Spy Films and director Arev Manoukian produce global campaign for Sony.

UK based agency Grey London approached Arev to collaborate on this 3D cinematic spot after watching short film, Nuit Blanche. ECD Nils Leonard already had Leonard Cohen’s poem That’s What I Heard You Say in mind, and needed to find a visual component that was just as poignant and influential. According to Nils, “Nuit Blanche… really just captured a unique, powerful romance that I hadn’t seen before,” which he felt would do justice to Cohen’s words.

Two Worlds captures an emotion so powerful between two people that the physical world no longer matters. Thus came the challenge of showing how 3D can really make an audience feel something, not merely creating an elaborate spectacle of flying cars and debris.

Spy3D and exclusive partner 3DCC worked alongside Arev Manoukian to ensure a proper stereoscopic 3D production. In-house stereographer Bill Reeves noted that the most memorable challenge was that Two-Worlds had purely CG elements. “The biggest task being positioning the live actors and all the action in correct stereoscopic parallax values that would make sense when you start to layer elements together and build the scene around the talent… that’s where the biggest challenge was… just the position of subjects.”

Leonard Cohen’s words brought a human, raw emotion to the film. Cohen was drawn to the project due to its level of beauty and romance. Paired with the breathtaking musical composition by Clint Mansell (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream), a notion of power was given to the epic digital landscape. The music carried the words in a poetic fashion, which really brought audio and video together seamlessly.

Congratulations to Arev Manoukian who this month was featured on Shoots New Director Showcase, picked up a One Show award in NYC, and has just been awarded a Gold at this years Bessie awards for ADCC “Love & Hate”.

Spy director Arev Manoukian wins Best New International Director Award @ Sharks 2010.

View Arev’s REEL HERE

Spy directors Arev Manoukian and Radical Friend are nominated at this years Vimeo Awards.

Arev Manoukian’s Nuit Blanche is a contender in the narrative category and Radical Friend’s Ambling Alp are amongst several other prominent talents in the music video category.

Goodluck to both!

Arev Manoukian’s Nuit Blanche selected at Siggraph 2010.

Contending amongst other great films such as 2012, Avatar, and Pixar’s Up.. the Making of Nuit Blanche was among the winners at the prestigious computer animations conference.

See full details/winners HERE

See the ‘making of’ Nuit Blanche HERE

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Arev Manoukian’s Nuit Blanche wins Golden Nica in the Computer/Animation/Film/VFX category.

Contenders in the category: Avatar, Pixar’s Up, Pixels and Logorama amongst others… Full-list HERE

View Nuit Blanche HERE

Wired shows deep love for Spy Films’ directors.

“After being blown away by Nuit Blanche, a visually impressive short by director Arev Manoukian, Wired.com checked out some of the other work coming from Spy talent. Spy Films is a Canadian production house known for delivering eye-popping imagery.”

“We represent directors who have a strong eye for storytelling and a wizard-like approach to their work.”

See Wired Article HERE

Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.

Arev Manoukian directs a dramatic and visual short film.

Nuit Blanche explores an experience many of us have lived before – a fleeting yet powerful connection with a perfect stranger. Set in a dark cobblestone street in the 1950’s, a man catches the gaze of a woman in a cafe across the street. This split-second moment becomes suspended in time, as the two gravitate towards each other in a hyper real fantasy where nothing can hold them back.

Making Of Nuit Blanche from Spy Films on Vimeo.