Superfad’s Nando Costa has directed a short film "Tactile Waveforms” that explores the connections between science, mathematics and music.
Press Release from Superfad
Superfad’s Nando Costa has directed a short film "Tactile Waveforms” that explores the connections between science, mathematics and music. Costa collaborated closely with World Gang on the compelling project, which can be viewed on Superfad’s website: http://superfad.com/work/project/tactile_waveforms
Director Costa shot the live action for the film in the Eastern Oregon desert using a small motion control device to achieve the time-lapse. Throughout the film, drawings representing a musical score are released into stylized landscapes that illustrate conditions through which sounds travel. These drawn representations react in different ways when traveling through the desolate landscapes, transforming into impossible musical instruments and altering elements in the environment along the way. The film’s structure is defined by World Gang's music composition, which features classic instruments altered electronically to create the track. Working in a push and pull relationship, the film’s video and audio abstractions unite in an experience that is both otherworldly and rooted in tradition.
Production: Superfad
Director: Nando Costa
Lead 3D Artist: Robin Scher
3D Artists: Andrew Butterworth, Pat Clarke, Christian Day, Phiphat Pinyosophon, Scott Cullen, Scott Denton
Lead Compositor: Joel Voelker
Compositing/2D Animation: Paul Barkshire, Paulo Dias, Loren Judah, Justin Pae, Brian Merrell, Allen Lau, Nando Costa
Editor: Ryan Haug
Producer: Nicole Dundas
Executive Producer: Chris Volckmann
Original Music: World Gang
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