To promote AT&T’s new affiliation with Napster’s web-based music service, Brand New School has created a digital homage to an analog aspect of today’s music advertising, transforming a generic urban environment into a musical wonderland.

The spot opens with a young woman leaving her house. With her headphones in place, the woman passes a wall of posters for Swedish indie pop group Peter Bjorn & John. A simple stroll around the block turns into a vivid journey through a musically inspired world. Band posters come alive and objects are transformed to instruments. The musically transformed neighborhood was so well received that Sony decided to use the Brand New School-created posters to promote Peter Bjorn & John throughout the east and west coast. The band is also thinking of using it as their tour poster as well.

The entire project was done in less than three weeks. This would not have been possible without the incredibly cool and supportive clients whom we are currently in the process of cloning. Big thanks to Derek, Janet, Kelly, Jeff and Dave.

Director
Brand New School:
Jonathan Notaro & Jens Gehlhaar

Shot on location in Los Angeles

Production
Brand New School, New York
Director of Photography:
Andrew Rowlands
VFX Supervisor:
Ji Yoon
Producer:
David Wolfson
1st Assistant Director:
Patrick Finnegan
Production Supervisor:
Alex Fisch

Post-Production
Editor:
Jonathan Notaro
Flame Artist:
Blake Huber
Lead Compositor/Compositor:
Mario Stipinovich
Flame Artist:
Tony Morrison
Compositors:
James Webber, Tonya Smay, Yasmin Mistry
Designers:
Jonathan Notaro, Mario Stipinovich, Mitch Paone, Eli Carrico, Chris Murray
Contributing Designers:
Victor Lau, Chace Hartman
Storyboard & Concept Artists:
Brian Wilcox, Chris Stiles
3d Modelers:
Paul Liau, Joon Lee, Matt Connolly, Adam Rosenzweig
3d Animation:
Han Ho, Jordan Blit, Carmine Laietta, Camila Benitez, Ric Giantisco
3d Lighting & Texturing:
Chris Moore, Anton Tokar, Yuliya Parshina, Stacie Plassche
Tracking:
John Kalaigian, Joey Park, Danny Zobrist
Rotoscopers:
Carlos Rosario, Tonya Smay, Ella Boliver, Kirsten Hall, Shana Silberberg, Sergei Martirosov, J. Bush
Executive Producer:
Danny Rosenbloom
Producer:
Beth Vogt
Assistant Producer:
Kevin Hanny

Telecine Artist
Rob Sciarratta, Company 3 LA

Agency
GSD&M

Music
Peter Bjorn & John, "Young Folks"