Plan of the City
Creative Director: Joshua Frankel
Production Company: Earthworm Productions
Concept: What we know about New York City is inverted during this fantastical journey, allowing the City’s ultimate fears to be explored. As a result, New York City is destroyed and recreated, which in the end reveals the true heart of the city.
Role: Design, Asset Prep, 2D Animation, Color-Correction & Compositing.
Software/Method: Photoshop & After Effects
The following styleframes were developed for the “Plan of the City” music video and performance background for NOW Ensemble, which performs at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
“Plan of the City” was conceived and directed by Joshua Frankel about the architecture of New York City blasting off into outer space and resettling on Mars. Conceptually, “Plan Of The City” creates exhilarating fantasy by inverting what we know about New York City. Heavy structures rooted in Manhattan’s bedrock liftoff into the stratosphere. Immigration reverses course and becomes exodus. The metropolis that considers itself the center of the world, leaves the planet and resettles in a barren wasteland.
Joshua Frankel is an independent film-maker in the New York City area who has worked in motion graphics for over ten years. “Plan of the City” was created in collaboration with composer, Judd Greenstein, and NOW Ensemble, an acclaimed "indie classical" chamber ensemble. The ensemble, including Greenstein, feature prominently in the film as live actors set inside the animated framework. The audio of the film consists solely of Greenstein's “Change”, performed by NOW Ensemble; “Change” and “Plan of the City” were created in parallel, each expressing its own artistic intention while simultaneously serving its "sibling.”
PLAN OF THE CITY from Joshua Frankel on Vimeo.
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