«Sin da quando avevo 6 anni, sono ossessionato dai cartoni animati e dai fumetti. Da regista, ho sempre cercato di incorporare queste tecniche nel mio lavoro ma nella giusta misura, mai al livello che avevo in mente», così scrive James Larese in un post su Instagram a proposito del suo nuovo video.
Parzialmente in live action e parzialmente animato, in From The D 2 the LBC riesce a trasformare progressivamente Eminem e Snoop Dogg in due ‘scimmie annoiate’ tratte da una raccolta molto esclusiva di NFT generati da un algoritmo. Nel video, le due “Bored Ape” diventano testimonial della cannabis californiana e, duellando a suon di rap battle, riuniscono in qualche modo le due coste americane (da qui il titolo: da Detroit a Long Beach City) in una nuova e interessantissima collaborazione.
Credits
Director: James Larese
Executive Producer: Paul Rosenberg
Producers: Luga Podesta, Kathy Angstadt
Associate Producers: Tracy McNew, John Fisher
Executive Producers: Luga Podesta, Brandon Bonfiglio, Andrew Lerios
DOP: Carlos Veron
Animation Director: Joe Burrascano
First Assistant Director: Eric “E-Class” Mateo
Stylist (Eminem): Dawn Boonyachlito
Stylist Assistant: Angela Mcbride
Wardrobe Assistant: Andy Martina
Seamstress: Sarah Ayers
London Alley
Head Of Production: Sarah Morrison
Financial Controller: Marwa Hassani
Production Supervisor: Alex Randall
Production Coordinator: Mia Lyons
Post Production Supervisor: Iván Ovalle
Editor: James Larese, Luis Caraza
Colorist: Houmam Abdallah
Assistant Editor: Tanner Jackson
Graphic Designer: Maddy Gould
Storyboard Artist: Zack Larez
Sound Design: Tony Crowe
Director Rep: Tommy Labuda
Nathan Love
Director: Joe Burrascano
Executive Producer: Jon O’hara
Producer: Allison Robinson
Animation Directors: Zack Lydon, Alex Barsky, Pete Ahern, Harry Teitelman, Tristan Balos, Sam Feske, Stieg Retlin
Story Artists: Tim Probert Zack Lydon Alex Barsky
Editor: Sam Feske
Designers: Rob Chandler, Pedro Delgado, Zack Lydon, Alex Barsky, Tim Probert, Stieg Retlin, Pablo Hidalgo, Alex Krokus, Conrad Javier
Animators: Peter Ahern, Zack Lydon, Alex Barsky, Harry Teitelman, Tristan Balos, Sam Feske, Stieg Retlin, Suejee Lee, Ciara Bresnahan, Tomas Vallecillo, Liz Keene, Dana Wulfekotte, Barbara Benas, Sara Litzenberger, Sunshine Mall, K Downs, David Hardy
Compositors: Sam Feske, Jim McKenzie, Alex Barsky, Zack Lydon, Tim Probert, Joe Burrascano
Visual effects: Hoody FX
Visual effects supervisor: Denis Romanov
Detroit Unit
Unit Production Manager: Karl Williams
Production Coordinator: David Katkic
Second Assistant Director: Anthony Hayward
Script Supervisor: Mariesa Elizondo
Set Photographer: Jeremy Deputat
BTS Videographer: Evan Hammerman
1st AC: Emily Cameron
2nd AC: Connor Hawkins
DIT: Matt Reznik
VTR: William Cosentino
Sound Mixer: John D’Aquino
Teleprompter Operator: James May
Gaffer: Max Rubner
Best Boy Electric: Jake Gottman
Key Grip: Anthony Gaskell
Best Boy Grip: Bryan Kimbal
Grip: Gianluca Petrazzi, Mark Rancour
Truck PA: Jacob Stonewell Webster
Office PA: Maverick Kelly
Talent PA: Rana Sobh
Production Assistant: Nikolaus Mitchell
Catering: Carolyn Simon