Film clip for the Gotye song Eyes Wide Open, directed by Brendan Cook at PictureDRIFT, featuring character design and animation by Darcy Prendergast at DeePee Studios, and design and animation by Jeremy Bianco, Darryn Rogers and Brendan Cook.
Taken from the new album Making Mirrors
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Full credits:
Production Company:
pictureDRIFT
Director:
Brendan Cook
Character Design & Animation:
Darcy Prendergast
3D Design & Animation:
Jeremy Bianco
2D Design and Compositing:
Jeremy Bianco
Brendan Cook
Darryn Rogers
Timelapse Photography:
Enrique Pacheco
Nick Reygaert
Brendan Cook
Darryn Rogers
Cinematography:
David Wakeley
Enrique Pacheco
Special Effects Makeup:
Rachelle O'Donnell
Music credits:
Produced by Wally De Backer
Additional production by Francois Tetaz
Mixed by Francois Tetaz,
Assisted by Andy Stewart and Wally at The Mill, Gippsland, VIC
Drums recorded by Francois Tetaz at Soundpark Studios, Northcote, VIC
Cellos and bass recorded by Francois Tetaz at Moose Mastering, Richmond, VIC
Pedal steel guitar recorded by Lachlan Carrick in the loungeroom of Matt Walker's house, Upwey, VIC
The Winton Musical Fence (designed and constructed by Graeme Leak) recorded by Wally, Winton, QLD
All other sounds collected, manipulated or recorded by Wally in The Barn, Merricks, VIC
Performers:
Whale Cellos: Gareth Skinner
Poker Bass: Lucas Taranto
Wasteland pedal steel guitar: Michael Hubbard
Drums, Winton Musical Fence, sampled sounds,
lead and backing vocals: Wally
Mastered by William Bowden at King Willy Sound, Stanmore, NSW
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So this is the end of the story
Everything we had, everything we did
Is buried in dust
And this dust is all that’s left of us
But only a few ever worried
Though the signs were clear, they had no idea
You just get used to living in fear
Or give up
When you can’t even picture your future
We walk the plank with our eyes wide open…
Some people offered up answers
We made out like we heard, but they were only words
They didn’t add up
To a change in the way we were living
And the saddest thing-
Is all of it could have been avoided
But it was like to stop consuming is to stop being human
And why would I make a change if you won’t
We’re all in the same boat, staying afloat
For the moment
And we walk the plank with our eyes wide open, we..
Walk the plank with our eyes wide open
With our eyes wide open we...
Walk the plank, we walk the plank
And that was the end of the story
gotye / eyes wide open / music video
I directed this music video through pictureDRIFT for Gotye’s second album debut single Eyes Wide Open. A huge array of image making techniques from stop motion, timelapse photography, 3D CG and 2D compositing were combined to create the journey of a tribe of earth crusted travelers, moving back through time across an ever changing and vast apocalyptic landscape, revealing the story of earth’s development and decay.
Direction | Brendan Cook
Character Design & Animation | Darcy Prendergast
Design & Animation | Darryn Rogers
Design & 3D Animation | Jeremy Bianco
Cinematography | David Wakeley
Photography | Enrique Pacheco
Photography | Nick Reygaert
Photography | Brendan Cook
Photography | Darryn Rogers
