Passion Pictures’ Pete Candeland welcomes The Beatles to Rock Band
It was no surprise when I learned the new spot for The Beatles: Rockband was directed by Pete Candeland of Passion Pictures, director of The Gorillaz music videos and done the past two Rock Band openers (1 & 2).
The illustrations and designs are gorgeous, the transitions are seamless and the piece builds momentum to the very end. Not only does the energy of the piece build, but so do the complexity of the animation techniques themselves. We start off in an illustrated, cut out world and wind up in a fully immersing Psyop-esque jam fest. By the end of the video I had to keep rewinding to catch all the references.
Enjoy.
Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 7:43 am |
Psyop-esque? It’s a Passion-Cande-jam-fest.
Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 11:10 am |
I’m guessing you work for Passion?! Amazing piece though, really rich and satisfying
Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 10:34 am |
wow. that was amazing. yeah, maybe there’s some psyop-ness towards the end, but i think that is a disservice to the whole piece. it’s got way more depth than just some trippy characters from Happiness Factory.
bravo
Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 11:15 am |
Brilliant, superb, fantastic!
Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 11:19 am |
STUNNING!!!
Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 11:51 am |
Superb attention to detail, and great build!
Thursday, June 4th 2009 at 5:13 pm |
Wasn’t that much impressed untill “waiting for the sun” phrase. I grewed in chair after that moment.
Thanks a lot for sharing, fantastic work!
Friday, June 5th 2009 at 9:28 am |
Lovely piece of animation . . . I particularly love the first half before it goes in to total 3D land. The background paintings are superb and lovely character animation.
Friday, June 5th 2009 at 1:04 pm |
Gotta agree, there Steve. Much more a fan of the first half than the 2nd. Brilliant piece altogether in any case!
Monday, June 8th 2009 at 12:58 am |
That just blew me away. Best clip I’ve seen for a while. Incredible character designs and animation!!! Spotless 3D too. Sooo good, pumped me up.
Monday, June 15th 2009 at 6:53 am |
Very cool work. I love all the symbolism. A perfect tribute.
Friday, July 24th 2009 at 2:04 am |
Its a bit on the bad taste side to report a company’s work and then say it resembles the works of another company, no?
The first half is just sublime experimentation/offbeat/pure coolness and the second half is a passion-pics-esque trip inside the LSD-boosted phase of the Fab Four.
One of my favorite animation works ever.