RAY OF DARKNESS

Client

Yamaha

Category

TV Commercial
Cinema

Development

Direction
Craft
Production
Post Production
Music Composition

Partners

DLV BBDO Milan

Timeline

10/2015 - 11/2015

READY FOR A SECOND BIG BANG?

A fluorescent energy is coming to earth on two wheels: it’s the new Yamaha MT-10.

"Imagining a new exciting ride on the MT10 we explored once again ‘The Dark Side of Japan’, this time visualizing a trippy dimension inspired by 70's low-fi Japanese science fiction movies. But we also enjoyed sampling little elements from some dream-like cinema that we love… (from old classics like Kubrick’s 2001 - A Space Odyssey to more recent visions like Under my Skin by Jonathan Glazer.)"

Luigi Pane ^:g director

The fluo element

Shot between Tokyo and Copenhagen, this second instalment of The Dark Side of Japan saga is a psychedelic trip that starts with a Big Bang. Born into a new, surreal world, fluorescent energy flows through the streets of the city on two wheels, awakening strange subcultures.

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Propelled into the future on two wheels

Exploring the city, feeling the freedom of the bike, sensing its power. This is a new time, a dark futuristic world filled with beautiful creatures — stylish and bewitching (like the Dark Geisha) or mysterious (like the Onna-bugeisha, a female warrior) — belonging to the Japanese tradition. It’s a world where people sleep in capsules and ancient history is written on the naked back of a woman.

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Abstractions and Sounds

The universe was created with macro shots in studio. Whilst the Big Bang was augmented in post production. In keeping with the first episode of The Dark Side of Japan, we used point-of-view and close-up shots of the rider. These were shot in Tokyo.

This part of the saga is set to the rhythms of Mystical Redemption track from the album Against, by Franky B & The Cryptic Monkeys.

STORYBOARD

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PRESS

CREDIT LIST

Client YAMAHA EUROPE
Agency DLV BBDO Milan
Executive Creative Director FEDERICO PEPE
Executive Creative Director STEFANIA SIANI
Client Creative Director NICOLA CELLEMME
Client Creative Director PASQUALE FREZZA
Account Executive NELI MECHENSKA

Production Company abstr^ct:groove
Director LUIGI PANE
Executive Producer GIADA RISSO
Cinematographer DIEGO INDRACCOLO
Production Coordinator ALESSANDRO SALERNO
Production Assistant MIRIAM CATALDI
1st AD Europe ALICE GATTI
Storyboard Artist CLAUDIO CAPELLINI

Special Effects SIMONE CICERI

Production Manager Japan HIDEYUKI YOSHIZAWA
1st AD Japan AKI IGUCHI
Stylist Japan TARA MAN

Production service Copenhagen STRICTLY SCANDINAVIA

Post Production abstr^ct:groove
3D VFX PIERPAOLO MANTUANO
3D VFX SERGIO FORNASIERI
Art & Motion Design VALENTINA VICINI
Art & Motion Design ALICE GATTI
Editing LUIGI PANE
Colorist DANIEL PALLUCA

Music FRANKY B & THE CRYPTIC MONKEYS
Performed by FRANKY B, GIUSEPPE COZZOLINO
Sound Design DANIELE FAMÀ
Sound Design MICHELE BENEDETTI

Filmed on location in Tokyo, Japan
Filmed on location in Copenhagen, Danmark
Shooting in Studio at Village Studio, Milan