That Monster in the Closet? It's Real.
Beautiful Animated Film Uses Familiar Childhood Fear to Illustrate Real Threat of Gun Violence
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This beautiful film created out of Grey and directed by Hornet's Yves Geleyn tells the familiar tale of a boy afraid of the "monster in his closet." His parents assure him that his fears are unfounded. But the boy investigates for himself and unleashes a real beast that ultimately ravages him, and no doubt his entire family.
The charming storybook style of the film, replete with fanciful animation, featuring a whimsical soundtrack by Mutato Muzika's Mark Mothersbaugh and edited out of Cut+Run, serves as an effective redirect that intensifies the final, gruesome, outcome.
The film was created for States United to Prevent Gun Violence, for which Grey previously produced another shocking film, set in a run-of-the-mill office.
Credits
- Date
- Apr 09, 2014
- Agency :
- Grey-New York
- Director :
- Yves Geleyn
- Editorial Company :
- Cut+Run
- Executive Producer :
- Michael Feder
- Head of Production :
- Greg Bedard
- Producer :
- Jan Stebbins
- Editor :
- Joel Miller
- Editor :
- RJ Glass
- Assistant Editor :
- Stephanie Andreau
- Storyboard Artist :
- J. Todd Anderson
- Character Designer :
- Oren Haskins
- Background Designer :
- Mark Boardman
- Technical Director :
- Sang-Jin Bae
- Lead CG Artist and Compositor :
- David Hill
- CG and Compositing :
- Richard Kim
- Modeling :
- Erwin Riau
- Modeling :
- Dan Fine
- CG Animation :
- Sean Thorpe
- CG Animation :
- Andrew Boccio
- CG Animation :
- Emily Griswold
- 2D Animator :
- Mike Luzzi
- Animator :
- Keelmy Carlo
- Animator :
- Mark Pecoraro
- Animator :
- Nivedita Sekar
- Animator :
- Frank Summers
- Animation Cleanup :
- Emma Noble
- Development Producer :
- Kristin Labriola
- Research and Development :
- Arman Matin
- Assistant Editor :
- Tom Akey
- Assistant Editor :
- Stacy Peterson
- Producer :
- Melati Pohan
- Executive Producer :
- Raná Martin
- Music Company :
- Mutato Muzika
- Composer :
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Worldwide Chief Creative Officer :
- Tor Myhren
- Deputy Worldwide Chief Creative Officer :
- Per Pedersen
- Executive Creative Director :
- Rob Perillo
- Executive Creative Director :
- Rob Lenois
- Art Director :
- Evan Ortolani
- Copywriter :
- Daniel Alvarez
- Executive Vice President, Director, Broadcast :
- Bennett McCarroll
- Executive Agency Producer :
- James McPherson
- Agency Producer :
- Zach Fleming
- Music Producer :
- Natalie Montgomery
- Music Engineer :
- Bradley Denniston
- Music Supervision :
- Zach Pollakoff
- Music/Sound Design :
- Dante Desole (Vision Post)
- Principal Talent :
- Samantha Mathis
- Principal Talent :
- Anthony Arkin
- Production Company :
- Hornet
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