaries of virtual production techniques on their latest Chemical Brothers promo film.
- ARRI