A collection of my directing, motion design and visual effects work across a range of music videos, short films and corporate work.
Amplifier “The Octopus” Directors Cut
Promo for UK band Amplifier, and the third in a series I directed from their critically acclaimed album “The Octopus”. Released to coincide with the Vinyl reissue of this seminal prog masterpiece!
Thanks to my amazing crew, and the band.
DOP: Julius Beltrame
Producer: Belle Palmer
Camera: Laura Henry
Camera and Dolly: John Angless
Actor: Martin Cowan
Actor and crew: John Palmer
Runner: Sylvia Gazza
Title Graphics: Joseph Rufian
Illustrations: Paul Hallows
Director, Editor, VFX: Adriano Gazza
Thanks to Colin Perrett
Queen – “Sheer Heart Attack”
My entry for the Queen / Talenthouse Sheer Heart Attack video competition. I was really excited that this finished in the top 5 of the global competition, as chosen by Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, and director David Mallet. An honour indeed! A motion graphics piece using the lyrical themes of adolescence, and punk inspired imagery to reflect the pace and era the song was released, and the fact it was a band reaction to the punk music of the day.
Animation and design: Adriano Gazza / Footage © Queen
Talenthouse blog.
Queen’s Official site.
Amplifier “Planet of Insects”
Music video for the band Amplifier. Taken from their critically acclaimed album ‘The Octopus’.
Directed and animated by Adriano Gazza
Additional animation by Joseph Rufian
Additional typography by Mark Pallett
Music © 2010 AmpCorp
The Battle of Cable Street
A short film I had the pleasure of working on. I was lead rotoscoper on this live action/ animation hybrid, working with the supremely talented Yoav Segal and Asaf Agranat over 3 months in the Summer of 2006, in a beautiful, then soon to be demolished manor house on the Finchley Road. Great memories and a great project!
Winner of The UK Jewish Short Film Fund script competition about Yoav’s grandfather who helped organise the Battle of Cable Street against Mosley in London’s East End in 1936. Winner of the Discovery channel Best HD film at DC Shorts, and official selection in Chicago International FF, Palm Springs Short FF, Encounters, East End Film Fest, LA Shorts Fest, Sienna FF, Rhodes Island International and many more. It was also accepted onto the BAFTA list and they now house a master of the film for cultural purposes.
Amplifier ‘The Wave’
Music video for “The Wave” which is from the critically acclaimed new Amplifier album “The Octopus”. The video has appeared on NME.com and Classic Rock magazine’s site as a video exclusive.
Adriano Gazza – Director, lead animator, editor
Joseph Rufián – Lead animator
Laura Henry – Animator
John Angless – Animator
Ryan Pearce – Additional Camera
Music © 2010 AmpCorp
Trapped
A short film shot in a few hours whilst studying at the London Film Academy in November 2018. Directed by Adriano Gazza
Written by James Beacon
Cinematography by Michael Fischer
Starring George Morgan and Eysis Clacken
Crew from LFA Cinematography course
Music: Sighted by Moby. Courtesy of MobyGratis.com
VFX and Editing by Adriano Gazza
Terminator Dark Fate
Adobe joined up with Terminator Dark Fate to ask people to remix their movie trailer. I went for a modern title sequence style, influenced by the likes of True Detective and others. #CreateYourFate
Twenty
A short film about loss.
Written and directed by Adriano Gazza.
Music by Blank.
For Mum.
Radiohead – Daydreaming
Something I created for Radiohead, who were asking for artists to finish their series of vignettes, using a new version of the beautiful song ‘Daydreaming’ #rhvignette
Ice Spy
Short film created in a day by MHFI studios, working with City Academy.
My role was visual FX and motion graphics.
Market View Commercial
TV Commercial I created for Market View.
Radiohead Posters
Poster variations created as a tribute for the band.
Oasis poster
Poster for the band, which I later used for a screen print.
The Joker
Joker illustration
The Purge
Poster I created on my phone as a personal project. Not a bad B-Movie series!
My Career Map
Animation for MHFI showcasing the Career path open to employees. I worked with an agency who developed the vector graphics, which I animated then translated into 3d in Cinema 4D for the final section. I used Mixamo for the character walk cycles then took the fbx data into C4D for rendering and final output.
Pinball
Recruitment video for MHFI. I directed and created the graphics for this, working with a fantastic crew. Sadly due to branding changes this was never used, but I’m extremely proud of the final product and had a great experience making it!
Shot on an Arri Alexa at Mount Pleasant Studios, London.
Laura Henry – DOP
Mark Emberton – Assistant DOP
Ray Moody – DIT/Camera Assistant
Pinball Technician: Geoffrey Harvey
Jim Boorer – Grip
Peter Brimson – Gaffer
Emma Pierce – Production/Stills
Jeremy Sheldon – Script
Fourth Wall Creative – Vinyls
Adriano Gazza – Director
Acting talent
Lauren Nicoll
Indy Bolina
Sandra Raymond
Jozef Aoki
Adriano Gazza 