In an effort to continue to push our multidisciplinary production approach, we built a raw & edgy showcase piece for the Nike Air Zoom All Out Flyknit shoes. Writing the script, creating the concept and defining the visuals in-house.

Our goal was to create visual metaphors that link back to the shape of the design of the shoe. Flutter cuts that take us from surreal vignettes of creatures, monsters, and things that lurk in the dark, to our hero live action talent and the CG product. We ended with a mix of live-action shots and a visceral edit alongside beautifully eerie CG. Contrasting these moments with sleek, sophisticated and illustratively gestural visuals.

Credits

Production Company
Scholar

Creative Directors
William Campbell & Will Johnson

Executive Producers
Jo Arghiris, Christina Roldan

Head of Production
Rachel Kaminek

Leads
Chris Finn, Macauley Johnson, JP Rooney, Michael Tavarez

Producers
Nicole Smarsh, Sue Yee Hubbard

Director of Photography
Tom Banks

CG Lead
Adam Burke

Editors
Chris Finn, DJ Cosgrove

Designers & Animators
Chris Finn, Macauley Johnson, JP Rooney, Michael Tavarez, Wendy Eduarte, Dennis Go

CG Generalists
Chris Finn, Michael Tavarez, Corey Langelotti, Andrew Tan

 

3D Animators
JP Rooney, Adam Burke, Corey Langelotti, Andrew Tan

Compositors
Chris Finn, Michael Tavarez

 

Casting
Pantone Casting

Runners
Valerie Emanuel, Chanon Finley, Kim Mackay, Guy Peel Jr, Kai De Prata

VO Talent
Joe Dunlap

 

Music
"U Mad" by Vic Mensa feat. Kanye

Final Mix / SFX
Chris Finn

 

Client
Nike

Do you run like you are being chased?

Or are you chasing IT?

Content for Social

When we wrote the script for ‘Chase It’ we knew it had legs to exist on a broader array of screens. The adrenaline-fueled, mysterious visuals worked perfectly in the spectrum of social media. From 6-15 seconds and anywhere in between we are able to cut from our anthem :30 and rearrange the footage and the CG to create different storylines and different characters that come to life in unexpected ways. We love thinking this way and go into every project analyzing the storylines and allowing our brains and concepts to create spiderwebs of how the visuals come together in the end.

Inside Our Process

Nike - 'Chase It' - Process Breakdown

The process of creating the rCG Air Zoom All Out Flyknit was amazing in and of itself. The technical side of us went bananas, imagining ways to bring the stitching and knit to life in ways that paralleled the narrative. It all wanted to fit together, reflecting the dark intrigue of the chase and running like there is no tomorrow. We let our inner-designer go nuts as we played with lighting, textures, animations and anything else we could get our hands on.