LoveBite & ODD - Meet the Kickers/Chromeo Viral Film

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2009-04-18T10:20:00.000-07:00

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thank you!

2008-12-20T04:46:00.001-08:00

thank odd...

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For this project, LoveBite has colaborated with ODD - a London based creative agency that work with a range of clients.

Check out their website and see what they are about: THANKODD.COM

They have a great working ethos and are as excited as us about the project as we are, we hope that this is just the beginning for LoveBite and ODD.

Filming

2008-11-11T08:32:00.000-08:00

Posts on the blog have been few in the last week as we have been busy filming - so busy in fact that we finished today! here's some shots of the last few days, everything really came together nicely. We have stacks and stacks of frames ready for editing now- but only the best will make it into the final edit.

Here's a teaser link to some of the animation:

The Incredible Machine

Also on the cards is a re-edit of the track - Fancy Footwork by Chromeo (CSS remix. We will take all the most interesting elements of the track and edit it down to around a minute (the proposed length of the viral).

A new shoe

2008-11-08T08:07:00.000-08:00

Here's the latest addition to the crazy kickers family - "Bootcamp"

the last few days 2...

2008-11-07T12:43:00.000-08:00

We've also been busy making customized Kickers too - we've had some back from others, some better than others but me and al have come up with a few of our own we're very happy with. As well as that we have been busy installing the tube lights into the boxes and testing them.

the last few days 1...

2008-11-07T11:43:00.000-08:00

Things have been busy this week at The Factory so have not uploaded in a while - here is some documentation of fitting the box frames and testing the tube lighting.

Filming has well and truly begun now - we are using two high wattage red head lights to capture all the details we need. As its all stop frame its laborious, but oh so fruitful! Most of the colour mastering will be done in post production so as long as we get the quality now, were set.

Initial footage looks great - the link to a very short test can be seen here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/196f3p

more soon...

Day 6-7

2008-11-03T06:13:00.000-08:00

Sunday saw through most of the finishing touches to the machine, it is now almost complete (only a few details and touching up to be done)

The top of the machine now has tubes extruding from it and movable round speakers, the tubes will be different colours and be animated to slide up and down to add even more movement.

We have also been experimenting with lighting and found some interesting glowing effects with UV against the pink (see photo) so it is an option to shoot some shots with the UV.

The boxes have been positioned ready to fit the tube lights that are arriving on wednesday but shooting will start early tuesday regardless. We will be taking test shots and compiling them to form a story board so that it is clear what we have planned.

more pics...

2008-10-31T12:10:00.001-07:00

More and more!

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The machine is coming on leaps and bounds, we are almost ready to assemble all the boxes in the room, as well as create some totally outragous shoes! Some shoes have been given out to local artists and designers with the message - give the shoe a personality and character, the more bizarre and fun the better!

We ave configured some of the most complicated moving parts on the machine including piston powered dolls legs that play a keyboard, and tape reels.

All is on track to start filming early next week.

Day 3 of the build

2008-10-29T15:03:00.000-07:00

Today there has been much progress with the machines image. Working our way down to the more detailed aspects, all of the main structure is now complete and ideas for specific animated parts have been flowing.

The wiring of LEDs has brought the machine to life and many moving objects have been embedding into the structure. These Include a painted keyboard, fan, the conveyor belt gubbins, an equalizer made of baubles, and cogs.

We also made a path of holes in the main body for a snakelike ducting tube to move and slide in and out of - the shot planned for this will be highly dynamic as part of the machine will wriggle out of the holes twisting and turning then dissapearing back before settling down to permanently form part of the structure. (see image of metal ducting launching out of a hole)

a busy day...

2008-10-28T14:51:00.001-07:00

Today we worked out the basic shape of the machine and started to attach the basic objects. Managed to get loads done so the machine should be well on the way by the end of tomorrow.

so far we have added the basic non moving elements. Several moving, cause and effect elements are planned and will be added in the next few days - including moving dials/knobs/tubes/pipes/chimneys/legs and arms. this thing is going to be truly bonkers!

here's our progress in images:

Ordered the boxes...and a few other things!

2008-10-27T15:51:00.000-07:00

Ordered the boxes from a site that lets you build your own, this way we were able to specify our exact dimensions and order a variety of sizes, these should arrive in a few days. also we got some corrugated paper, coloured vinyl tapes and some other choice parts!

Some more objects

2008-10-27T15:41:00.001-07:00

These are some more of the objects that will be built into the machine, with more to be gathered in the coming days. We hope to have the machine constructed by next monday/tuesday, ready to start filming.

Initial Objects

2008-10-27T15:03:00.000-07:00

We spent the last week gathering materials for the machine. Now that the studio room is available we started the process of moving everything we need into the space ready to start building.

These images show the objects and components we plan to use to build the machine. Some of the parts have movable elements that can be animated and we are planning to paint a lot of the objects. (see image of paint pots for our colour scheme)

There will be a lot of shiny metalic parts and even blue LEDs to set off the flourecent pinks and blues that will give the machine an 80's electro style. A lot of the electrical equipment is actually from the 80's too so should add to this style.

Backlit @ The Factory

2008-10-27T14:35:00.000-07:00

For the next couple of weeks we'll be working at The Factory with an art organisation called Backlit. Backlit is run by a group of local artists and they are happy to let us use a great space within the studio.

http://backlit.org.uk/

The studio is 24/7 access and we will be getting the kickers delivered here in a few days! for now we are gathering materials for the machine...