Elements of a Supervillain
Interstitials for Supervillain: The Making of Tekashi 6ix9ine
Documentary director Karam Gill approached us with an audacious and darkly funny mission for his docu-series on Tekashi 6ix9ine: create a series of interstitials that would chronicle the manufacture of the rapper’s persona and fame, as if made in a lab.
we put the stitches in snitches
Imagining Tekashi as an action figure, we designed, shot, edited, animated and produced “Elements of a Supervillain,” nine segments that run through the Showtime series. Narrated by Giancarlo Esposito, each one focuses on a factor of the Supervillain equation: Trauma, Ego, Weaponry, to name a few. This is a lab where every move is calculated with precision, a volatile mix of chemistry . . . until what is created ultimately takes control.
credits
- director: karin fong
- producer: renee robson
- cinematographer: jr kraus
- lead designer/animators: henry chang, james gardner
- editors: lexi gunvaldson, zach kilroy
- animator: merrill hall
- prop master: matthew eikelberger
- prop assistants: stephanie mace, brady peterson
- action figure designer: tim sepulveda
- on-set vfx supervisor/ animator: kiyoon nam
- hand models: rachael cohen, jessica shereshevsky
- design prep: kathy liang, ailis o’reilly
- design interns: phillip han, zach hartman
- colorist: beau leon, framestore
- production coordinators: jake fritz, jackson kerr