Music Video
Balloonerism
Hornet
Celebrating the enduring legacy of Mac Miller, Hornet produced a 24-minute animated film in collaboration with the posthumous official release of the album “Balloonerism” In the CG epic that spans 5 tracks of the album, a group of school friends are launched into a shadow world where they grapple with their inner demons and fears of adulthood. Director Samuel Jerome Mason built the narrative of the film around Mac Miller’s lyrical musings about innocence, self-sabotage, and looming uncertainty of the future.
CREW
Production Co: Hornet
Director: Samuel Jerome Mason
Executive Producer: Greg Bedard, Michael Feder, Hana Shimizu, Miller McCormick
Producer: Heather Hardin
Animation Director: Daniel Callaby
Editor: Minseok Kim
CG Supervisor: Richard Kim
CG Lead: Rui Zhu
Story: Sam Mason, Roland Kennedy
Designer: Alejandro Diaz, Amalia Lage, JP Rooney, Kelechukwu Nwakudu, Laurie Herman, Margherita Premuroso, Matthew Corsillo, Mike Altman, Natalie Labarre, Sami Healy, Simone Noronha
Costume Designer: Karina Ochoa De Baker
Design Intern: Paris Powell, Patrick Sholar
Graphic Design Intern: Esther Yeseul Lee
Storyboards: Soren Bendt
Storyboard Editor: Joseph Comar,
CG Technical Artist/Render TD: Joseph Chen
Pipeline: Natalie O'Leary, Rui Zhu, Joseph Chen
Pipeline Development: Nikita Shtarkman
Character Lead: Frank Lee
Modeler: David Vardanian, Giovani Kososki
CG Generalist: Angeline Rivera
Animator (Titles): Jay Asava, Jin Jindawitchu
Lighter: Christina Ku, Jonathan Lee, Joseph Ibrahim, Laney Lai, Natalia Perez Melendez, Nicole Noel, Rui Zhu, Saad Moosajee, Sam Mason, Weichieh Yu
FX Artist: Joseph Chen, Stephen Hallquist, Sam Mason, Rui Zhu
CFX: Natalie O'Leary
Groom Lead: Jesus Fernandez
Talent Coordinator: Jon Chun
Director of Production: Karen Lawler
Head of Creative Development: Kristin Labriola
Head of Production: Dez Stavracos
WOBBLY WAY - ANIMATION & MODELING
Producer: Stephanie Demeautis
Previs Editor: Daniel Callaby, Milo Hustache-Mathieu
Previs Supervisor: Alex Gredzinski
Previs Artists: Hugues Daumail, Simon Diebold, Chloé Fabre,
Milo Hustache-Mathieu
Animators: Alexandre Daumail, Alexandre Dumez, Simon Diebold, Nico Debon, Benoît de Geyer d'Orth, Kevin Ducrot, Chloé Fabre, Mikolaj Janiw, Steeve Manangou, Clément Pierre
Animation Intern: Andrea Resera, Mariia Taranova
Rigging Supervisor: Luca Amorosi
Rigger: Marguax Huve
Visual Development and Texturing Artist: Eloi Morlet--Decarnin
Character Modeling: Antoine Fromager, Julien Paris, David Vardanian
Set Modeling Supervisor: Aymeric Rondol
Set Modelers: Alex Gredzinski, Elliot Lequertier, Luc Belliard
Groom: Boris Watrin
STIM - LOOK DEVELOPMENT
Lighting Supervisor: Michael Larue
Lighters: Thomas Boileau, Andrea Laffont, Margo Lopez, Lucas Payet
Look Development/Surfacing: Max Soreau
Groom: Melissa Armangau
WARNER RECORDS / 4 STRIKES
Executive Producer: Remember Music, Warner Records, 4 Strikes
Warner Team: Tom Corson, Aaron Bay-Schuck, Jeff Sosnow, Akila Gray, TJ Landig
SOFTWARE
Maya, Houdini, Blender, ZBrush, Nuke, DaVinci Resolve, Marvelous Designer, USD, Solaris, Axiom, GroomBear, tyFlow Pro, ODTools, Quad Remesher, Neat Video v5 for Resolve, MOPs, Aelib, Asset Management & Pipeline Tools, Prism, SketchFab