Brincante – Film titles
Brincante is a poetic documentary registring the work of Antonio Nobrega. A genius musician-performer-actor who has based his work on folkloric and regional traditions and music. The short movie you see here is the title credits which appear at the end of the movie.
A good way to summarize the art direction of this movie is to see it as a triad, as explained below:
Acquainted with the work of Antônio Nóbrega, I referenced the theatrical logic using bi-dimensional sceneries, like the same viewed in the movies “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)”
To be able to put pieces together, I took the work of an artist from Brazil’s state of Minas Gerais called “Bispo do Rosário” as a reference. I perceived, in his way of construction, a dialogue between the art direction of the theatrical pieces of Antônio Nóbrega and the handcrafted objects from the popular culture from the north of Brazil.
Finally, I took the byzantine art as a reference, which brings a universe that had influenced the beginning of the Brazilian culture, at the same time it rescues the Christian religiosity and “Lunário Perpétuo”, a book often highlighted in the work of Antônio Nóbrega.
The idea was to make emerge a time and space analogous to the Byzantine Empire in today’s world.
Client → Gullane
Studio → Lobo.cx
Role → Art Director, Designer, and Animator
Concept Art
Concept:
With the movie script in mind, I thought about some requirements that needed to be solved for the creation of this piece, like esthetics, technique, content and how these points would work together. Without a doubt, the most important point of the production was to highlight the work of Antônio Nóbrega, according to the movie’s content and esthetical structure.
Besides all the content to be elaborated, there was still an issue on the credits to be solved. In other words, I needed to plan how to expose the texts in the video.
Boards:
Just like in the storyboard development step, I’ve created some boards so that we could make some decisions about layout, composition, sceneries, shots, ideas.
Boards:
Just like in the storyboard development step, I’ve created some boards so that we could make some decisions about layout, composition, sceneries, shots, ideas.
As a motion graphic artist, my participation started with an emphasis on the creation and animation of the typography, while in parallel I continued to make observations on art direction. In a second moment, my participation was in compositing, putting scenes together, changing lights, color, timing, framing, and stabilizing scenes.
During the final process, I was responsible for the final montage, with the support of the team, revising and retouching the material many times.
Credits
Produtora: Vetor Zero/Lobo
Produção Executiva: André Rosa
Direção: Gabriel Nóbrega
Direção de Animação: D. Lee Peffer II
Direção de Arte: Diego Coutinho
Direção de Cenografia e Props: Fabiana Fukui
Equipe de Cenografia: Daniela Gogoni, Carmem Guerra, Marcello Girotti, Laura Stankus, Gabriela Luna
Pós Produção: Lucas Barreto e Diego Coutinho