And now, a few things we made that you will see in Looper. We designed the main title, and all the various billboards, computers, phones, and interfaces.
Forever appalled at the concentration of talent in the Johnson family, but not so much that it keeps me from wanting a print of one of Zach’s individual painted stills from the animated Looper trailer.
Early on, I think before the script was even finished, Rian had The Made Shop do some preliminary concept work for helping to visualize some of the future weapons and vehicles in Looper. Ultimately, the direction I was moving in wasn’t right for the world Rian had in mind. I had a much more stereotypical “cool” sci-fi future in mind, but one of the best things about the actual near-future world Rian and his production designer created for Looper is how realistic, worn-down, make-shift, and un-techy it feels while still being subtly mind-blowing and disorienting. It’s actually quite remarkable.
Above are a few of the early concepts we proposed, and even though they were the wrong tone for Looper, I’m still pretty happy with them. So when you go see Looper (tonight) you won’t see any of these — which is absolutely as it should be, I think you’ll agree. But I still wouldn’t mind riding that Slat Bike around in 30 years :)
My friend Noah Fisher and I made this hand-painted, rotoscope animation trailer for Rian Johnson’s new film Looper, starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt. The animation also features music from Nathan Johnson’s haunting and beautiful score, which is now available for purchase over at iTunes.
See the HD version over at Apple.
Looper hits theaters this Friday! I’ve had the incredible fortune of having already seen it 3 times, and I seriously cannot wait to see it again!
(Also, we’re selling matted prints of 15 individual paintings from the animation here.)
This new Looper Animation is very, very special.
Zach Johnson (who did these painted posters) worked with Noah Fisher to create a gorgeous animation, by hand painting over 700 frames. The gif above is pulled from it, but you need to see the whole thing. I want every single one of them on my wall. Check it out over at Apple Trailers.
In celebration of Looper’s release today, I’m thinking The Made Shop tumblr will be All Looper All Day today.
If you haven’t yet seen the HAND. PAINTED. TRAILER. that Zach made for it, that’d be a pretty good place to start. It’s one of my favorite things Zach has ever made.
Absolutely beautiful.
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