THE MADISON

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Design and look & development for The Madison from creator Taylor Sheridan,
with Creative Director Alan Williams at Imaginary Forces.

A blend of editorial storytelling, cinematic photography.

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Given the sequence had plenty of water interactions as visual metaphor because of Madison River,
I explored a quick, practical look development approach using glass distortions and photography.

STYLEFRAMES

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For editorial cityscape, I captured fleeting moments of New York's cityscape,
intending to reshape them into a more dreamlike and abstract visual language.

FULL SEQUENCE

FullCredits :

Creative Director: Alan Williams
Designers: Elizabeth Steinberg, Olga Midlenko, Anna Chen, Mert Kizilay
Designer/Animator: Timothy Williams
Dditor: Pascal Leister 
Producer: Megan Catoe
Production Coordinator: Dewey Cassady
Executive Producer: Renée Robson

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