Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Colors And Shapes By Sam Mason

Music video for Mac Miller’s “Colors and Shapes.”

Directed by Sam Mason, U.S., 2021.

Note from the director:

It’s a fully 3D animated music video created for the late Mac Miller. Working closely with his brother Miller McCormick and his mother, we developed the story together and created the film over the summer. It was a labor of love made by a very small and passionate team.

Credits
Client: 4 Strikes/Karen Meyers
Commissioned by Miller McCormick
Production company: Hornet
Storyboard artist: Camillo Clauser
Environment designer: Chiara Benedetti
Character design: Jeff Jank
Previs: Meg Oswalt
Rigging: George Smaragdis
Look dev: Nicole Noel, Sam Mason
Modelling, texturing: Nicole Noel, Douglas Silva, Ivan Joy, Laney Lai, Emily Mai, Neil Jackson
Groom: Giovani Kososki
Senior animation: Daniel Callaby, Clement Pierre, Jim Bierton
Animation: Meg Oswalt, Monica Stevenson
Editor: Sam Stulin
Head of creative development Kristin Labriola
Executive producer: Hana Shimizu
Producer: Hanna Smith-Ide
Associate Producer: Heather Hardin