Ben Dickey Music Video

ARTS + LABOR

Art Direction + Set Dressing + Animation

The Ask: Create a music video for Ben Dickey staring artist and lead singer of The Kills Allison Mosshart on a small budget and short turn around time.

The Idea: An artist uses the leftovers of a dinner party as her medium cut in between shots of moody band performance. As the video progresses lines and textures of the artist’s table art begin to animate and crossover to connecting the two worlds.

Pre-production: Create style frames and loose storyboards to help guide select scenes during production. Source all props from thrift stores on a tight budget and timeline.
Production: Direct a team to quickly set up and clean the dinner table scene in between takes. Advise the DP on setting up shots to work with post-production animation scenes.
Post-production: Create looping cel animations to overlay video. Direct a team of junior motion designers to rotoscope select scenes.

Austin Addy Award Winner

Silver - Music Video