// Sound Design Version //
The sound design was designed to accentuate the kinetic motion of the precision mechanisms, contrast texturally with the depth of the musical composition, and support the overall edit beats.
Client : Hublot
Head of Hublot Studio : Yann Lauener
Hublot Executive Producer : Frédéric D’alberto
Production Company Tendril
Creative Director : Chris Bahry
Director : Joey Recoskie
Executive Producer : Mary Anne Ledesma
Producer : Brittany Sheahan
Coordinator : Tyler Wong
Art Director : Daniel Lepik
3D Design : Sylvain Gaussens, Yeseong Kim, Rita Louro, Rafa Cezar, Daniel Lepik, Joey Recoskie
Model & Rig : Flavio Diniz, Marcelo Souza Animation Lead Will Sharkey
3D Animation : Rafa Cezar, Sam Tato, Will Sharkey, Joey Recoskie Houdini Sim : Arnis Vitols, Sylvain Gaussens, Yeseong Kim
2D Design + Animation : Rafa Cezar
Light + Render : Brad Husband, Yeseong Kim, Joey Recoskie
Compositing : Astrid Cardenas, Brad Husband, Corey Larsoo
Sound by Cypher
Composer : Joris van Grunsven
Sound Design & Mix : John Black
Executive Producer : Julie Neff
In 2013 Emmy Award winning artist Susi Sie approached John Black of Cypher to create sound design for a film called Cymatics which went on to win a Vimeo staff pick and garner several editorial features.
All scenes were filmed by using lycopodium powder, 50 Hz, a Canon 5D and a 100mm macro lens.
The finished edit was turned over to Cypher to reinterpret the movement sonically.
In October 2024 we launched a series of 9 short films based on unused scenes from the original shoot, that illustrate the beauty of analogue chaos and organized sound.
Directed and Produced by FutureDeluxe.
Executive Creative Director: Ant Baena
Creative Director: Bryant Nichols
Art Director: Stefan Kang
Producers: Angel Hu, Tracy Clifton
Design & Animation: Stefan Kang, Martin Cusano, Michael Kim, Steven Dvornik, Matt Taylor, Florian Bauman, Krzesimir Drachal
Modeling + Product: Sam Cividanis, Nick Scarcella, Wei Chung, Kornel Makarowicz
Editor: Matt Cronin
Sound by Cypher
Composer: Joris van Grunsven
Sound Design & Mix: John Black
Executive Producer: Julie Neff
Our first Forever Reel, showcasing the combined work of FutureDeluxe and Tendril ♾️
This reel celebrates the journey and the ‘work behind the work’ —the multitude of explorations, interactions and thousands of daily design decisions that give depth, richness and intention to the work we love.
We first screened this reel on the incredible AV system at OFFF last month. It was extra special to share this moment with so many of our colleagues, friends, and freelance collaborators, all of whom have been part of the journey so far and whose fingerprints are in this beautiful montage. A great reminder to us that the people we get to work with, our collective culture and diverse community is what makes the work worthwhile.
Sound by Cypher
John Black & Joris van Grunsven
Edit by Matt Cronin
Tendril partnered with Hublot for the launch of the Arsham Droplet, a visionary creation born from the collaboration between Hublot and acclaimed contemporary artist Daniel Arsham.
This groundbreaking timepiece redefines versatility — wear it as a pocket watch, pendant, or showcase it as a table clock. Crafted from titanium, rubber, and sapphire crystal, it embodies the perfect fusion of antique elegance and futuristic innovation.
CREDITS
Client: Hublot
Global Brand Image Director: Yann Lauener
EP: Frédéric D’Alberto
Film Production Manager: Marine Perrot
Launch Event Executive Producer: Christina Nissen-Joller
Launch Event Manager: Nadine Martins
Production & Design: Tendril Design + Animation Inc.
ECD: Chris Bahry
Director: Pablo Alfieri
EP: Mary Anne Ledesma
ECD/Strategist: Roger Dario, Caroline Leong
Senior Producer: Niko Hook
Producer: Cody McFarland
Art Director: Mike Lamont
CG Sup/Animation Lead: Will Sharkey
3D Design: Rita Louro, Alex Levinton, Fede Kano, Aleks Liubas, Leonardo Bortolussi, Rafael Eifler
Asset Lookdev: Brad Husband, Nemanja Ivanovic
Modeller/Rigger: Flavio Diniz, Tyrel Scott
Animation: Lamek Felix, Leonardo Bortolussi
Houdini Simulation: Will Sharkey, Arnis Vitols, Alejandro Echeverry, Aleks Liubas
2D AE Animation: Peiter Hergert
Light/Render: Brad Husband, Nemanja Ivanovic, Aleks Liubas
Compositor: Brad Husband, Astrid Cardenas, Corey Larson
Live-action Production: Denim
Live-action Director: Norman Wong
EP: Christian Tyler
Director of Photography: Jeff Bierman
Production Designer: Ben Gerlis
Producer: Alex Dall’Orso
Photography: Norman Wong
Editorial EP: Ainslie Thomas
Live Action Editor: Kyle Sanderson
Live Action Assistant Editor: Mikka Quinsac
Launch Event Production: True Staging
Launch Event Production Designer: Ben Gerlis, Tim Blazell
Sound by Cypher
CD / Sound Design : John Black
Composer : Joris van Grunsven
Sound Design / Mix : Joseph Sims
EP : Julie Neff
Designed, Directed and Produced by FutureDeluxe
Executive Creative Director: Ant Baena
Creative Director: Bryant Nichols
Executive Producer: Maria Hanafy
Producer: Angel Hu
Art Director: Garett Gioia
Product Modelling: Harry Warne, Matt Taylor, Nick Scarcella
Design, Animation: Steven Dvornik, Garett Gioia, Harry Warne
GFX: Bryant Nichols
Sound Design by Cypher :
Sound Designer : John Black
To build hype for the F.02, their second general purpose robot, Figure came to Tendril to create teaser films that demonstrate the elegance of the F.02’s materials and movements, juxtaposed with the groundbreaking engineering beneath the surface.
Cypher was commissioned to craft the audio for the the teaser and reveal films for F02.
More info : https://www.behance.net/gallery/202313361/Figure-F02
For Parallel
AD // Oscar Mar
Artist // Taehoon Park
Sound by Cypher
*custom bike sounds created on a Make Noise modular synthesizer.
Sound Design // John Black
The story of Racer 37 - Zach Hughes, and the fall of the Death Circus is one told with a level of abstraction and artistry that I've always connected with. Like every great story, the viewer is given a certain amount of freedom to inject their own interpretation of what transpires. Zach's power is never fully understood, his demise never explained.
It was here that I wanted to start my own continuation of this story. The psychic force that allows Zach to destroy his opponents ultimately destroys himself, as he races against his own past and future. As he is torn apart, an echo of his soul remains, forever trapped between the final rest of death's slumber and the never-ending desire to win, to keep running.
GHOSTS is a collection of visions, memories and fragments of what remains of the spectre of Zach Hughes. A psychic echo flickering through time, forever haunting the long-abandoned track.
GHOSTS is a tribute to the original animated short "Hashiru Otoko" created by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. This anime had a tremendous impact on me early in life, and was my gateway into other classics such as Vampire Hunter D, Wicked City, and Ninja Scroll. It's with the utmost respect and admiration for Kawajiri-san's inspiring work that I chose to make this film.
GHOSTS Created & Directed by - Kristoffer Brady
Sound by - CYPHER
Sound Design & Mix by - John Black
Music by - Joris van Grunsven
Life is a matter of material state.
Client : Parallel Studios
Created & Directed by / Kristoffer Brady
Sound by / CYPHER
Tendril collaborated with AOI and CYPHER to create a high-fidelity immersive gallery experience for digital art collectors. Built in Unreal Engine, rendered in real-time on the cloud, and streamed via browser on any device, the gallery offers collectors, the public, and artists the ability to experience and showcase digital art, in a natively digital way.
There is an abundance of exceptionally crafted NFT/digital artwork out there and practically no fitting way to experience it. We took on the creative challenge to design and build something for the art and artists that we love. Our mandate was to explore how far we could push the quality of a real-time 3D online museum for digital art — a love-letter to the likes of Naoshima Island or Storm King.
On launch, the immersive theatre of the gallery included a large scale collaborative artwork created by Tendril, titled Life#1. With sound design by CYPHER, this artwork is the first part of an ongoing exploration of the algorithms and processes that guide how living things grow and the forms they will take.
Conceptually, the gallery was designed to be as serene and immersive as possible: blending past and future, nature and architecture, interior and exterior. It’s a space that you can and want to spend time in, exploring and discovering little surprises around each corner (there are easter eggs to be discovered). As digital artists and creators, we are so excited to be able to provide a space for people to enjoy some of the most amazing digital art out there in a setting worthy of its craft and significance.
The generative, ambient music system was designed to produce ever evolving sonic experience within the hub and gallery spaces. Layers of ‘loops’ play in a random order based on sets of defined rules, generating a unique composition on each visit to the gallery. The daytime experience is in a major key, while the night mode is minor, shifting the mood slightly.
A note about the Ambient System
John Black, Cypher
When the opportunity came up to collaborate with Tendril and create the auditory experience for the Shōyu AOI Gallery, I couldn’t have been more inspired by the concept for this immersive space. I immediately decided that it should be something that utilizes procedural music and sound to create a unique, evolving soundscape.
I have been interested in generative music for some time, being familiar with Brian Eno’s Music For Airports and subsequent installation work, I thought it would be fitting to design a procedural system, with additional inspiration coming from the Japanese Kankyō Ongaku ambient music movement of the early 1980s. Kankyō Ongaku literally means ‘environmental music’ and I wanted to bring some of the textures and moods from this genre into the gallery, and contribute to the overall sense of meditative space that we were after.
I decided to use a Pentatonic scale at 88.88 BPM, so that any combination of sound elements, or loops, would sound harmonious, and avoid any dissonance when layered. At night, the soundscape changes to the relative minor for a slightly different feel. Over several sessions, using both hardware and software techniques, sounds were designed that had different properties, divided by texture, melody/sequence and percussive qualities. Each sound was composed to decay ‘naturally’ and were varied in length, so that when looped they would overlap in unpredictable ways, creating chords, new melodies etc. This is one layer of the system.
A randomized player was developed ( with Baud ) in Unreal Engine that utilizes several logics to keep the generative system changing. We have 4 groups of ‘tuned’ loops for both the gallery and main Hub of Shōyu, day and night versions. At any one time, four layers of loops are playing simultaneously, the number of repeats of each sound is randomized (1-3) , as is the order in which they are played, as well as pause time before play. There are around 145 loops in total, providing an incredible amount of variation, while still leaving space for quiet moments to occur. In addition to the tuned loops we placed environmental sounds through the spaces, like wind, crickets and water drops, that are also a part of the sound world.
CREDITS
Client : AOI / Shoyu
Production Company : Tendril
Executive Producer : Ivelle Jargalyn
Creative Director : Chris Bahry
Producers : Emily McCallen & Georgie Patching
Production Coordinator : Jelena Sibalija
Lead Designer : Fede Kanno
Lead Unreal Engine Artist : Christian Hecht
Design & 3D Assets : Rafael Eifler, Rita Louro, Runbo Chen, Yeseong Kim
Developers : Dimitrios Doukas, Miltiades Kotsarinis, Christos Triantafyllis
Lead Asset Prep : Ben Pilgrim
Early Concept & Prototype : Alvaro Navarro, Christian Hoffmann
UI/UX Consulting : Moonprism
UI Design : Gabriel Rocha
Generative Music & Sound Design : John Black // CYPHER
Special Thanks : Vini Naso
life#1
Team Creative Director : Chris Bahry & Alexandre Torres
Executive Producer : Mary Anne Ledesma
Art Direction & Lead Design : Runbo Chen, Yeseong Kim
Houdini Simulations : Philipp Pavlov
Lighting, Render & Compositing : Brad Husband, Yeseong Kim, Chris Bahry
Music & Sound Design : John Black // CYPHER
Client : Riot Games
Directed by Massive Assembly
Sound by Cypher
Sound Design / Mix Engineer : John Black
Music by Joris van Grunsven
Director: Oscar Mar
Production: Tommy Alvarez
Story: Sascha Darius Mojtahedi
GUIS: Neptali Cisneros, Nicolas Lopardo
Character Designer: Nacho Yagüe
Lead Character Artist / Shaders / Cloth & Hair Simulations: Matt Corcoran
Visual Development artist: Mobo Boehme
Vehicle and Prop Design: Oscar Cafaro
Environment Design: Jan Urschel
Additional Shaders: Taehoon Park
Character Animation: Original Force
Art Direction / Lighting / Rendering: Oscar Mar
Sound by Cypher :
Direction / Sound Design / Mix : John Black
Music Composition : Joris van Grunsven
Foley & Additional Sound Design : Joseph Sims
Directed by Tendril
Sound by Cypher
Collaborating closely with Hublot, Tendril was tasked with creating a launch film and visual assets for the Big Bang Integral Tourbillon Full Sapphire limited series watch. It is a visual celebration of the highly technical 10-year development process behind the timepiece, which has a case and bracelet made entirely from sapphire.
A spec cinematic that pays tribute to classic anime movies, while honing Tendril’s unique in-house art style.
Created by Tendril
Sound by CYPHER : Original Music, Sound Design & Mix by John Black.
Production Company : Tendril
Director : Shane Griffin
Sound by Cypher : Music Composition by Joris van Grunsven, Creative Direction, Sound Design & Mix by John Black
full credits and process : https://www.behance.net/gallery/178715795/Mercedes-GLC-Relaunch
Opening titles for FITC Toronto 2023
Created by Worship.Studio
Created by Worship:
Nicolas Girard
Jordan Clarke
Christian Whiticar
Rafael Ruiz
Sound by CYPHER:
John Black
Joris Van Grunsven
Client: Hublot
Executive Producer : Frédéric D'alberto
Head of Hublot Studio : Yann Lauener
Production Company : Tendril
Creative Director : Chris Bahry
Director : Alex Veaux
Art Director : Max Roz
Executive Producer : Mary Anne Ledesma
Producer : Niko Hook
Coordinator : Tyler Wong
CG Sup : Alex Veaux
Animation Lead : Will Sharkey
3D Design : Rita Louro, Max Roz, Alex Veaux, Luan Rossi, Rafael Eifler
Asset Lookdev : Max Roz, Brad Husband
Modeller & Rigger : Flavio Diniz
Animation : Alex Veaux, Joseph Recoskie, Max Roz, Ferdi Kubin, Nathan DiRezende.
Houdini Simulation : Arnis Vitols
Compositing : Brad Husband, Corey Larson, Max Roz, Alex Veaux
Sound By Cypher
Creative Director : John Black
Composer : Joris van Grunsven
Sound Designer : Joseph Sims
Tendril collaborated with design agency Oker to establish a logo reveal and brand film for Jidu – to be unveiled at ROBODAY 2022. Jidu is a new automotive company, co-founded by Chinese internet giant Baidu and automaker Geely– launching an L4 autonomous car. Jidu employs AI to drive the future of mobility and reimagine the human-machine relationship through immersive experiences.
We crafted the sonic experience.
Client: Jidu
Client Lead: Helen Hsu
Brand Design Agency: Oker
Audio: Cypher
VO: Keri Robinson
Copywriter: Tara Wright
Production Company: Tendril
Creative Director: Chris Bahry
Executive Producer: Mary Anne Ledesma
Producer: Georgie Patching
Director: Sebastian Baptista
Art Director: Renato Marques
Production Coordinator: Jelena Sibalija
CG Supevisor: Ben Pilgrim
Design: Rafael Eifler, Joan Guash, Phillip Pavlov, Rich Nosworthy, Toros Kose, Subframe/Mikhail Sedov, Vasiliy Filileev
Animatic: Alexandre Veaux, Maxime Roz
Animation: Phillip Pavlov, Rolando Barry, Rich Nosworthy, Yeseong Kim, Will Sharkey, Gabriel Rocha
Unreal Engine Animation: Christian Hecht
Lighting and Render: Maxime Roz, Rolando Barry, Yeseong Kim, Brad Husband and Aiden Riekenbrauck
Compositors: Astrid Cardenas, Maxime Roz and Corey Larson
We have been collaborating with Tendril since Day One, so when the opportunity to sonify the brand refresh arouse, we dove right in.
The Tendril Refresh. Tendril’s visual identity is a flexible system that can be quiet, conservative, bold, and expressive, depending on context and communication needs.
1/ Logotype
Meet the T-Dot
The t-dot is Tendril’s mark and most recognizable brand element.Created by design studio Worship, it suggests both a lower-case ‘t’ as well as a figurative emoji-like smile.
Credits //
Visual Identity Team
Production Company: Tendril
Creative Director: Chris Bahry + Alexandre Torres
Brand Refresh Design: Worship, Rafa Cezar
Executive Producer: Ramona Gornik-Lee
Producer: Niko Hook
Guidelines + Toolkit: Rafa Cezar
Strategic Communications: Jill Wilkie
Content Strategy + Copywriting: Sierra Joseph
3D Assets Team
Design: Rafa Cezar, Joseph Recoskie, Aiden Riekenbrauck, Rita Louro, Shannon Hoyne
2D Animation: Rafa Cezar
3D Animation: Joseph Recoskie, Samuel Bohn
Light+ Render: Brad Husband, Joseph Recoskie, Aiden Riekenbrauck
Compositing: Brad Husband, Astrid Cardenas
ID Animation Team
Design + Animation
Joseph Recoskie, Samuel Bohn, Nidia Dias
Light+ Render
Brad Husband, Joseph Recoskie, Aiden Riekenbrauck
Sound by :
CYPHER //
Music Composition / Sound Design / Direction : John Black
Music Composition : Joris van Grunsven
Introducing the new kolabproject.com 19+
Produced by Worship
Creative Directors:
Nicolas Girard, Rafael Ruiz
Director: Nicolas Girard
Art Director: Nejc Polovsak
Lead Designer: Nejc Polovsak
Designers: Nejc Polovsak, Nicolas Girard, Davy Evans
Animators: Nejc Polovsak, Nicolas Girard
Live Action Cinematography: Davy Evans
Modelling: Rory McLean
Editor: Nicolas Girard, Jay Lee
Render: Nejc Polovsak, Jay Lee
Concept Art and Lookdev: Nejc Polovsak, Nicolas Girard, Jay Lee
Music and sound design: CYPHER
Client: Hublot
Art Director: Alex Bertrand
Head of Hublot Studio: Yann Lauener
Production Company: Tendril
Creative Director: Chris Bahry
Director: The Dink
Concept Director: Joey Recoskie
Executive Producer: Mary Anne Ledesma
Producer: Brittany Sheahan
Coordinator: Andrea Chan
Cg Sup: Alex Veaux
Tech Lead: Flavio Diniz
Editor: The Dink + Sebastian Baptista
Lead Designer: Shannon Hoyne
3d Design: Rita Louro, Sylvain Gaussen, Aleks Liubas, Leo Bortolussi, The Dink, Andre Chaves, Rafa Cezar
Modeller & Rigger: Flavio Diniz
Houdini Simulations: Sylvain Gaussen, Philipp Pavlov
Animation: Sylvain Gaussen, Will Sharkey, Sebastian Helene, Leo Bortolussi, Andre Chaves, Samuel Bohn
2D Animation: Rafa Cezar
Formatting: Samuel Bohn, Juliana Custódio
Light + Render: Yeseong Kim, Max Roz, Brad Husband, Marcelo Souza
Compositing: Brad Husband, Corey Larson
Sound Design + Music : Cypher
Music by Joris van Grunsven
SD + Creative Direction : John Black
Airport Screen
3D Design + Animation Leo Bortolussi
Light + Render: Leo Bortolussi, Brad Husband
Compositing: Corey Larson
Haibike creates the most powerful e-bikes in the world. Working directly to client — we wrote and directed a campaign to champion Haibike's groundbreaking FLYON ePerformance system in it's natural habitat.
Client : Haibike
Direction, Design & Animation : ManvsMachine
Directors of Photography : Harrison Mendel & Liam Mullany
Line Producer : Steve Gould
Editor : Herman Forsman
Color: Dimitri Zola @ MPC
Audio : Cypher
Stash Feature // More Info
Client: SCAD
Production: Scholar
Director: Chris Finn
Managing Executive Producer: Kirsten Noll
Director of Production: Tyler Locke
Head of Production: Nicole Smarsh
Line Producer: Richard Kaylor
Cinematographer: Josh Saideman
Production Designer: Parker Beck
Associate Creative Director: Vin Kim
Sr Producer: Kev Jones
Lead Designers: Chris Finn, Vin Kim
Designers: Liam Elias, Leah Evans, Zach Herdman, Jina Kwon, Siena Mae, Nick Scarcella
Lead 2D/3D Animators: Chris Finn, Vin Kim
2D/3D Animators: Michael Cafarelli, Leah Evans, Zach Herdman
2D Animators: Alex Bernas, Danni Fisher-Shin
FX Artist: Tim Hayward
Senior Compositor: Ryan Kaplan
Compositor: Dae Kang
Media Manager: Adrianna McKinley
Editor: Chris Finn
Assistant Editor: Adrianna McKinley
Colorist: Elliott Powell
Color Producer: Juan Felipe Díaz
Music/sound design/mix: Cypher
Sound design/mix: Joseph Sims, John Black
Score: Joris van Grunsven
Tendril & Cypher joined forces with the Hublot team and brand ambassador Samuel Ross in a fashion-forward collaboration to craft a launch film for the release of the new limited-edition Big Bang Tourbillon Samuel Ross.
Ross’s signature use of colour and love of stark geometry and urban design come together in his first wristwatch collaboration. The timepiece’s stylized hexagonal shape, titanium honeycomb mesh, and vibrant orange hue make for a sportier direction to Hublot’s flagship model.
We wanted to strike the perfect balance between the new watch’s minimalist design and precise intensity — marrying Hublot’s classic look with the sensibilities of Ross’s unique graphic language. Modern, friendly, and minimalist tones were brought together to create a fresh aesthetic in this design-driven film and ode to industrial elegance.
Client : Hublot
Art Director : Alex Bertrand
Senior Digital Content Manager : Yann Lauener
Production Company : Tendril
Creative Director : Chris Bahry
Director : Pablo Alfieri
Executive Producer : Ivelle Jargalyn
Producer : Niko Hook
Coordinator : Cody McFarland
Design + RND + Lookdev : Shannon Hoyne, Christoph Strohfeld, Joan Garcia Pons, Rafael Eifler, Rich Nosworthy, Dean Giffin
Houdini Simulations : Rich Nosworthy
3D Model + Rigging : Flavio Diniz, Marek Denko
Animation : Samuel Bohn, Macs Riedel, Joseph Recoskie, Rafael Eifler
Light + Render : Nemanja Ivanovic, Jeff Briant, Samuel Bohn, Rafael Eifler
Compositing : Astrid Cardenas
Sound Design + Music : Cypher // John Black
An empty, immaculate high-end residence. Every design object and piece of furniture occupies a specific, calculated space. The utility doesn't seem to matter or take place, the form's smoothness and perfection is everything. Everything is calm, perfect, the light embraces the space and its beautiful design. But there are other objects that escape that standard, that are of a different kind. Objects that inhabit every house, purely functional or that simply clash with the aesthetic pretension of the environment. Used and left aside, hidden, concealed, disguised, made invisible, as if they were shameful. These are the ones who break into the aseptic landscape and take it by storm. A blow worthy of a class struggle, where a useful minority rebels against pretension and sets out to tear down its symbols.
A short film by Six N. Five
Idea and Direction : Ezequiel Pini & Sebastian Baptista
Art Direction : Ezequiel Pini, Joan Garcia Pons
3D Design : Joan Garcia Pons, Ezequiel Pini, Joan Guasch, Secondary Bounce, Simon Kaëmpfer.
Visual storytelling : Sebastian Baptista
Animation & VFX : Nil Estany, Valery Polehenky, Sebastian Baptista &, João Lucas
Sound by Cypher featuring the music of Georgia.
Production, arrangement, sound design & mix : John Black
Music Composition : Justin Tripp & Brian Close / Georgia
Editing by Lluis Murua
VR Experience : Secondary Bounce - Mauro Muñoz & Miguel Segovia
Selected furniture & objects : Six N. Five Objects - Artur de Menezes & Ezequiel Pini
Press copy by Pedro Merlo
Thanks to Flor Clerico, Dai Ventrice, Paola Zanni and the team.
CHAOS THEORY
Chaos theory is the study of the unpredictable: nearly identical events that exist in the present and can have drastically different outcomes in the future. While science and math are the structured systems of knowledge, predictability, rationale, and logic, the chaos theory teaches us that the only law is that there is no law and the only thing that we really know is that we don’t know. No matter how much man seeks knowledge and attempts to gain control, the unpredictability of nature will always sit beyond our grasp.
Behind the Scenes: vimeo.com/150292361
Client. World Surf League
Agency. Mistress
Production Company. Eskimo
Executive Producer. David Martinez
Director. Dan DiFelice
DP. Khalid Mohtaseb
Production Design. Bill Swano
Edit. Scott Hanson, Andy Catarisano, Scott Crozier, Dan DiFelice
Score & Sound Design. Cypher
VFX. Blacksmith
Color. Mikey Rossiter & Nate Seymour
Part of an ongoing exploration of the algorithms and processes that guide how living things grow and the forms they will take.
Creative Director : Chris Bahry & Alexandre Torres
Executive Producer : Mary Anne Ledesma
Art Direction & Lead Design : Runbo Chen, Yeseong Kim
Houdini Simulations : Philipp Pavlov
Lighting, Render & Compositing : Brad Husband, Yeseong Kim, Chris Bahry
Music & Sound Design : John Black / CYPHER
We were commissioned by ESPN to create custom Sound Design that was implemented across a multitude of brand and show executions for the 100th Anniversary of the league, and 50th Anniversary of the NFL on TV.
ManvsMachine created a new brand identity and creative direction for the NFL on ESPN.
Tendril collaborated closely with Cypher and the team at Hublot to craft and create a launch film and visual asset library for their Square Bang Unico Collection – premiering at Watches and Wonders Geneva 2022.
The Square Bang is a fresh, iconoclastic tribute to Hublot’s flagship timepiece — The Big Bang. This bold statement required a bold film; marrying classic design with the fierce spirit of the brand. We wanted to inject some extra energy and a hint of playfulness while maintaining the brand’s clean, sharp aesthetic.
Placing the SQUARE as our hero and visual anchor, we sought out fresh perspectives and compositions pointing to the watch’s iconic appearance. Underscoring the bold visuals, the film is tied together by a powerful, energetic soundtrack and equally bold edit. Dim the lights and crank up the volume to get the full BANG!
Client: Hublot
Head of Hublot Studio: Yann Lauener
Visual designer: Alex Bertrand
Production Company: Tendril
Creative Director: Tom Crate + Chris Bahry
Director: Gabriel Rocha
Executive Producer: Mary Anne Ledesma
Producer: Leah Wesolowski
Art Director: Cian McKenna, Gabriel Rocha
CG Supervisor + Model: Ben Pilgrim
3D Model + Rigging: Flavio Diniz
Design: Miguel Rato, Cian McKenna, Sam Tato, Gabriel Rocha, Aleks Liubas, Rafael Eifler, Shannon Hoyne
3D Animation: Aleksandra Liubas, Rafael Eifler, Sam Tato, Samuel Bohn
Typography / Design + Animation: Rafael Cezar
Typography / Design: Nick Barclay
2D Animation: Mathieu Dellabe
Houdini: Benjamin Lüthold
Look Dev + Light + Render: Nemanja Ivanovic, Maxime Roz, Jeff Briant
Compositor: Corey Larson, Maxime Roz
Sound Design + Music : Cypher
Joris van Grunsven : music
John Black : direction / sound design / mix
Prime is the most valuable resource in the Parallel world. Although Prime energy is found in everything, rich quartz deposits are of particular interest to each parallel due to their concentration levels. Prime is what connects the value system of the world to the game.
Parallel is a sci-fi franchise and upcoming trading card game. Pick a faction, build a deck, and battle your peers for control over Earth and the ultimate source of power in the galaxy.
Animation & Direction by Oscar Mar // Sound by Cypher //
Working with Tendril, we were asked to compose the soundworlds for these explorations, custom foley elements and textures were designed to compliment the visual journeys.
‘ Working with the incredible people at Cash App we were tasked with establishing a unique visual for the 2022/23 tax season.
The goal was to showcase Cash App Taxes as an easy to use method of doing your taxes while creating a sense of trust and connection to an immersive world of surreal comforts. In other words, make tax filing look and feel comfortable af! ‘
Collaborating closely with the team at Hublot, Tendril & Cypher crafted a launch film and visual asset library for the Big Bang Integral Time Only collection.
Artisans at heart – the team at Hublot wanted to celebrate the naturalistic aspects of the Integral Time Only collection. Focusing on the raw materials themselves – Titanium, Ceramic and Gold – our goal was to capture Hublot’s approach to material innovation and the experimental paths that go into fusing each material into these wearable works of art.
The balance of material physicality and the mechanics of individual watch elements was visually paired with abstract moments of raw material fusion through their changes of state. Using patterns, symmetry, and minimal design elements, we were able to mimic the mechanical precision and structured aesthetic of the Hublot identity.
Client: Hublot
Art Director: Alex Bertrand
Senior Digital Content Manager: Yann Lauener
Production Company: Tendril
Creative Director: Chris Bahry
Director: Joey Recoskie
Executive Producer: Mary Anne Ledesma
Producer: Brittany Sheahan
Design: Joey Recoskie, Zack Corzine, Rita Louro, Bureau Klaus Alman
Houdini Simulation: Bureau Klaus Alman, Zack Corzine, Philipp Pavlov
CG Supervisor + Model: Ben Pilgrim
Animation: Zack Corzine, Bureau Klaus Alman, Joey Recoskie
Light + Render: Nemanja Ivanovic, Jeff Briant, Joey Recoskie, Zack Corzine, Bureau Klaus Alman
Compositing: Alexandre Veaux
Sound Design + Music: Cypher
Directed by Six N. Five Studio for Brizo's Kintsu Bath collection and inspired by the Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy. The campaign is called Counter/Balance and inspired us to create these three calm and relaxing videos.
Sound Design and Music by Cypher.
SPACE10 called us to conceptualise and create 6 video pieces for the event they were preparing "6 days exploring the spaces of tomorrow" (Shoreditch, London – 18-23 September 2017). For this we have created 6 ideas that follow the concept of the show for six different videos.
http://www.itsnicethat.com/features/space10-exploring-spaces-of-tomorrow-london-design-festival
The world is a wonderful and complex place to live in, especially now. When we look at the bigger picture, we are standing at a defining moment in time. We are on the brink of a new era that will lead to seismic changes in society and in the way we live.
Creative direction: Six N. Five + Sebastián Baptista
Art direction: Six N. Five
Animation: Sebastián Baptista
3D Design: Six N. Five + Diego Diápolo
Music, Sound Design & Mix : John Black @ Cypher
Client Director: Bas Van De Poel
Typography Design: TheBarkas
Client : Riot Games
Directed by Massive Assembly
Sound by Cypher
featuring Kramphaft
Client : Riot Games
Studio : Massive Assembly
Creative Direction : Jason Yeh, Eugene Seo
Lead Animation : Murilo Almeida
Animation : Champ Panupong Techawongthawon, Yuee Seo
Designers : Murilo Almeida, Yuee Seo, Champ Panupong Techawongthawon, Suleman Yazki
Brand Identity : The New Company
Sound by Cypher
Client : Huawei
Creative Consultant : SOMEI 晟
Creative Director : Chris Bahry
Executive Producer : Ivelle Jargalyn
Directors : Tom Crate and Chris Bahry
Producer : Ryan MacLean
Coordinator : Niko Hook
Art Director : François Leroy
Design and Animation : François Leroy, Rich Nosworthy, Chris Moberg, Philipp Pavlov, Yeseong Kim, Jeff Briant, Samuel Bohn
Lighting + Render : Jeff Briant, Rich Nosworthy, Chris Moberg, François Leroy, Yeseong Kim
Compositing : Brad Husband, Chris Bahry
Finishing : Corey Larson
Music and Sound Design : CYPHER
more info : https://tendril.ca/work/huawei/
"Hugo in the Garden" is a multi-collaborative project. Here we explore how artificial common materials work into an organic atmosphere. Some polyurethane foam creating a kind of creeper or some machine knitted wool growing around a plastic bonsai. All of them grow, like the plants we all know. But particularly these ones, in a different way.
We Started from the sketches of Eze Matteo. Six N. Five took all of them and made the 3d art direction and sculpture design. Twistedpoly was in charge of the beautiful animations. The final touch was from Cypher, who made the lovely music and the sound design. Enjoy the results!
Directed by Six N. Five + Twistedpoly
Design & Art Direction by Six N. Five
2D sketches by Eze Matteo
Animation & edit by Twistedpoly
Music & Sound Design by John Black / Cypher
Introducing the world to Verizon’s blistering 5G speeds through kinetic typography and branded 3D.
We were approached by Verizon’s 140 Team to develop the sound for their 5G launch in partnership with Apple, The NFL, The New York Times & Riot Games.
In the first three films of six total, we were tasked to deliver a contemporary score with the energy and excitement needed for such a momentous launch.
In addition to the separate films, we also composed the music and sound for the keynote launch, featuring Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell; President and CEO of The New York Times Company, Meredith Kopit Levien; and CEO of Riot Games, Nicolo Laurent.
Credits :
Director : DIA / Brand New School
Sound by Cypher
Featuring music by Joris van Grunsven
Directed by Worship
Sound by Cypher
Introducing the 2021 VALORANT Champions Tour, the official global circuit for VALORANT professional competitive play.
The VCT comprises three levels of competitive play, Challengers, Masters, and Champions. Challengers begins at the end of January 2021,
(Barcelona) Trizz studio directed “Rethink”, in a series of fully animated films for high end mattress maker Harmony Lux’s latest US BeautyRest tv and digital campaigns by New York agency Badger and Winters.
The master film is set under the sea, where a sweetly hopeful turtle is making her way through tons of junk plastic bottles which get transformed into pure, soft threading and the hero mattress.
“This conscientious product proves that BeautyRest is an industry game changer doing their part to save nature”, explains Trizz director Oriol Puig, “I really appreciate their ecological process using recycled sea plastics from SEAQUAL - which uses about 50 bottles per mattress. Coincidentally I knew about SEAQUAL, a catalonian company that supplies the threads. I had visited them and seeing they were authentic, bestowed a dutiful basis as we designed the CG vignettes, art directed by Fabio Medrano”.
The campaign which covered deliverables for all media channels utilises Trizz’s full range of capabilities in character animation, fluids, particles, cloth and architectural CG rendering.
“This US project marks our first award with new representation by Hustle”, explains Trizz EP Christopher Vulpi. “This was a great team effort, made during the COVID lockdown. Prior to award, Trizz had just completed setting up our remote systems - so we really hit the ground running and with Senior producer Simon Bath, managed a crew of 15 to get everything out on time, including Oriol’s director's cut”.
We hope you enjoy quality sleep and a cleaner sea!
CLIENT: BEAUTYREST
CMO: Melanie Huet
Head of Marketing: Michael Sileck III
Senior Brand Manager: Maria Burgess
Brand Manager: Nekisha Wright
Head of Client Services: Matt Whitmer
Creative Director: Ben Jackson
AGENCY: BADGER & WINTERS
Chief Creative Officer: Madonna Badger
Executive Creative Director: Clark Fisher
Creative Director: John Castrillon
Senior Copywriter: John Olson
Senior Art Director: Grethal Zarate
Head of Production: Celeste Holt-Walters
Producer: Celia Ettinger
Director of Business Affairs: Ruth Lawler
Managing Director: Natalie Troubh
Management Supervisor: Chares Christie
Account Supervisor: Paige Leong
Project Manager: Kathleen Kyllo
PRODUCTION COMPANY: TRIZZ PRODUCTIONS
Director: Oriol Puig
Senior Producer: Simon Bath
Art Director: Laura Ibañez
Art Research: Katerina Mileva
Storyboard: Ignasi Moreno
Executive Producer: Chris Vulpi
Head of Production: Albert Garcia Vila
DESIGN & POST PRODUCTION: TRIZZ PRODUCTIONS
Creative Director: Fabio Medrano
3D Animatic Artist & Animator: Alan Carabantes
Art Director / 3D Lead Artist: Alberto Corpas
VFX Supervisor / 3D Lead Artist: Oriol Mayolas
Art Director / 3D Lead Artist: Gabor Ekes
Art Director / 3D Lead Artist: Marcel Piekarski
Art Director / 3D Simulations: Jose Gallardo
Digital Matte Painter: David Gibbons
3D Modeller: Rafa Zabala
3D Rigging, Texture & Animation: Hampa Studio
Animation Director: Manu González
Flame Artist: Mikel Gomez
Compositor: David Gomez
SOUND DESIGN and MUSIC:
Cypher
Oddly Satisfying is a series of different short loops created by the artist Andreas Wannerstedt, each one based upon the idea to trigger some kind of odd satisfaction and that inexplicable feeling we all know. We were asked to create the sound design for several of these experiments.
Battle Force is a celebration of sport and culture - a global event where hoops, art, music and dance all come together.
Nike approached oddfellows to develop an animation language that could be easily adapted from web film to environmental animation to social content.
This years theme was “process.” So we went back to the fundamentals of creativity focusing our energy on “the act of making.” We wanted to expose both the process of work and the tools used for making and building.
So we got to work and took a step out side of computer-comforts and spent the summer in scanner beds with spray paint and xacto blades.
Credits
Directed by: oddfellows
Creative Direction: Chris Kelly, Jarratt Moody
Executive Producer: Erica Kelly
Producer: Kaitlyn Mahoney
Design: Yuki Yamada, Joyce Liu, Ariel Costa, Peter Clark, Sarah Beth Morgan, Tyler Morgan, Jon Riedell
2d Animation: Tyler Morgan, Jon Riedell, Ariel Costa, Peter Clark
3d Animation: CJ Cook
Music & Sound: CypherAudio
Client : Riot Games
Art Direction : Pablo Lozano
2D Design & Animation
Pablo Lozano
Yuee Seo
Murilo Almeida
Habin Koh
3D Unreal Engine
NMBRS
Victor Hedström
Finni Christian
3D C4D
Ronaldo Amador
Neil Hilken
Manuel Martin
Houdini Simulation
Oscar Dahlen
Voiceover
Patrick Forbes
Additional Sound Editing
Yuee Seo
Mike Leone
Murilo Almeida
Creative Studio
Massive Assembly
Design, VFX & Post Production
Creative Direction & Producing
Eugene Seo
Jason Yeh
Sound by Cypher
Sound Design / Mix Engineer : John Black
Music by Joris van Grunsven
Event: Digital Design Days + OFFF Milano 2018
Tool: Cinema 4D / Octane Render / AfterEffects
Title Designer / 3D Artist: zaoeyo (Xiaolin Zeng)
Score & Sound Design : Cypher
Two videos we have developed for SamsungTV featuring the new QLED 8K. Take a look and enjoy diving into #PerfectReality.
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Agency: R/GA
Art Direction & Development by Six N. Five
3D design: Joan Garcia Pons, Ezequiel Pini and Artur de Menezes
Animation direction: Lalo Landa.
Sound design by John Black / Cypher
Agent: Eiger Agency
Alone in an aging cosmos, a traveller’s pilgrimage comes to an end.
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CREDITS –
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY: Eoin Duffy
VOICED: Nicholas Campbell
ANIMATION: Eoin Duffy Henrique Barone
SOUND DESIGN: John Black
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Menalon
ADDITIONAL VOICE: Fred Ewanuick (Gerry)
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHY: Rosamond Nobury
FOLEY: Karla Baumgardner
FOLEY RECORDING: Geoffrey Mitchell
RE-RECORDING MIXER: Jean Paul Vialard
ONLINE EDITOR: Denis Pilon
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Eloi Champagne
TECHNICAL COORDINATOR: Steve Hallé
TECHNICAL EDIT COORDINATOR: Wes Machnikowski
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: Kathleen Jayme
STUDIO ADMINISTRATORS: Carla Jones + Rosalina Di Sario + Victoire-Émilie Bessette
MARKETING MANAGER: Geneviève Bérard
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Jennifer Roworth
PRODUCERS: Shirley Vercruysse + Maral Mohammadian
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Shirley Vercruysse + Michael Fukushima
AutoStore is a Norwegian tech company, leading innovation in the field of robotic warehouse automation. Following the brand film Tendril created for AutoStore, they produced a film that focuses on the First Generation Black Line Robot to salute the state-of-the-art technology and highlight its new innovative features.
Design/Animation/Direction : Tendril
Original Music & Sound Design : CYPHER
Akamai The Intelligent Edge
Directed by Chris Finn | Scholar
Sound Design Mix
(VO removed to accentuate sound design)
Cypher’s role was to create the sound design world.
sound design and mix by John Black.
Beneath each sport vignette lies a metaphorical story of navigating chaos through a vast and volatile digital space. These stories are about the willingness to overcome and the strength of the underlying Akamai technology. Unrivaled content delivery, performance, and security are portrayed by three elite athletes who shift and adapt to any obstacle thrown their way.
Final film & full credit list : https://www.helloscholar.com
Conference opener for FITC Ideas in Motion. Based on the theme "Worldbuilding" we created a scene that references selected iconography from Cohen Brothers films as our base. (No country for old men, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing and Blood Simple) Through the typography, we get a glimpse behind the layer that makes up the surface image.
Credits
Director: IAMSTATIC
Creative Director: Ron Gervais, Dave Greene
Production Company: IAMSTATIC
Design / Animation: Ron Gervais
Lighting / Render: Dave Greene, Steve Hollman
Pre Lighting: Chris Crozier
Modeling: Chris Crozier, Dave Greene, Steve Hollman
Compositors: Dave Greene, Ron Gervais
Additional VFX: Marcin Porebski
Motion Capture: Josh Ingleby
Colour / Editor: Ron Gervais
Music and Sound Design: Cypher
Mongrel Media is one of Canada’s leading film distribution companies specializing in art house, foreign and independent feature films and documentaries.
Helios created a new title intro to be debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. Slow motion footage of a running dog was stabilized, tracked and rotoscoped. The resulting footage was layered into a dynamic composition and treated to resemble the look of an animated oil painting.
In this second phase of Nike's LunarEpic launch campaign, the shoe has arrived on Earth bringing with it otherworldly powers. Roads curve and stretch seemingly into infinity. Impossible runs suddenly feel effortless. Gravity is nonexistent.
This was our sixth project with the amazing team at Nike. Working with them and Blacklist, it was our task to take Nike's creative strategy, and then conceive and develop a narrative and visual structure for the brand film around the tagline 'run forever'. The manifestation was a 45s film and sound design (created by CypherAudio), key print and digital 'hero' visuals, social media clips and a large-scale track and field dome installation. The process with Nike is always incredibly collaborative and exciting.
For more, check out the process video here: vimeo.com/178641278
and our Behance page here: behance.net/gallery/41632159/Nike-LunarEpic-Flyknit-Summer?
CREDITS:
Client: Nike
Global Brand Communication Studio EP: Noah Stanik
Global Brand Communication Studio Producer: Meagen Moore
Global Brand Design, Running Art Director: David Brady
Global Brand Design, Running Studio Manager: Denise Wild
Production Company: Blacklist
EP: Andrew Linsk
Producer: Karen Lawler
Production Studio: Tendril
Co-Directors: Chris Bahry of Tendril & Tom Crate of Frame
Executive Producer:Kate Bate
Producer: John Szebegyinszki
Storyboards: Greg Boychuk
Editor: Tom Crate
Pitch Concepts: Chris Bahry, Evaldas Cesnavicius, Wojtek Szklarski
3D Artists: Alasgar Hasanov, Alexandre Veaux, Florent Arnould, Christoffer Bjerre, Marcelo Souza, Will Sharkey
FX: Alasgar Hasanov, Marcin Porebski
Lighting and Render: Alexandre Veaux, Marcelo Souza, Christoffer Bjerre, Lorne Kwechansky
Additional 3D Artists: Christian Hecht, Ben Pilgrim
Compositing: Chris Bahry, Alexandre Veaux, Lorne Kwechansky
2D Animation: Leo Mateus, Marissa Godwin
Music and Sound Design: John Black of CypherAudio
AutoStore is a Norwegian tech company, leading innovation in the field of robotic warehouse automation. Simply put: it is a warehouse sized vending machine. An OCD dream come true!
On one hand, it is a highly sophisticated and complex system, driven by deep product engineering and code. On the other hand, it is delightfully simple, elegant, and adaptive. The voice we imagined for AutoStore brought together the best of these qualities: the sophistication and minimalism of Apple, combined with the visionary futurism of brands like SpaceX, Tesla, or GE.
Tendril Studio teamed up with friends Worship and CypherAudio to produce this elegant, sci-fi inspired brand film.
For details and behind the scenes please check out the project page on our website here:
Credits:
Client
AutoStore
Marketing Director
Magne Hatteland
LIVE ACTION
Production Company
Tendril
Executive Producer
Kate Bate
Producer
Leah Wesolowski
Co-Directors
Chris Bahry, Nicolas Girard,
Rafael Ruiz
Project Manager
Craig Watson
Art Director
Olga Abramowicz
Coordinator
Brittany Sheahan
DOP
Jeremy Benning
Set Design
Nicolas Girard
Editor
Alison Gordon
Assistant Editor
Scott Edwards, Oliver Whitfield-Smith
Storyboards
Gabe Sapienza
Concept Art and Lookdev
Chris Bjerre, Vladislav Solovjov,
Evaldas Cesnavicius, Toros Kose,
Chris Bahry
Head of 3D
Ben Pilgrim
TD Support
Martin Gunnarsson
3D Modeling
Ben Pilgrim, Christian Hecht,
Tyrel Scott, Runbo Chen,
Marek Denko
3D Animation
Nejc Polovsak, Matt Frodsham,
Matias Hansen, Will Sharkey,
Martin Gunnarsson, Vlad Solovjov
Look-Dev, Lighting and Render
Nejc Polovsak, Matt Frodsham, Alexandre Veaux, Brad Husband,
Vlad Solovjov, Marcelo Souza
Compositing and Colour
Alexandre Veaux, Brad Husband,
Chris Bahry
WORSHIP
Worship Co-Directors
Nicolas Girard, Rafael Ruiz
Producer
Greg Benedetto
Writer
Caroline Leung
Mood Edit
Nicolas Girard
Concept Art and Lookdev
Nicolas Girard, Rafael Ruiz
3D Animation
Alex Gee, Nicolas Girard
2D Animation
Alex Gee, Rafael Ruiz, Nicolas Girard
AUDIO
Sound Design + Music
Cypher
This collection of motion clips came from the Worship rebrand of CypherAudio, and were also utilized in John Black's Blend presentation in May 2017. Most audio is from previous projects, recontextualized to these minimal motion visualizations, creating a new take on an audio reel.
More HERE.
Music & Sound Design by Cypher
Visuals by Worship
He may be headed to the Los Angeles Lakers, but before he does, former Toronto Raptor Danny Green is giving fans a look at his past summer in Canada in a new series called “Beyond the Arc.”
The two-time NBA champion travelled to Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Halifax, and of course Toronto, meeting Raptors fans along the way.
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Broadcast design package for TSN Series Beyond The Arc with Danny Green.
Main title sequence, supers, L3’s, stings, design, show logo, typography and original music.
Produced by Worship
Music by CYPHER
Client: TEDx Sydney
Direction: Scott Geersen
Layout, Cinematography: Substance
Edit: Joe Morris
Look Dev / Shading / Lighting: Rich Nosworthy, Rory McLean, Jeff Briant, Ezequiel Grand, Scott Geersen
Additional Sculpts: Ezequiel Grand, Rich Nosworthy
Original Music & Sound Design : Cypher
Special Thanks: Remo Giuffré, Renee Gangemi, Jonathan Key
Based on a poem and inspired by the work of Italian designer, Ettore Sottsass, Some is a short film that explores the spectrum of emotions of everyday life.
Produced by: Wonderlust
Directed by: Ryan Rumbolt
Art Direction // Illustration: Justyna Stasik
Animation: Juan Pontaroli & Arm Sattavorn
Sound Design // Music: Cypher
Pilot episode of a series of short films commissioned by Zeiss, which look at artists, athletes, technologists and thought leaders around the globe who rely on Zeiss products to see and capture the world in unique ways.
https://www.zeiss.com/vision-care/en_de/c/fascinating-fans/chi-po-lin.html
CLIENT : CARL ZEISS AG
AGENCY : TLGG BERLIN
STARRING : CHI PO-LIN
DIRECTOR/DOP : HARRISON SCHAAF
DRONE OPERATORS : HARRISON SCHAAF & BENNETT KISSEL
1ST AC/B CAM : BENNETT KISSEL
MUSIC | SOUND DESIGN | MIX : CYPHER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER : TREVOR PAPERNY
TAIWAN PRODUCER : PLATINI CHANG
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR : JEFF YIU
COLORIST : HARRISON SCHAAF
The worldwide launch campaign of the new CoverGirl brand. The whole project was commissioned by Established NY.
Credits:
Creative Direction, Branding & Packaging Design: Established NY
Direction & CG Production: Playful
Director: Pablo Alfieri
Producer & CG Coordinator: Agustina Santkovsky
Art Director & CG Artist: Nico Castro
CG Fx Artist: Matias Furno
CG Animation & Editing: Juampi Sciaccaluga
Post-production: Marcos Pezzani
3d Modelling: Leandro Fernandez
Sound Design & Original Music : Cypher
An ode to the legendary product designer Dieter Rams and his timeless design principles. Showcasing iconic pieces, enduring advice, this was an experiment in restraint and respect. We hope this piece can capture just a fraction of his contribution to the world of design.
Design + Animation: Andrew Vucko & Steve Hollman
Music + Sound Design: John Black of CypherAudio
For project files, subscribe here: mailchi.mp/7ecb3a4d76f5/class-content-registration
Produced / Directed by James Dick / R/GA
Sound Design & Original Music : Cypher
Event opening title card for CIINEMA, an monthly film screening series in Toronto.
Design by Worship.
Nicolas Girard
Rafael Ruiz
Shalinder Matharu
Music & Sound Design by CypherAudio.
Client : Jacuzzi
Production : Terry Rayment / friendsandfamily.tv
Directed by : Carson Brown
Editor : Scott Hanson
Sound by Cypher
Music : Joris van Grunsven
Direction/Sound Design/Mix : John Black
Rising from the surreal landscape of an incredible alien world, Nike's reinvented running shoe, the Lunar Epic Flyknit, was aproduct launch of galactic proportions. The visuals for the launch were meant to further elevate the innovative, weightless, futuristic technology of the revolutionary running shoe.
Blacklist and Nike have taken their relationship to the next level with their latest collaboration: the Nike LunarEpic athletic shoe campaign. The campaign’s launch is anchored by a gorgeously rendered film, co-directed by creative studios Tendril and Frame with the backing of an international team of talented artists. This hero spot sees the shoe’s organic shapes and structure materialize across space and time, setting down and leaving its signature print in the dust of a far off planet. The campaign then extends into our humble Earth world, playing on giant screens in NikeTown stores around the globe, as well as heavy rotation on Nike’s social channels, where the shoe was teased in mysterious short clips before its final epic reveal at Nike’s flagship NYC store.
To achieve the distinctly otherworldly look of the film, Tendril imagined the spot itself as a transmission received from deep space, a rare chance to look on as something truly new materializes from the elements before our eyes. Set in an alien landscape inspired in part by the visually stunning Pariah canyon, Blacklist and Tendril together assembled a global network of design and animation specialists to focus on each aspect of the film, which in turn were each focused on a different feature of the LunarEpic’s unique design. In the end, viewers are not only mesmerized by the journey and the transformation that takes place, but are compelled to recognize the distinct features that make the LunarEpic so remarkable. The final film was featured in New York, Berlin, London, Portland, and Tokyo.
Behind the Scenes: vimeo.com/160108408
And more info on Tendril's Behance page: behance.net/gallery/35306865/Nike-LunarEpic-Flyknit?
CREDITS:
Client: Nike
Nike Global Brand Communications: Tad Greenough
Executive Producer, Nike Brand Communication Studio: Noah Stanik
Nike Producer: Meagan Moore
Production Company: Blacklist
EP: Andrew Linsk
Producer: Karen Lawler, Alex Unick
Studio: Tendril & Frame
Co-Directors: Chris Bahry, Tom Crate
EPs: Kate Bate, Thomas Bay
HOP / Producer: Mary Anne Ledesma
Producer: Louise Bejerholm
Storyboards: Greg Boychuk, Gabe Sapienza
Editor: Tom Crate
Pitch Concepts: Chris Bahry, Tom Crate, Wojtek Szklarski, Ann
Kruetzkamp, Marco Iozzi
Reveal Film:
Lead 3D Artists & Animation: Nejc Polovsak, Matt Frodsham, Simon Fiedler
Particle FX: Simon Fiedler, Alasgar Hasanov, Marcin Porebski
Shoe Rigging & Animation: Matias Hansen
Lighting & Render: Nejc Polovsak, Matt Frodsham
Additional 3D Artists: Sacha Wechselmann, Ben Pilgrim
Shoe Modeling: Marek Denko
Matte Painting: Bojan Zoric, Form Language
Compositing: Chris Bahry, Brad Husband
Teaser Film:
3D Artists: Christian Hecht, Alasgar Hasanov, Chris Bahry
FX: Valdemaras Dzengo, Alasgar Hasanov
Light & Render: Christian Hecht, Brad Husband
2D Animation: Gabriel Rocha
Compositing: Chris Bahry, Brad Husband
Additional Compositing: Alexandre Veaux
Sound Design & Music: John Black of CypherAudio
We had the chance to collaborate with the one and only GMUNK on this film for the Infiniti QX50.
From GMUNK :
The fine folks at 72andSunny came to Munkowitz late in 2017 with a bold idea – they wanted to explore the relationship between Humans and technology and explore the notion that together, this union is more powerful than ever. They wanted Munko to create a series of films that spotlight the all-new INFINITI QX50 through the relentless cycle of man pushing machine—and machine pushing man.
You see, the drive to innovate is innately human – and it has been since the dawn of man. We were always inventors, building newer and better tools to fuel our societies. The technologies we create have always been an extension of the people we are. In other words... machines reflect the humans who dream them up. They are our extra limbs. Our superpower. Our evolutionary legacy. No machine represents that more elegantly or self-awarely than the new Infiniti QX50.
Theatrical studio logo open for Dualist Films.
Animation by Worship.
Brand Design by YoungJerks.
Music by CypherAudio.
CREDITS:
Client: Nike
Global Brand Communication Studio EP: Noah Stanik
Global Brand Communication Studio Producer: Sarah Barkley, Chrysi Diamond
Global Brand Design, Running Art Director: Esther Chang
Production Company: Blacklist
EP: Andrew Linsk
Producer: Justin Harris
Production Studio: Tendril
Director: Chris Bahry
Executive Producer:Kate Bate
Producer: John Szebegyinszki
Editor: Michael Barker
Pitch Concepts & Design: Chris Bahry, Vini Nascimento, Nejc Polovsak, Santi Zoraidez
3D Artists: Nejc Polovsak, Alasgar Hasanov, Brad Husband, Florent Arnould, Will Sharkey, Rafael Santos
FX: Alasgar Hasanov, Rafael Santos, Simon Fiedler
Lighting and Render: Nejc Polovsak, Brad Husband, Chris Bahry
Additional 3D Artists: Sergei Falaleyev, Ben Pilgrim
Compositing: Chris Bahry, Brad Husband, Patrick Coffey
Music and Sound Design: John Black of CypherAudio
https://www.behance.net/gallery/48246221/Nike-LunarEpic-Flyknit-Shield
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, multiracial, apolitical, and available almost everywhere. There are no age or education requirements. Membership is open to anyone who wants to do something about his or her drinking problem. Buck was approached by AA with an open brief, tasked with telling its members’ stories, their struggles in the shadow of addiction, and how they’ve found themselves back toward the light of recovery.
Winner : 2016 The Art Directors Club Awards Designism (Motion)
Winner : 2016 The Art Directors Club Awards GOLD
Winner : 2016 One Show, Silver Pencil
Winner : 2016 D&AD Wood Pencil
DIRECTED BY:
BUCK
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR:
Orion Tait
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Anne Skopas
CREATIVE DIRECTOR:
Thomas Schmid
ASSOCIATE CREATIVE DIRECTOR:
Justin Fines
SENIOR PRODUCER:
Kitty Dillard
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR:
Stefania Consarino
STORYBOARD:
Justin Fines Thomas Schmid
DESIGN:
Justin Fines Thomas Schmid
LOOK DEVELOPMENT:
Fede Reano
ANIMATIC:
Olivia Blanc William Trebutien
CEL ANIMATION (PENCIL):
Olivia Blanc Anna Ginsburg Kyle Mowat William Trebutien
CEL ANIMATION (CLEANUP):
Nicolo Bianchino Olivia Blanc Justin Fines Daniel Oeffinger Fede Reano Thomas Schmid Kyle Strope
MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN:
CypherAudio
Join Barry Jenkins, writer and director of the acclaimed "Moonlight," as he returns to the film’s shooting locations, including the neighborhood where he grew up. In this video, part of Lincoln’s Continental Stories series, Jenkins shows how his time away from Miami allowed him to make a triumphant cinematic return to his hometown, and to grow exponentially as a filmmaker. Produced for Vanity Fair with Lincoln.
Director: Common Good
Production Company: Common Good
DP: James Laxton
Agency: Conde Nast // 23 Stories
Client: Lincoln Motor Company
Original Music, Sound Design and Mix : CypherAudio
CypherAudio was commissioned to create the music, sound design and mix for four films featuring artists in four Conde Nast magazines, watch them here :
Plenty asked us to create sound design for the 3rd edition of Madrid's Brief Festival, here their description :
We were honoured to create the Open Credits for the 3rd edition of the Brief Festival, Madrid, held in October 2017. This is the abstract representation of the design process, where we go through four stages: El Brief, The Void, The Structure , and The Light.
"The Birth of Total Design"
Credits:
Directed & Produced by Plenty
Sound Design Created by CypherAudio (John Black and Tobias Norberg)
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Creative Direction:
Mariano Farías & Federico Kanno.
Art Director / Federico Kanno.
Animation Director /Hernán Estévez.
Creative Development / Natalia Español.
Animatic & Montage / Mariano Farías
Executive Producer / Ines Palmas
Environment Design (Total Design) / Federico Kanno, Mariano Farías.
Graphic Design / Guillermo Zapiola.
3D modeling / Federico Kanno, Nicolas Reyna.
3D lighting / Federico Kanno (Lead) , Benjamin Jagusieczko
3D shading / Federico Kanno, Javier Eyherabide
3D animacion / Hernán Estévez
2D animation / Guillermo Zapiola
Post / Hernán Estevez, Guillermo Zapiola
Production Coordinator / Mercedes Cánepa
Special Thanks to:
Beatriz Romero Sanchez / BEETA !
All scenes were filmed by using lycopodium powder, 50 Hz, a Canon 5D and a 100mm macro lens.
The finished edit was turned over to Cypher to reinterpret the movement sonically.
Directed & Produced: Susi Sie
Music & Sound Design: John Black / Cypher
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Big data. Small data. Cyberthreats and Cybersecurity. Giant themes that are far reaching into everyones lives.
Meet Oylo. The protector and defender software company that is providing cutting edge technology to assure data will not fail us.
Barcelona Brand Agency, Mucho briefed Trizz co-founder and director Oriol Puig to visually describe the technological nuances that their client Oylo provides.
Their story premise: Keep out the bad. Protect essential infrastructures crucial to maintaining a functioning society.
Trizz studio’s Story Driven Branding methodology:
Presented with a powerpoint technical document that also served as a design kick-starter, Trizz co-founder Oriol Puig and CG art director Alex Martin translated the agency concept into one of the most nefarious, metaphoric and explicative films to date - in order to describe cyberattacks and how Oylo keeps us all safer. Fully in line with the release of Oylo’s new interactive website, the film follows the principles of good and bad, but takes the visuals into a realm on par with feature film level direction with pure cgi effects.
The brand story, relevance and 3d design converge with fascination; portraying nightmarish particle animation and soothing female voiceover narrating just how effective the product is. The film is a one of a kind, feeding from the daring new corporate design, as well as visually explaining exactly how the product consistently wins over cyberattackers.
At Trizz studio we work hard to make stories that matter, developing and providing results that consumers can relate to beyond the 30 second flash messages regularly seen on tv. Rather, we craft stories that are memorable, fascinating, beautiful (and sometimes crucial) to watch again and again, whilst providing content opportunities that can be shared with intriguing and informing details about quality products and brands which make a real difference.
CREDITS
Client: Oylo
Agency: Mucho
Creative Director: Marc Català
Director: Oriol Puig / Trizz
Art Direction: Oriol Puig & Alex Martín
Creative and Art Development: Laura Ibáñez
Executive Producer: Chris Vulpi
Head of Production: Albert García Vila
Music Composition and Sound Design: John Black, CypherAudio
VO recording: OIDO
Simulation/Lighting/Rendering: Alex Martín
Additional Art Direction and Research: Laura Ibáñez
Editing: Oriol Puig , Marc Soria
Online Mastering: Mikel Gomez
We were commissioned to create original music, sound design and mix for the CES 2017 launch of the Toyota Conecpt-i. This is the trailer and the full film.
Client : Toyota
Agency : Dentsu
Production : Mt. Melvil
Director : Laurent Barthelemy
Sound : Cypher
It's time to evolve, a simple seed can germinate in the most complex ecosystems. Our goal is to not stop evolving and represent that concern that every designer and programmer has to achieve new goals.
The new Awwwards is coming. Evolve with us, it's time to move forward. Exclusive premier at the New York Conference.
Director, Animation & Design : TAVO
Music & Sound design : CYPHERAUDIO
Client : AWWWARDS
One more time, we have had the pleasure to work with my friends of MazarineYouToYou and build a Director's Cut about the six wonders of Perrier, the most exquisite, unique & fancy sparkling water on France.
Six different gifs exploring the eccentric, surreal and unexpected world of the iconic bottle.
A big range of random situations and the synergy of Perrier with the worlds of Arts, Sports, Fashion, Culture & Lifestyle.
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Thanks to all the dream team involved on this lovely project and your trust dear Matthew Jamison.
Credits:
Client:
Perrier
Agency:
Mazarine YouToYou
Direction:
Playful
Creative, Art Direction & Montage:
Pablo Alfieri
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Air & Bubbles / Tennis / Fashion & Desire
CG Production:
Playful
Art Director:
Fran Rossi
CG Artists:
Fran Rossi & Pablo Alfieri
VFX Artist:
Matias Furno
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Dance & Fun / Balance & Harmony / Art & Icons
CG Production:
Pleid / Juanma Mota & Alberto Carbonell & Ruye
CG Designers:
Pablo Alfieri & Sebastian Morales
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Director's Cut Editing & Montage:
Pablo Alfieri
Sound Design:
Cypher
Few things are as inspiring as nature and the human form. In this experimental film, director Eddie Alcazar imagines a world that blurs the line between fantasy and reality to celebrate sensuality inspired by Versace's Bright Crystal fragrance. The project gave Alcazar the opportunity to explore using the highest end film cameras, namely the Panavision 65mm Panaflex camera, together with a combination of stunning practical and visual effects.
The allure of a high-end fashion brand drew Alcazar in, allowing the creative freedom to make beautiful and emotional imagery, something soft and feminine.
"Bright Crystal" additionally required three main VFX teams to complete the complex elements of the film, all with the challenge of ensuring the end result still felt delicate, natural and real.
Credits :
Director.Editor - Eddie Alcazar
Producers - Eddie Alcazar, Javier Lovato
Dop - Danny Hiele
VFX - Ghost Town Media, Analog, Ignyte, Eddie Alcazar
Sound Design - John Black | CypherAudio
Microscope - Max Smoke
Color - Eddie Alcazar
Production Company - Helo
Exec Producers - Justin Moore-Lewy, Brendan Kiernan
Thanks to Panavision
I had the honour of speaking at Blend in May of 2017 in Vancouver. Blend is a unique event in the design world, with no sponsors and a positive community atmosphere, it really is all about design, motion and sound.
As the first sound designer to present at Blend, I had an especially fortunate opportunity to speak about my background and career designing audio for motion and other mediums. The visuals for the talk were created by Worship, and really helped set the tone for my segment 'Constructing Imaginary Worlds'.
In addition to presenting, CypherAudio also created the sound for the opening title sequence The Blend Is Near.
Client – Continental
Created by LXU studio
Director – 李雨/Levi
Art Director - 魏婷婷/Una
Storyboard - 魏婷婷/Una
3D Modeling - 唐嘉伟/Brian Tong
Animation - 刘宇辉/ Immosa & 唐嘉伟/Brian Tong
Rendering - 刘宇辉/ Immosa
Music & Sound Design – CypherAudio
The Opening Titles for Style Frames NYC. A Tendril Design + Animation Production directed by Anthony Scott Burns and Chris Bahry.
Credits:
Production Company: Tendril Design + Animation
Directed by: Anthony Scott Burns and Chris Bahry
Music and Sound Design: John Black of CypherAudio
Editor: Chris Murphy of Relish Editing
Executive Producer: Kate Bate
Creative Directors: Chris Bahry and Alexandre Torres
Producer: Molly Willows
DOP: Anthony Scott Burns
Costumes: Jessica Mary Clayton
Make-Up: Stacy Hatzinikolas
Grip: Chris Atkinson
PAs: Howard Gordon, Derek Evoy
Man at Computer: Travis Stone
Gods: Iain Soder, Jessica Mary Clayton
Motorcycle Rider: Kris Sharon
Guy with Binoculars: Dennis Pikulyk
Gods Concept Art: Marco Texeira and Vini Nascimento
Additional Gods Concept Art: Ash Thorp
Environment, Prop, and God Design: Anthony Scott Burns, Vini Nascimento, Chris Bahry, Andrew Vucko
3D Modeling: Vini Nascimento, Marcin Porebski, Renato Ferro, Andrew Vucko
3D Rigging: Renato Ferro
3D Animation: Vini Nasicmento, Marcin Porebski, Renato Ferro
Textures: Vini Nasicmento, Renato Ferro
Lighting, Render: Brad Husband
Title Animation: Andrew Vucko
Compositing: Chris Bahry, Anthony Scott Burns, Brad Husband
About
Tendril's longtime friend and collaborator John Black (of CypherAudio) was approached by Stash Magazine editor and STYLE FRAMES executive producer Stephen Price to create a musical framework for the show's opening titles. John recommended Tendril as a great partner to create to create a visual, and soon after we were meeting with Stephen to discuss.
After some initial brainstorming at the studio, our Creative Director Chris Bahry reached out to the ultra talented filmmaker, designer and musician Anthony Scott Burns. Anthony had left commercial work to pursue feature film, and to us this project and client seemed like the perfect chance for an overdue collaboration. Together we came up with the self-referential story of a person creating a pitch, and the nightmarish encounters he has with himself and five ‘Gods’ that represent aspects of his creative psyche - the 'Gods' represent flesh/blood; technology/power; rest/play; form/function; love/passion.
We figured that anyone who has engaged in a pitch or any kind of creative process under pressure will identify with aspects of the ‘Ritual’ that plays out over the course of the sequence. With pitches, we put the best of ourselves out there to be the ones selected for a project and it's a painful and exhilarating experience. It's the nerd/artist's equivalent of extreme sports. It’s not meant to be a message that pitching is bad at all; but when we really got into it, things quickly became visceral and dark. We wanted to be true to the subject and this is what came out.
It was ambitious and there was certainly interplay between life and art during the piece’s inception. We wanted it to be an epic live-action and CG combo; plus the timeline was incredibly tight with just over a month for a 3-minute short with over 95 shots and no money. To that end, we drew on every resource at our disposal, including our partners for make-up and costumes, friends and family as actors, running around town with our own kit and gear, and the amazing team of designers and artists at the studio for execution. We came up with a lot of smart and cheap solutions for getting all the shots we wanted and are excited to share it all soon in some behind the scenes materials.
After we had our footage, we enlisted Chris Murphy of Relish for editing and John got to work giving the score a deep, cinematic feel, building up slowly to the reveal of the Gods. The sound design opens with more traditional musical elements for the first two movements and then introduces a more contemporary feel in the middle that continues into the finale.
All in all, it was a dream team collaboration that resulted in a work that we we hope depicts the essence of the pitch process in 3 minutes.
We were incredibly stoked to work on these three mini films with Alex Grigg, created for the cool people at Super Deluxe. It is part of a series of fragments designed to be seen on Instagram.
Written and Animated by Alex Grigg.
Sound by CypherAudio.
Elevation Picture film distribution logo animation.
Produced by Tendril
Sound Design and Music by John Black / CypherAudio
Working with Nike, Buck directed and produced one 30 sec spot for TV and a plethora of other animated goodness that coated multiple screens in Times Square for the World Basketball Festival in NYC. Character design by Saiman Chow, sound design and music by John Black / Cypher
CREDITS
BUCK
Creative Director: Ryan Honey
Executive Producer: Maurie Enochson
Producer: Eric Badros
Production Coordinator: Ashley Hsieh
Associate Creative Director: Jeremy Sahlman
Art Director: Joe Mullen
Design: Joe Mullen
Modeling: Rie Ito, Ivan Sokol, Jens Lindgren, Ana Luisa Santos, Claudio Salas, Jaime Klein
Texturing: Ana Luisa Santos, Jaime Klein, Jorge Canedo, Ivan Sokol
Rigging: Joel Anderson, Jens Lindgren, Matt Everton
Animation 3D: Matt Everton, Steve Day, Alessandro Ceglia, Claudio Salas
Cel Animation: Alessandro Ceglia, Regis Camargo, Will White, Kendra Ryan, Jenny Ko, Claudio Salas, Jorge Canedo
Lighting: Jens Lindgren, Ana Luisa Santos
Compositing: Moses Journey, Claudio Salas, Jens Lindgren
Software Used: Maya, Flash, After Effects
Music and Sound Design: John Black / CypherAudio
NIKE
Character Design: Saiman Chow
Producer: Craig Smith
Production Organizer: Alana Spears
Typography: Sanderson Bob
Rigging: Joel Anderson
