Nomad Industries

ZOOM – a Wizard of OZ remake – Feature Film – Post Production

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:05:12 +0000

In the fall of 2011, over Halloween weekend, we shot a full feature remake of The Wizard of Oz. The idea came to me from showing classic films to my first daughter, Jane. I was reminded of how, when I was her age, I didn’t know the difference between reality and fiction. To me, a film didn’t need to be made, it was a world that simply existed. This idea influenced my life so much so that I became a filmmaker, turning movies into life, and my life into movies. Watching Jane get so connected to the story of the Wizard of Oz, a story that is very much about the power of imagination, and the thin line between life and fiction, I turned to my own world and noticed that my dream of having a production studio, with all of the toys and talent that comes with it, had actually come true. NOMAD Nation is such a place, with the means and resources to turn any story into something real. That is why we remade Jane’s favorite film, because we could.

Coming Halloween 2012, here is a rough assembly (comes even before a rough cut) of the opening scenes of the film. I put Alexander Desplat’s Birth soundtrack to it without any concern for synchronicity or even mixing, but I think you’ll agree that there is already quite an atmosphere being created here. We’ll be in post-production through the summer, and encourage anyone interested in our creative production process to check back in, and even let us know if you want to help. We’ll see you Over the Rainbow.
.j.

Story/Director: Jason Rodi
Producer: Victorine Yok-Thot Sentilhes
Young Dorothy: Jane Rodi
Dorothy/Art Direction: Mélanie Elliot
Witch: Geneviève Bouvin Roussy
Cameras: Nicolas Venne, Noé Sardet, Sharif Mirshak, Santiago Ruiz Torres, Sylvain Lavoie, Marc Milot, Christian Pomerleau
Production Assistant: Rafael Hart

Jason Rodi – Creative Director / Trans Media Filmmaker

admin — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:00:29 +0000

I am the founder and creative director of the NOMAD Industries content agency. I am a trans-media filmmaker, explorer of new narrative frontiers, futurist, father, lover, brother, and son.

Jason Rodi graduated from New York University’s film school with Great Distinction, and since founded and presided the Montreal new media arts and entertainment company, Moment Factory. Guided by a passion for family, adventure, and fiction, he has traveled in over 60 countries, sailed across the Pacific ocean, skied to the North and South Poles, and climbed the highest mountain on every continent, from which he directed the award winning documentary, The Eye of the Son. 99¢ Dreams succeeded it, a docu-fiction feature filmed on the seven continents. After adopting the name NOMAD, he moves his operations to a building in the Mile End of Montreal, providing creative space to fellow creative professionals. In the past year, the NOMAD Industries content agency has produced video installations, ads, web content, corporate videos, a feature film remake of the Wizard of Oz, and most recently The EXPEDITION for the FUTURE, a trans-media documentary.

write me an email the old fashioned way: j@TheNOMADS.com

That Willow Fabric concert at NOMAD Nation

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:21:33 +0000

That Willow Fabric’s intimate concert at NOMAD Nation was a major success and the one camera video captures came out great.

The EXPEDITION for the FUTURE

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:10:47 +0000

Fellow explorers, and dreamers,
On February 8th, 2012 I am boarding the Hanse Explorer for a 33 day journey from the end of the world, Cape Horn, to the beginning of humanity, Cape of Good Hope. NOMAD Industries has chartered the amazing vessel with the capacity to safely carry a few selected individuals across the sub-antarctic sea, to the most remote place on the planet, Bouvet Island.

My name is Jason Rodi, I am a 34 year old filmmaker based in Montreal and my wife is expecting our second child. This is the greatest opportunity I have toward making a difference of a global scale for my children. My mission is to inspire thought that has the potential of broadening our collective consciousness; an attainable and idealistic vision of the future.

The ice strengthened, 48 meter (158 foot) ship will traverse from Cape to Cape. Included in the route are stops in South Georgia, Saunders Island, Bouvet Island where some of us may attempt an ascent to its summit, an extinct volcano. Then Kerguelen Island, Crozet Archipelago, Marion Island and finally Cape Town.
Most of all, the trip is a 33 day creative process whereby the participants become map makers marking the topography of the future.

The EXPEDITION for the FUTURE is a trans-media project.

February 8th to March 12th 2012, The EXPEDITION for the FUTURE travels from Cape Horn to Cape of Good Hope in search of the most remote uninhabited island on Earth: Bouvet Island, an unexplored island, the furthest you can be from anyone else without leaving the planet. This is the canvas where three exceptional individuals will draw a map of the future.

The Film (docu-fiction):
Another Future is a documentary shot on the toughest seas on Earth, following the epic journey of three visionaries traveling from Cape to Cape to return with a map of the future. Attempting to follow this map home is a fictional archeologist from the future. Following 33 points on the map as 33 possible worlds, she seeks to remember her own.

The Book:
The Topography of the Future is a 33 page book that unfolds, like an accordion, to display 33 tales from the future reading like points on a map across the horizon.

The Exhibit:
Visions of the Future is an exhibit in three steps: 1) a history of futuristic concepts, 2) the future is now, 3) visions of tomorrow. An immersive experience that tells the story of mankind’s aspirations for museums and planetariums.

Like our ancestors before us, we are leaving as explorers seeking a viable future. We can’t expect to discover solutions to the World’s problems, but through appreciation of the experience we plan to return with a vision worth sharing.

Join The EXPEDITION for the FUTURE by sending your own vision of the future via NotreFutur.org.

Greatest Regards,

Jason Rodi
NOMAD Industries

RBO 3.0 – habillage télé

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:06:13 +0000

L’habillage pour le nouvel émission télévisé de Rock & Belles Oreilles par NOMAD Industries.

« C’était un rêve d’enfant de travailler un jour pour RBO. Quand Maxime Théoret Bissonnette m’a approché, j’ai sauté sur l’occasion » déclare avec un large sourire Jason Rodi, fondateur et directeur de création de Nomad. « Je n’avais pas dix ans, que j’étais devant la télé, j’attendais l’animation style cartoon de Rocky Belles Oreilles avec délice. Aujourd’hui, j’ai vraiment voulu faire un clin d’œil à l’ancienne ouverture. Ce n’est donc clairement pas un hasard si nous avons pris la direction de l’animation traditionnelle. Aillant déjà travaillé sur plusieurs projets avec Patrick Désilet, il a assumé la direction artistique. Il a imaginé le design des personnages, les animations. Il détient un important crédit dans cette ouverture.»
Le concept et le scénario reflètent l’émission. On observe les personnages de RBO zapper à travers leur passé. Chaque tableau évoque les thématiques des épisodes. « On croque les rapports homme/femme, la politique, le sport… Nous voulions vraiment que ce soit un repère pour les fans de RBO. RBO fait tellement partie de notre panthéon télévisuel, nous voulions que la facture de l’ouverture en soit complice ».
Vous pourrez apprécier dès le 9 janvier, le début de la diffusion des RBO 3.0 sur Radio Canada.
Concept / Réalisation : Jason Rodi
Direction Artistique / Animation : Patrick Désilet
Motion Graphics : Sindre Ulvik Péladeau
Avec la collaboration créative de Bruno Landry
Son : Xavier Auclair
Réalisateur de l’émission : Maxime Théoret
Productrice: Marie-Claude Filteau

AKON’s Hitlab – promotional content

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:06:38 +0000

Wanna find out if you have the music chops to compete with Madonna, The Rolling Stones or Timbaland on the charts? Hitlab is an online lab where musicians can come and test out their songs to find out if they have a potential hit on their hands!
Hitlab uses revolutionary DHS technology (Dynamic Hit Scoring) which compares your song’s hit potential to the Top 100 Billboard ® hits of the past 6 years!
NOMAD Industries has produced content to promote the artists on AKON’s label.

MARCEL MUELLER

admin — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:49:37 +0000

A photographic concept acquired through extensive travel in over 40 countries and over a period of ten years has given birth to a collection of images dedicated to Asian philosophies, Middle Eastern civilizations and to the hardship and beauty of the African soil. A bank of photographs inspired by ̈ TEMBA THE TIBETAN ̈ has become the trademark of Marcel Mueller, professional photographer, guide, speaker and world traveler, creates a visual catalog offering a glimpse of what our world has best to offer and a peek at its people. The image and the point of view of his photography are both driven by curiosity and awe towards the people who characterize our world. He has the talent to encounter, develop and establish a privileged relationship with those who offer a certain openness regardless of their cultural background. This is what captivates his vision. ̈ I observe and afterwards through my camera I try to discover and feel the essence of the person in front of me and how he or she feels. A person captive in a landscape bigger than what the human condition is. ̈ ̈ Visually sharing the feeling of guiding people and myself out of normalcy into something from which we never return the same. This is what DIRXIONS is all about. ̈ After a few years in NYC and series of exhibits, Marcel has returned to Montreal and dedicates his time to developing DIRXIONS – his photography, his trips and his vision.
Travels to be continued…

Connected Brains – promo film

admin — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:25:06 +0000

Connected Brains is an algorithm that analyzes personalities, measuring their compatibility to create optimal team work.
The NOMADS developed a concept around the idea of a chaotic, dissonant “brain storm” that finds harmony upon the arrival of Connected Brains. We shot it at our studios in a single take, destroying a set that took a week to build. It was a thrilling moment that defined the essence of what Connected Brains can achieve when tuned together.

Concept: NOMADS
Director: Jason Rodi
Art Direction: Jean-Constant Guigue
Assistant Art Director: Mélanie Elliott
Set builder & Props Master: Sylvain Lavoie
Production Assistant: Charlotte Beaudoin Pelletier
Post FX: Artifex
Production: NOMAD Industries
For Connected Brains: Carl Chouinard et Ghyslain Proulx