Mario Cavalli

RAINBOW RESCUE

mario — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:46:59 +0000

5 minutes, CGI animation

London 2012 Olympic mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville help restore a school library.
Previous installments OUT OF A RAINBOW and ADVENTURES ON A RAINBOW

Story by Michael Morpurgo
Narrated by Stephen Fry

Production Design : Ashley Potter
Maquetttes : Teddy Hall
Storyboard Artist : Pete Western

Music Composed & Arranged by Thomas Hewitt Jones
Performed by The British Film Orchestra & Voces8
Conducted by Barnaby Smith
Recorded by Gary Thomas at Angel Studios
Mastered by Simon Gibson at Abbey Road Studios

Editor : Richard Graham
Sound Design : Adrian Rhodes

CG Supervisor : Liu Jian
Animation Production Manager : Shi Yan
Animation Workflow Manager : Chen Manman
Animation Director : Liu Haitao
Animation Production Company : Crystal CG International

Produced by Barnaby Spurrier
Directed by Mario Cavalli

BATTLE OF THE EYES Promo

mario — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:32:55 +0000

Promo for a series of paintings by BOTE collaborators Savage Pencil and Eyeball.

Shot on an iPhone 4
Edited in FinalCutPro

Camera & Editing : Mario Cavalli
Music : Family by Hey Ø Hansen

GMTV with Lorraine

mario — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:34:31 +0000

10 sec TV title sequence for Lorraine Kelly on GMTV

Direction: Mario Cavalli
VFX & AE: Murray John
Agency: Red Bee Media / Ian Wormleighton / Amy Johnson
Production: Colony @ Bermuda Shorts

Treated live action, using GMTV provided clips from previous shows.

LUDOVICO EINAUDI Uno : Insomnia

mario — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:59:23 +0000

A short abstract film set to the track UNO by Ludovico Einaudi from the album Divenire, made entirely within the iPhone 4, in a similar way to the ABSTRACT iPhone movie test.

Shot on an iPhone4 with SlowShutter
Images edited in PS Express and BlurFX
Movie edited in iMovie for iPhone
Images: Insomnia by Mario Cavalli
Music: Uno by Ludovico Einaudi

ADVENTURES ON A RAINBOW

mario — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:01:31 +0000

The further adventures of London 2012 Olympic mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville, following on from their initial appearance in OUT OF A RAINBOW.

Screenplay by Michael Morpurgo
VO by Simon Russell Beale

Concept Illustration : Neil Ross
Character Design : Mario Cavalli
Mascots Designed : Iris London
Maquetttes : Teddy Hall
Storyboard Artist : Pete Western

Music Composed & Arranged by Thomas Hewitt Jones
Performed by The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Recorded by Gary Thomas at Angel Studios
Mastered by Simon Gibson at Abbey Road Studios

Editor : Richard Graham
Sound Design : Adrian Rhodes

CG Supervisor : Liu Jian
Animation Production Manager : Shi Yan
Animation Workflow Manager : Chen Manman
Animation Director : Liu Haitao
Animation Production Company : Crystal CG International

Produced by Barnaby Spurrier
Directed by Mario Cavalli

loopyperformancethingy 01

mario — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:22:43 +0000

Cavalli recently collaborated with performance artist Pauline Amos and musician Nick Franglen on loopyperformancethingy 01 a site-specific, improvised looping performance piece, combining music, painting and video, at the Silk Mill in Frome, Somerset.

Music : Nick Franglen
Painting : Pauline Amos
Video : Mario Cavalli

Running time: 01:11:10

Recorded at the Silk Mill in Frome, Somerset, on 14th September, 2010.
Thanks to Ciara Nolan, Damon Moore, Dickon Moore, Gulliver Moore and Edwin Pouncey.

Produced by Mario Cavalli.

loopyperformancethingy 01

mario — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 10:54:35 +0000

Settle down with a cuppa, put your feet up and relax….

The first in series of location inspired improvised performances of looping music, painting and video.

Music : Nick Franglen
Painting : Pauline Amos
Video : Mario Cavalli

Running time: 01:11:10

Recorded at the Silk Mill in Frome, Somerset, on 14th September, 2010.
Thanks to Ciara Nolan, Damon Moore, Dickon Moore, Gulliver Moore and Edwin Pouncey.

Produced by Mario Cavalli.

INTERSTATE 15 : Arizona : 29.08.2010

mario — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:47:14 +0000

Shot on an iPhone4
Edited in iMovie for iPhone
Music: Il Mattino by Dom Mino’ (by permission)

Mario Cavalli’s London 2012 mascots launch film, OUT OF A RAINBOW, written by Michael Morpurgo, goes live.

mario — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:53:24 +0000

Mario Cavalli recently completed direction of the Michael Morpurgo scripted OUT OF A RAINBOW, launching the London 2012 mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville. The mascots were developed and designed by Iris London over the preceding 18 months, with animation on the 3 min 45 sec film completed within a breakneck 10 week schedule, from design and storyboard to completion and launch on May 19th. Cavalli designed the non-mascot characters, working with Teddy Hall on maquettes and Pete Western on storyboard. Production design and backgrounds by Neil Ross, animation by Crystal CG. Editing by Richard Graham. Original score and orchestration by Tommy Hewitt Jones. Voice over read by Simon Russell Beale. The film was produced by Barnaby Spurrier.

Within 48 hours of launch, the movie on the official LOCOG mascots’ site had already clocked up 750,000 unique hits, while the same video on YouTube was the ‘most watched’ in the last 24 hours.

OUT OF A RAINBOW

mario — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:26:12 +0000

Short CGI animation launching the mascots for the London 2012 Olympics.
See Part 2: ADVENTURES ON A RAINBOW.

Written by Michael Morpurgo
VO by Simon Russell Beale

Editor : Richard Graham
Production Design : Neil Ross
Character Design : Mario Cavalli
Mascots Designed : Iris London
Storyboard : Pete Western
Character maquettes : Teddy Hall

Music Composed & Arranged by Thomas Hewitt Jones
Music Producer : Adam Binks
Recorded at Angel Studios, London
Sound Design : Adrian Rhodes

Animation : Crystal CG
Animation Director : Mr Liu Haitao
Animation Co-Director : Rob Rae
Animation Supervision : Mr Liu Jian
Animation Project Manager : Mr Shi Yan

Produced by Barnaby Spurrier
Directed by Mario Cavalli

A Colony & Spiritbase Production for LOCOG, London.