Tokyo/Glow
A branded short film for The Generic Man by Industry Films and Citizen Jones. Written and directed by Jonathan Bensimon and produced by Jonas Bell Pasht, Tokyo/Glow follows the nighttime journey of an illuminated man from a crosswalk sign as he embarks on an adventure through the streets of Tokyo. Shot on location throughout Tokyo using thousands of individual digital stills, the short film features original music by indie rock band Kidstreet, who recently signed with Nettwerk Records and will be releasing their debut album worldwide in 2010. To achieve the striking effect of the illuminated man, an original light suit was constructed using hundreds of feet of high-voltage LED rope lights and a translucent nylon outer shell. Michael Lambermont, executive producer at Alter Ego in Toronto, oversaw the effects-heavy post-production process, which included weeks of extensive rotoscoping and compositing in the facility’s two Flame suites, plus a final colour grade, once the effects were complete. Geoff Ashenhurst, editor at Stealing Time, was charged with bringing the thousands of digital stills to life with director Bensimon.
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Great ^^
Do you know what camera was used for filming this?
Awesome!
Awesome…
What’s the name/author of the song?
6/5 AWESOME!!!
i really like the song
How thoroughly derivative can you get? The faux Philip Glass music is pretty lame and the Godfrey Reggio direction/Ron Fricke cinematography is… well… anyone heard of Koyaanisqatsi? This pairing just screams, “HEARD IT, SEEN IT!”
The fact that so much computing iron was leveraged against this is commentary enough on our desire to use technology for the sake of the technology itself.
As for the PR language. This illuminated man’s stroll is an adventure? Is this it, or is is 1st in a series?
Increible, un trabajo excelente… enhorabuena!!
Gracias por compartirlo.
It’s a viral ad for shoes. “The Generic Man” is a shoe company. I don’t really understand the connection, but at least it’s pretty. And Kidstreet is great. So there’s that, too.
I do hope there’s a second installment, though. Most of this was just walking. But definitely a cool-looking short film.
tres cool
he is invincible
Instant favorite!
very cool!
favourited, amazing video !!
5 stars!
Just subbed!
That was Amazing.
time is losing oh no…..
this is so cool! i think this has a lot of underpinnings…depends on the interpretation of the viewer
“go up to your URL bar, put a Q between the words you and tube and then press enter or click go”
Very cool nicely done
nice i might be going to tokyo during spring lol. cant wait
wow! it just makes me wanna go to japan even more ^^
Love the ending…looking forward to part II, when he meets the “girl” Where will they go next?
thx