Bastille 'What You Gonna Do???' by Reza Dolatabadi
David Knight - 5th Aug 2020
This splendid video for Bastille was directed by London-based Iranian animation director Reza Dolatabadi, who worked with a team of artists from US, UK to Iran to a two minute plus blockbuster about the perils of social media frying everybody's minds.
One benefit of lockdown means that this very valid subject can be handled in a more imaginative way through animation than in live action. That is what Dolatabadi and his team have done here, in a brilliant fusion of 2D and 3D animation. This also involves a very dynamic, comic book-esque depiction of the band - and guest artist Graham Coxon - which also explodes a few preconceptions about shooting band performance.
In short, one of the most successful projects involving animation of the past few months. And by the way, Bastille's Dan appears to be directing his pithy message to The Man at Facebook (and Instagram, and Whatsapp)...
David Knight - 5th Aug 2020
Credits
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Production/Creative
- Director
- Reza Dolatabadi
- Producer
- Reza Dolatabadi
Art
- Art Director
- Hamid Bahrami
- Art Director
- Reza Dolatabadi
- Art Director
- Amir.b.ash
Editorial
- Editor
- Reza Dolatabadi
VFX
Commission
- Commissioner
- Bastille
Other credits
Character Designs & 2D Layouts
Hamid Bahrami @hameedbahrami
3D Artist
Amir.B.Ash
Animation Supervision
Ehsan Ansari
Character Animation
Hamid Bahrami, Ehsan Ansari, Yasin Haghighi, Amir Kazemi
David Knight - 5th Aug 2020