After their first well received collaboration with REM (Hollow Man), Crush follows up with “Man Sized Wreath.” This piece deals with an anonymous man’s daily routine and shows us how lost and alienated we can become in our visually saturated and over-stimulating environment.
“[As Hollow Man] was intended as a statement about isolation, the fear of losing who we are. This film is a more pointed statement about the state of the world politically, and the idea that we are all hypnotized by so much meaningless diversion we don’t focus on things that matter.”
Title: Man-Sized Wreath
Artist: R.E.M
Label: Warner Bros. Records
Director: Crush, Toronto
Production Company: Crush, Toronto
Writer, Creative Director: Gary Thomas
Executive Producer: Jo-ann Cook
Producer: Stephanie Pennington
Assistant Producer: Kristen Van Fleet
Editor: Kim Knight, Sons and Daughters, Toronto
Shot, Designed & Animated by: Crush, Toronto
In our second installment of the Motionographer Podcast, we chat with Gary Thomas, founder and creative director at Crush in Toronto. Some of the topics we touch on: Working in the Australian post-production scene back in the 90s The relationship between technology, power and the creative process The genesis of…
Title: Hollow Man Artist: R.E.M. Label: Warner Bros. Records Directors: Gary Thomas, Stefan Woronko Production Company: Crush, Toronto Executive Producer: Jo-ann Cook Producer: Stephanie Pennington Shot, designed and animated by Crush, Toronto
Watching the work of Toronto-based Crush is refreshing. They exercise a decidedly straightforward approach to motion graphics: no 3D (not even 2.5D), no crazy camera moves, no "one long shot" transitions. Just solid motion with an emphasis on concept and context-sensitive typography. That was true for their series of Gum…
