Mirada Wins Best Visual Effects at MTV Video Music Awards for Safe and Sound by Capital Cities

Mirada Studios was honored with a Moonman for Best Visual Effects at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards held Sunday night at Brooklyns Barclays Center for its work on Capital Cities Safe and Sound music video. Directed by MThs Grady Hall, Mirada Creative Director Jonathan Wu executed visual effects and post-production for the almost 4-minute video that was envisioned by Hall as a vibrant celebratory mash-up of wildly different dance styles.

Wu said, This is definitely a team win and could not have been done without the involvement of every single artist on the credit list. The production was run-and-gun with a fast turnaround so we handpicked the best of the best. Each shot features VFX and our team effectively and efficiently stayed true to the era, telling an interesting and artistic story that came together quite nicely.

Filmed entirely in the historic Los Angeles Theater, singers Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian kick off the dance party in the Safe and Sound video with Fred Astaire-inspired moves that trigger an influx of other dancers and props from varying eras. Acclaimed choreographer Mandy Moore worked with over 70 dancers to create more than 40 unique dance sequences that each capture a precise historical time and style.

For the videos post-production wizardry, Wu guided a small team of Mirada compositors through more than 80 visual effects shots, including head replacements, complex animations, stock footage integration, transformations, and retro-inspired visual effects and color treatments ranging from black and white silent film influences to psychedelic visuals. Tools used include Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Affect Effects with various plug-ins, The Foundrys NUKE, Autodesk Flame and Adobe Final Cut Pro. An immense amount of rotoscoping and tracking was also needed for the articulate integration work for this style of visual effects artistry.

In addition to Miradas VFX and Halls guidance, the music video for the chart-topping single off Capital Cities album A Tidal Wave of Mystery was created with help from Danny Lockwood, Capitol Music Group SVP. To see the full video for Safe and Sound, visit: http://mirada.com/select-works/safe-sound

View the video at http://mirada.com/select-works/safe-sound

About Mirada

Mirada is a studio designed for storytellers. Founded by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, and Motion Theory co-founders Javier Jimenez and director Mathew Cullen, Mirada is equal parts design studio, visual effects & animation facility, creative & technology incubator, development and production company. Mirada opened in December 2010 with narrative tradition at its heart and technological innovation as its engine. http://www.mirada.com.

CREDITS

Capital Cities Safe and Sound

CLIENT

Client: Capitol Records

SVP, Creative & Video/Producer: Danny Lockwood

PRODUCTION

Production: MTh (Motion Theory)

Director: Grady Hall

Executive Producer: Javier Jimenez

Line Producer: Buddy Enright

Director of Photography: Shawn Kim

Choreographer: Mandy Moore

Production Designer: Teri Whittaker

Wardrobe Stylist: Roseanne Fiedler

Band Stylist: Jenni Lee

Hair/Make-up: Anny Kim

2nd Unit Director: Jonathan Wu

Additional Cinematography: Ernesto Lomeli

Director of Marketing: Caroline Gomez

EDITORIAL

Editorial: Mirada

Editor: Mike Merkwan

POST PRODUCTION

Post Production: Mirada

President: John Fragomeni

Creative Director: Jonathan Wu

Executive Producer: Patrick Nugent

Post Producer: Derek Johnson

Production Manager/HR Director: Tina Van Delden

Art Director: Ash Wagers

Compositing Lead: Phil Guthrie

Sr. Compositor: Wesley Cronk

Sr. Compositor: Ryan Quinlan

Flame Lead: Tim Miller

Flame Artists: Marla Carter, Michael Vaglienty

Designers: Ashley Becerra, Jennifer Rahardjanoto

Creative Consultants: Ryan Erke, Kevin Lau

Roto Artists: Zac Chowdhury, Robert Dorris, Meredith Hook

Lead Stock Researcher: Jean Mougin

Stock Researchers: Daniel Choi, Luciano Herrera

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