Merging motion capture, live-action, and 3D animation with painterly algorithmic 2D rendering, Blinkink director Balázs Simon conjures an impressionist and surprisingly emotional journey for American electronic music duo ODESZA.

Balázs Simon: “I was fascinated by the idea of this very old character who gets rejuvenated in a sense during his struggle to experience something magical. This film is about focusing on the values of life, and not giving in to the pressures we face each day.

“I wanted to harness the immersive qualities of 3D animation, but also make it more painterly than usual. The result is a mixture of hand-painted backgrounds, in-camera effects, and tens of thousands of algorithmic brush strokes in each frame.

“The character’s movement was recorded with motion capture and real-life elements were shot to complement the 3D environment.”
 

 
Artist: ODESZA
Label: Foreign Family Collective/Ninja Tune

Production: Blinkink
Director: Balázs Simon
Executive Producer: Josef Byrne
Producer: Máté Barbalics
Head of Production: Alex Halley

Shooting Team
DOP: Max Halstead
Stop Motion Producer: Sami Goddard
Art Director: Brin Frost
Studio: Clapham Road Studios
Studio Manager: Daisy Garside
Art Dept: Beattie Hartley

Post Production Team
Art Director: Péter Kántor (Greenroom)
Lead Previs Artist: Dane Armour
Previs Artist: Jonathan Meret, Dávid Dell’Edera
Character Sculpting: László Aszalós
Lead Compositor: Doma Harkai
Compositor: Adrián Majoros, Csaba Bálint
Graphic Artist: András Gunda
Colorist: Szilárd Tötszegi
Dancer: Bea Egyed
Sound Design: Jacob Wheeler
Storyboard: Mysie Pereira

Sunnyside Animation
Producer: Dániel Szabó
Rigging TD: Hollósy Zoltán
Character Animation: Dániel Szabó, Barcsay Marcell,György Fábos
Mocap Recording: Gergely Rácz
Blendshape Artist: János Császár

Jumpcut
Producer: Ádám György
Lead Compositor: Balázs Seress
Compositing: Szabolcs Pál, Dávid Velenczei

Umbrella
Producer: Miklós Kázmér
3D Assets: Battore Haraszti
Compositing: Dániel Streer, Cecília Deszk

GYAR
Producer: Róbert Erdélyi
VFX Producer: András Piroska
Head of CGI: Áron Hargitay
CGI Supervisor: Sándor Garaczi
Houdini Technical Director: Ádám Mariházi
Houdini Artist: Zoltán Markó, Szabolcs Mazsari, István Bori, Gábor Rákossy, Iván Vörös
CGI Generalist: Gyula Némedi
Compositing: Hosseini Shahab, Balázs Lublováry, Áron Németi, Kristóf Gaál, Viktor Miltényi

Special Thanks: Stephen McNally, Gyula Sziklafi, András Pflum Family