We were contacted by The Ghosts to produce a music video for “We Lie To Ourselves” and given free reign to create anything we wanted.

Director Owen Rixon took the opportunity to create a dark and broody short film based on the ideas in the song and a story about a mouse, forced to work for a prey-killing corporate machine run by cats was born.

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With the film being deliberately slow paced it was important to keep the viewer engaged so we packed every frame with as much atmospheric motion as possible; smoke, rain, flickering lights, etc. We also wanted a vaguely hand held look to the camera so it was never quite static. Film noise and chromatic aberration were added to give a grittier, more vintage feel.

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The final result is a new style for The 2D Workshop and we’re excited to explore the look further with future projects.