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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

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Credits

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

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

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