Grimes
Kill v Maim
Music Video, 2017
VFX Supervision, Design, Composite
Overview
Oblivion was the soundtrack to many of my late night creative binges. So it was an absolute honor to collaborate with Grimes on her music video for my favorite track, Kill v Maim. With a mood board including Spawn, Sailor Moon, Fallen Angels and Akira, it was a dream project of a child raised on unhealthy amounts of anime, cyberpunk and cinema.
With the team at Artjail, we created a Neo-Tokyo metropolis and reanimated the stripped family minivan to tear through its technicolor streets. And as their first dive into a CG heavy music video, I workshopped with Claire and Mac to navigate the process of shooting for VFX and bring their wild creative vision to life.
Kill v Maim won the Juno Award for Music Video of the Year 2017 and is a sick track.
created at Artjail
VFX
I gave a crash course in VFX filmmaking to maximize the potential of a tight one-month production schedule. Early preivz helped with shot planning and equipment selection to create driving shots on a fixed stage. On-set VFX supervision and live test composites allowed Claire and Mac to better envision the final edit and make pivots accordingly during production. Ultimately we keyed, tracked and composited 15 shots of CG cityscapes for the final video.
Process Sketch
A rare example of a shot that makes it from previz, through technical production, vfx, composite, and into the final cut of the film.
Credits
Production
Production: Route 11 / Crimson Fish
Director: Claire Boucher, Mac Boucher
Producer: Mac Boucher, Neil Hansen, Ryan Tremblay
Director of Photography: Mac Boucher, Neil Hansen
Art Director: Claire Boucher
Production Design: Mac Boucher
Stylist: Turner
Assistant Stylist: Alissa Alikpala, Meika Wagner, Ida Jokinen
1st Assistant Director: Kurtis Chen
2nd Assistant Director: Tommy Molnar
Assistant Producer: Peter Lilly
Editor: Claire Boucher
Additional Animation: Claire Boucher
Visual Effects
Visual Effects: Artjail
VFX Supervisor: Christopher Fung
Compositor: Leslie Faye Chung, Tiffany Chung, Christopher Fung
Flame Artist: Ben Vaccaro
CG Artist: Christopher Fung, Shawn Lipowski
Additional CG: Alain Cisneros, Nick Dubois, Madeline Jackson
Mattepainter: Ben Zylberman
Producer: Jon Skeffington
Juno Awards 2017 – Music Video of the Year
https://junoawards.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017-JUNO-Award-Winners.pdf
V Magaine – An Insider’s Look at Grimes’ New Video
https://vmagazine.com/article/an-insiders-look-at-grimes-new-video/