CAMP 2014 Opening Titles

Opening titles for the first CAMP Festival: fire as a creative force, shot in slow motion on miniature sets and run in reverse, from charred ground back to a moonlit campsite.

Discipline

Film

Deliverable

Opening title sequence

Year

2014

Role

Creative direction, storyboards

Burning CAMP flag from the 2014 opening titles

The project

Opening titles for the first CAMP Festival in Calgary, introducing the speakers with one idea: fire as a creative force rather than a destructive one. The sequence runs in reverse, from charred, coal-covered ground back to a lush campsite by moonlight.

We built miniature sets, mountains, trees, a bonfire and a tent by a river, and burned them with dry ice and gunpowder, shooting in slow motion on a RED camera and running the footage backwards. The whole sequence was shot in a single day. The sound design gives the tactile miniatures a digital texture. The titles won an Anvil Award for best videography.

Process

The miniature set with mountains, trees and sky

The crew in respirators behind the miniature set

Creative direction and storyboards: Wild Forest. Set production and special effects: Bleeding Art Industries. Filming, editing and post-production: DDG. Music and sound design: Drasko V / DRASTIC.

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