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Mac Miller - Balloonerism Trailer
Production Co
Hornet
Director
Samuel Jerome Mason
Executive Producer
Greg Bedard, Michael Feder, Hana Shimizu, Miller McCormick
Producer
Heather Hardin
Animation Director
Daniel Callaby
Editor
Minseok Kim
CG Supervisor
Richard Kim
CG Lead
Rui Zhu
Story
Sam Mason, Roland Kennedy
Designer
Alejandro Diaz, Amalia Lage, JP Rooney, Kelechukwu Nwakudu, Laurie Herman, Margherita Premuroso, Matthew Corsillo, Mike Altman, Natalie Labarre, Sami Healy, Simone Noronha, Seongjin Yoon
Costume Designer
Karina Ochoa De Baker
Design Intern
Paris Powell, Patrick Sholar
Graphic Design Intern
Esther Yeseul Lee
Storyboards
Soren Bendt
Storyboard Editor
Joseph Comar
CG Technical Artist/Render TD
Joseph Chen
Pipeline
Natalie O'Leary, Rui Zhu, Joseph Chen
Pipeline Development
Nikita Shtarkman
Character Lead
Frank Lee
Modeler
David Vardanian, Giovani Kososki
CG Generalist
Angeline Rivera
Animator (Titles)
Jay Asava, Jin Jindawitchu
Lighter
Christina Ku, Jonathan Lee, Joseph Ibrahim, Laney Lai, Natalia Perez Melendez, Nicole Noel, Rui Zhu, Saad Moosajee, Sam Mason, Weichieh Yu
FX Artist
Joseph Chen, Stephen Hallquist, Sam Mason, Rui Zhu, Zongyi Xie
CFX
Natalie O'Leary
Groom Lead
Jesus Fernandez
Talent Coordinator
Jon Chun
Director of Production
Karen Lawler
Head of Creative Development
Kristin Labriola
Head of Production
Dez Stavracos
Wobbly Way - Animation & Modeling
Producer
Stephanie De Meautis
Previs Editor
Daniel Callaby, Milo Hustache-Mathieu
Previs Supervisor
Alex Gredzinski
Previs Artists
Hugues Daumail, Simon Diebold, Chloé Fabre, Milo Hustache-Mathieu
Animators
Alexandre Daumail, Alexandre Dumez, Simon Diebold, Nico Debon, Benoît de Geyer d'Orth, Kevin Ducrot, Chloé Fabre, Mikolaj Janiw, Steeve Manangou, Clément Pierre
Animation Intern
Andrea Resera, Mariia Taranova
Rigging Supervisor
Luca Amorosi
Rigger
Marguax Huve
Visual Development and Texturing Artist
Eloi Morlet--Decarnin
Character Modeling
Antoine Fromager, Julien Paris, David Vardanian
Set Modeling Supervisor
Aymeric Rondol
Set Modelers
Alex Gredzinski, Elliot Lequertier, Luc Belliard
Groom
Boris Watrin
Stim - Look Development
Lighting Supervisor
Michael Larue
Lighters
Thomas Boileau, Andrea Laffont, Margo Lopez, Lucas Payet
Look Development/Surfacing
Max Soreau
Groom
Melissa Armangau
Warner Records / 4 Strikes
Executive Producer
Remember Music, Warner Records, 4 Strikes
Warner Team
Tom Corson, Aaron Bay-Schuck, Jeff Sosnow, Akila Gray, TJ Landig
Thank You To
Brunch Studio!
A mysterious journey illustrates Mac Miller’s previously unreleased album.
Celebrating the enduring legacy of Mac Miller, Hornet developed a 22-minute animated film in collaboration with the posthumous official release of the album "Balloonerism".
In the 22-minute CG epic that spans 5 tracks of the album, a group of school friends are launched into a shadow world where they grapple with their inner demons and fears of adulthood. Hornet Director Samuel Jerome Mason built the narrative of the film around Mac Miller's lyrical musings about innocence, self-sabotage, and looming uncertainty of the future. The film is packed with visual metaphors and includes nods to Mac Miller's hometown of Pittsburgh, with the famed Blue Slide Park.
The visuals for Balloonerism are both a fantastical metaphorical narrative of the groups’ tumultuous journey into adulthood as well as an homage to Mac Miller, including key elements of the artist’s story, such as Pittsburgh’s famed Blue Slide Park. Samuel Jerome Mason retains the dark grittiness he imbued into the first collaboration between Hornet and Mac Miller’s estate- the 2021 music video for “Colors and Shapes”.
“This album immortalizes Malcolm’s distinct spirit—as all wizards live forever through their magic—and I tried to do his legacy justice. The project is in debt to Malcolm and the work surrounding the album—the artwork and plans laid, the maps drawn. As animators and filmmakers, we feel immense gratitude in joining ranks of collaborators and contributors to this album.” – Director Samuel Jerome Mason
The team also developed the 3D model of the album artwork, which became an AR filter for the release.
The full film is streaming on Amazon Prime.
Featured in Rolling Stone, Variety, Vulture, Billboard
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“This album immortalizes Malcolm’s distinct spirit—as all wizards live forever through their magic—and I tried to do his legacy justice. The project is in debt to Malcolm and the work surrounding the album—the artwork and plans laid, the maps drawn. As animators and filmmakers, we feel immense gratitude in joining ranks of collaborators and contributors to this album.”
– Director Samuel Jerome Mason
The visuals for Balloonerism are both a fantastical metaphorical narrative of the groups’ tumultuous journey into adulthood as well as an homage to Mac Miller, including key elements of the artist’s story, such as Pittsburgh’s famed Blue Slide Park.
