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Music: Everything – Max Cooper Video: Nick Cobby Additional footage: Andrey Prokhorov Additional footage: Pedro Salas MAX COOPER announces new album Unspoken Words, released 25th March on Mesh – with the lead single from the project “Everything” and its accompanying video. “Everything” is an excitable expression of freedom and joy, an explosion of colour referencing classic synth sounds from Max Cooper’s formative years and the golden era of idealism in music and popular culture of the ‘80 and ’90s. “I love feeling that anything is possible. It feels like I’m bursting and need to find some expression,“ says Cooper. "The synths seemed to carry the hope of everything I could imagine, condensed into the simple chord progression, improvised pads and layers of distortion. It was a lot of fun to work with, and spending time in that creative mindset generated lots of ideas which could be shot down later under less manic conditions.” As an audio-visual artist, Cooper often goes to the medium of video to enhance his music and the ideas and stories which inspire and inform his work. "Everything” is one of 13 short films combined into Unspoken Words and the metanarrative which will be released as a film on Blu-ray to accompany the album on 25th March. Cooper developed the visual story for ‘Everything’ with long term collaborator Nick Cobby and photographer Andrey Prokhorov, who has a huge library of imagery from around the world. https://bit.ly/3Kl1Qql / https://bit.ly/3JhTIFB Max Cooper, talking about the direction of ‘Everything’: “This chapter of the Unspoken Words story is about our capacity for positive change via idealism. The video project shows footage of everything, contained inside us. We are aware of an outside world, but ultimately; everything is experienced internally, and much of what may seem hopelessly out of our control need not be so. That’s the idealistic idea which I applied personally, musically and visually. I started the music when I was in need of something to give me a push forward. Sometimes a high energy classic synth explosion is the recipe for the job. It created the feeling that anything seemed possible, a fresh belief with a touch of ignorance that’s essential for new ideas to emerge free from the constraining baggage of old failures. The synths seemed to carry the hope of everything I could imagine, condensed into the simple chord progression, improvised pads and layers of distortion. It was a lot of fun to work with, and spending time in that creative mindset generated lots of ideas. For the visual story I worked with my long term collaborator Nick Cobby, along with the photographer Andrey Prokhorov. Andrey has a huge library of imagery from around the world and I wanted to try and put everything inside the minds and bodies of the people of Mexico City, where Nick is based, in order to mirror the explosion of feelings and ideas of the music in visual form. It tells the story of our escape from constraints as we move towards the final mental expansion of the narrative. Culum Simpson designed the spatial structure of the Dolby Atmos mix in a similar manner to that of the original stereo mix, with full power immersion from all sides, and an ever growing barrage of sound from the ceiling and walls.”

Starring: Terique Jarrett, Heather Foster & Annie Heralda Agency: TBWA Media Arts Lab Creative Director: Brandon Mugar Creatives: Yoshie Hozuni, Andre Fukumoto, Pedro Prado, Fabiano Higashi and Dudu Barcelos Agency Producer: Corbin Meyer DP: Justin Brown Producer: Julie Sawyer MD: Davud Karbassioun EP: Nick Fuller Production: Pulse Films 1st AD: Robert Blishen Production Designer: Andy Kelly Casting: kharmel Cochrane Wardrobe: Selina Wong Service: 24/7 EP: Gordon Mackinnon Service Producer: Diana Hidalgo GRACIAS PEDRO: Jordi Molla Grip: Grip On SE7 Edit: Shane Reid at EXILE Music: Sparks ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’ (1974) Color: Daniel De Vue Sound: Jon Bolsen at Formosa Group VFX supervisor: Carl Norton VFX: The Mill

A recently deceased bunny-girl is trapped in the virtual afterlife. Official animated music video for ‘Delete After Death’ by Zouj. Animated and directed by Laura Jayne Hodkin 3D Animation: Dermot Lynskey Colouring Assistance: Zohar Dvir, Laura N-Tamara

A hybrid-documentary using animation and reenactment footage to bring to life Gene Church’s never before heard audio interview, recounting the harrowing physical torture and brainwashing at a secretive 4-day leadership seminar in California, 1970. You’ve Never Been Completely Honest is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere, read more about it here: https://bit.ly/3j9i8q2

Music video for P’tit Belliveau, a multi-instrumentalist songwriter from Baie Sainte-Marie, a very small francophone community in Nova Scotia. This video tells the story of a lonely lamp maker and a genie without magic powers, whose mutual destinies will change forever from the unexpected encounter between the two. Integrating surreal and magical elements into a mundane and rural universe, characterized by an everyday life routine, the result of this music video is unique yet astonishing. To achieve this particular aesthetic, we used the Oculus Quest’s SculptrVR application in the conception of the video. Every single movement of the characters has been translated from a MOCAP shooting. story & creative direction: Vincent Bilodeau art direction & 3D animation: David Baril design: David Baril, Pascal Brousseau, Charles Desmarais, Maxime Normand, Frank Appache, Morgan Ali editing: Vincent Bilodeau production: Colegram actors: Philippe Boutin, David Baril thanks to: Sophie Montmagny, OG, Studio Le Château

Throw on headphones and zen out to some sparkling Mojave night sky stars and star trails timelapses. Shot at various locations surrounding Joshua Tree National Park, this night sky compilation uses a full moon to “paint” the foreground, giving the visuals a surreal psychedelic “daylight” feeling. Exposures were 20 seconds. Shot on Canon 6D. Lenses Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens and Rokinon 12mm f2.8. Shot and Edited by Gavin Heffernan (https://bit.ly/3j9VOwx) Music: Homeward Angel by Moby. Courtesy: https://bit.ly/3KevbTe This project was shot as part of SKYGLOW (https://bit.ly/3u9eymk), an ongoing quest to explore the effects and dangers of urban light pollution in contrast with some of the most incredible dark sky areas in North America. This project is being produced by Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic in collaboration with International Dark-Sky Association (https://bit.ly/3x7slf8), a non-profit fighting for the preservation of night skies around the globe. International Dark Sky Week is coming up too – April 22-28th!

Celebrating our new custom typeface called madefor, we felt like we want to present it in a way that. celebrates means of communication and the relation between words, ideas, and symbols. Credits: Art Direction – Shira Nathan, Eyal Sebbag Editing – Guy Landshaft Illustration – Tom Kariv, Sivan Fiterman Lead Design – Tom Kariv, Sivan Fiterman Design – Tom Kariv, Sivan Fiterman, Shira Nathan 3D – Elad Naim Lead animation – Maayan Tzuriel Animation – Amit Zakai Production – Gili Stolero

Personalities, funny smells, paperwork, and well… Doris. I recently took a trip to the DMV for a title transfer and was so inspired by the scene, we decided it needed a song of its own. Here it is, in all of its glory, the DMV song. Animation & Design Noodle Hello@noodleanimation.com Directed by Doug Alberts

Four office employees try to find privacy in the workplace. 2022 starring Anna Seregina, Christine Medrano, Steph Tolev, Bri Pruett directed by Sara June written by Graham Riley & Sara June produced by Caron Clancey director of photography Ryan Thomas 1st AC Justin Wilson gaffer Brooke Mueller sound recordist Jake Robinson hair and makeup artist Laura Raczka editor Aviva Siegel colorist Dan Edwards music & sound mix & sound effects John Dawson

In memory of Haraldur Unason Diego, 1972-2022. Thank you for everything you were and everything you stood for. You will always be remembered brother.