Year Zero - OFFF Barcelona 2011 Main Titles
June 11 2011, 10:19pm
Following in the footsteps of Prologue Films and The Mill, PostPanic have created this year’s prestigious opening titles 'Year Zero' for OFFF Festival 2011 in Barcelona offf.ws/bcn2011/
Written by Mischa Rozema and British graphic designer, Si Scott, the opening titles reflect their dark thoughts on a possible future. Directed by Mischa and shot on location in Prague, the film guides the viewer through a grim scenario embedded with the names of artists appearing at this year’s OFFF festival. The live action was brought back to Amsterdam for post, primarily carried out by PostPanic’s in-house team of artists but also with the additional help of freelancers and partner companies that we have enjoyed strong creative relationships with over the years. It’s really fair to say that this was a labour of love by a passionate crew of people.
Mischa Rozema, Director, says: “We knew we wanted to make something that would unsettle and menace the audience. It was always going to be dark but also highly aesthetic. This project has filled our spare hours for the past 6 months and it is incredibly satisfying to work on something that we were given complete creative freedom on – that’s a rare luxury these days.”
Says Ania Markham, Executive Producer at PostPanic: “The images created by the crew of people working on the titles has been unbelievable, with nationalities represented including Dutch, Czech, English, Polish, German, Swedish and Belgian. It’s been a great opportunity for all of us to work together on a non-commercial project we’re passionate about and we’re so proud of the combined effort and final result.”
CREDITS Directed by Mischa Rozema Story by Mischa Rozema & Si Scott Production Company: PostPanic Executive Producers: Jules Tervoort, Ania Markham DoP: Jiri Malek, Mischa Rozema Music & Sound Design: Hecq Senior Producer: Annejes van Liempd Production Assistant: Jacinta Ramaker Production Designer: Roland Mylanus Editor: Mischa Rozema
Prague Cast: Main Hero: Vladan Bláha Grafitti Guy: Tom Malar Main Hero Sister: Katerina Galova
Post-Production: PostPanic CG Supervisor: Ivor Goldberg VFX Supervisor: Chris Staves 3D Artists: Jeroen Aerts, Matthijs Joor, Jurriën Boogert, Marnix Reckman, Adam Janeczek 2D Artist: Erwin van den IJssel 3D Interns: Cara To, Xander Clerckx 2D Interns: Mathijs Luijten, Per Westholm Compositing: Chris Staves, Ivor Goldberg, Adam Janeczek, Matthijs Joor Graphic Designs: Si Scott Additional Graffiti Elements: Florian Stumpe Matte Painting: Wieger Poutsma Additional 3D and Compositing: Storm PostProduction
Line Production by Savage: Executive Producer: Klara Kralickova, Pavla Burgetova Producer: Michaela Berkova Production Assistant: Vojta Ruzicka Prop master: Jan Fiala Location Scout & Management: Petr Bastar, Adam Fuchs Location: CREVISTON, a.s. Tattoos made by: Wowa tattoo prague
About OFFF Festival 2011
OFFF is an entity in continuous transformation, alive and evolutionary. More than a decade ago, it was born as a post-digital culture festival; a meeting place to host contemporary creation through an in depth program of conferences, workshops and performances by the most relevant artists of our time.
These days, OFFF keeps being a reference event throughout the world. A festival hosted in Barcelona, New York, Lisbon and Paris which has featured renowned artists such as Joshua Davis, Stefan Sagmeister, John Maeda, Neville Brody, Kyle Cooper, The Mill, Digital Kitchen, Ben Fry & Casey Reas, Golan Levin, Chris Milk, Rob Chiu, Julien Vallée, Paula Scher, Rick Poynor, Erik Spiekermann, Dvein, Erik Natzke, Vincent Moon, Ze Frank, Alex Trochut, among others…The festival where a new generation of artists has originated and developed. All of them started attending OFFF as spectators. Today, they take up its main stage.Cast: PostPanic
