Ado – EpsodeX

20.05.25

Client / motion graphics / movie / Projects

Role
VFX,Animation,Texturing,Modeling,Lighting,Compositing,Rendering

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We created a series of VFX-driven sequences for the official music video of “EpisodeX” — a new release from Japanese artist Ado.
Working across 15 cuts, our contribution included modeling, animation, texturing, lighting, rendering, and compositing to visualize the song’s emotional and high-intensity world through stylized 3DCG expression.

Adoの最新楽曲「EpisodeX」のミュージックビデオ制作に参加。
3DCGによる空間演出とキャラクター表現を通じて、楽曲の持つ鋭さと感情を映像に落とし込みました。
弊社は、モデリング、アニメーション、テクスチャリング、ライティング、レンダリング、コンポジットまで、約15カットにわたるVFXパートを担当しました。




Credits
Vocal – Ado
Lyrics & Music – Ayase
Arrangement – Ayase, Rockwell
Director / Storyboard / Animation Artist – Nina
Creative Director – Shiro Nomura (ENJIN TOKYO)
Producer – Daisuke Chiba (ENJIN TOKYO)
CG Producer – Ryuta Hoshi (SIGNIF)
CG Director – Hironobu Nagasawa
CG Artists – Shuichiro Nakayoshi, Yuki Sogabe, Kento Tomiyoshi (FLIGHTGRAF), Nanami Tsuzuki (FLIGHTGRAF), Daiki Hanasaka, Ryoma Sanpei (SIGNIF)
3D Modeler – Naomi Fujii
In-between Animator – Goto Aika
Producer – Takuya Chigira

The Sand of Light – Qatar 2022

18.11.22

Client / movie / Projection Mapping / Projects

Role
Video Mapping Direction,Content,Animation,Sound Design&Mixing

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The theme of the show is guiding lights and navigation. Nomadic people of the Qatari region used the stars as a tool to navigate at night – the Middle East is the birthplace of astronomy.
A falcon made of constellations and stars flies above Qatar, eventually transforming into a football, and all the stars are descending on Qatar and the Lusail Stadium – an allegory for one of the most important sports events of the world travelling to the Middle East for the first time, and the story of teams and fans finding their way to Qatar.

Five plus two amazing artworks on two spectacular buildings in Qatar: the Ministry of Interior and the National Archive. 205 people worked on the study, preparation, and execution of the project. A wide variety of video artists, video programmers, IT specialists, audio specialists, and production people worked for 2 months to make this fantastic production happen.

The Ministry of Interior projection mapping installation consisted of 40 latest generation 32k and 40k lumen 4K resolution projectors. This created a total of 14080000 lux. The total addressable pixel resolution of the installation was a whopping 369 million pixels!

To ensure the best possible experience, the audio system had to be the best. 5 LA acoustics line array systems produced more than 120dB at a distance of 200 meters and crossing the busy street in front of the Ministry.
The NA projection mapping installation consisted of 30 latest generation 35k lumen 4K resolution projectors, while for the audio, 2LA acoustics line array systems produced more than 120dB at a distance of 120 meters.
To have the best possible redundant system, all projectors were installed in air-conditioned projection containers. To ensure safe operation, all power installations, projectors, and servers were set up to be redundant.

Credits of Content
Production and Project Management – Limelight
Producer – Zsuzsanna Benkó (Limelight)
Implementation – FLIGHTGRAF
Production Concept – Kento Tomiyoshi (FLIGHTGRAF), Makoto Shozu (FLIGHTGRAF)
Production Manager – Ryuta Hoshi (SIGNIF Inc.)
Art Director / 3D Artist – Kento Tomiyoshi (FLIGHTGRAF)
3D Artist – Nanami Tsuzuki (FLIGHTGRAF)
3D Modeler – Kazuki Kuroiwa (1inc.)
VFX Artist – Akira Kondo
Layout Artist – Naoto Hiroura (SAZABI Inc.)
Music Composer / Sound Designer – Makoto Shozu (FLIGHTGRAF)
Music Choir – Haruka Koroyasu, Mana Abe

Tech Team
Executive Producer – Bush Cherroud (Nexxt)
Head of Production – Grimm Van Gestel (Nexxt)
Engineers – Joris Beel, Edouard Chbata, Nico Lemaitre, Kjell Rijntjes, Jurgen Vandewalle (Nexxt)
Local Production Director – Yasser Alattar (Dar Al Sharq)
Technical Manager – Hassan Elwakel (Dar Al Sharq)
Operation Manager – Ahmed Fouad (Dar Al Sharq)

Special thanks to
Alexandra Oikonomidou, Dressing Manager
Ghada Al Khater, Artist
Fawzy Semsem, Dressing and Signage Director
Creative Agency – LIMELIGHT

Some numbers
Total technical crew: 205, approx. 1,000 m2 of fabric used, 200m fencing, 350m of yellow yack. More than 150+ permits, 2000+ of generator hours, 135,000+ liters of diesel, 4 TPS, 40+ ACs, 500m of power cables, 10+ km of data and video cables, 10 containers.
For the content part, 5 teams in 5 countries on 2 continents worked more than 10,000 hours to produce 7 artworks with 45 scenes, altogether 32 minutes of content, including 2 artworks of 7 minutes of the most creative, amazing stories for the Qatar National Day.

DEAR PLASTICS – Milan Design Week 2022

06.06.22

Client / Experiment / movie / Projects

Role
Creative Direction,Animation,Texturing,Modeling,Lighting,Compositing,Rendering

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Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation exhibited a collection featuring a new material of sophisticated polycarbonate resin developed by the company at Milan Design Week 2022 from June 6 (Mon) to 12 (Sun). The exhibition showcased a material table KONOHA (*1), a wearable material sample GEKKA, and a color sample KIHANA (*2), designed by STUDIO BYCOLOR, whose work draws out the authenticity of colors and the essence of materials.
This innovative material can retain its durability while applying colors, such as pearl, lamé, and other luminous elements, to the base material through exclusive technology. FLIGHTGRAF took part in creating the animation footage used in this exhibition.
This collection is a communication tool developed to communicate the fascination of the material to everyone engaged in the design industry. Furthermore, it is a material with futuristic potential for reducing CO2 and VOC emissions by eliminating the painting process that is conventionally required. It has received numerous design awards and is drawing attention from worldwide audiences as an outstanding commodity.
The installation ‘FOR / PRO / DUCT’ examines the future of manufacturing and designing from the foundation (=materials) at Gallery Rossana Orlandi, home of the “Guilt-less Plastic” activity at Milan Design Week. We hope that you will experience a sense of innovative technology designed to address future directions in the long history of design through this installation.

※１　MATERIAL TABLE is a collective name for material samples for which STUDIO BYCOLOR has applied for a trademark in Japan.
※２　KONOHA, GEKKA and KIHANA are trademarks applied for by Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation throughout Europe, the U.S., China and Japan.



Credits
Design – STUDIO BYCOLOR
Art Director / 3D Artist – Kento Tomiyoshi (FLIGHTGRAF)
Music Composer / Sound Designer – Makoto Shozu (FLIGHTGRAF)
VFX Artist – Akira Kondo
Lamp Topology Simulation Artist – Atsuo Nakajima
Client – Mitsubishi Engineering – Plastics Corporation