Upoznajte Gordona Gusana, tipičnog korporacijskog zaposlenika, s ne tako tipičnim životom. Mislite kako je vama grozno na poslu? Bez brige, njemu je sigurno gore.
Gordon je smiješan, ambiciozan i uglavnom tih gusan. On živi u svijetu teškog rada, obaveza i izazovnih životnih borbi.
Gordon Goose producira Panoptiqm studio iz Poljske, dok režiju potpisuje Artur Marcol kojeg smo zamolili za par riječi o projektu.
INTERVJU
Zašto je o Gordonu dostupno tako malo informacija?
Htjeli smo stvoriti viralne videe, nešto što će ljudi dijeliti zato što im se sviđa, jer su se poistovjetili s Gordonovim životom, a ne zato što je tako promovirano.
Kako ste postali redatelj serijala?
Uvijek sam se želio baviti režijom, ne kako bi imao cool posao u ekipi, već kako bi izrekao nešto na svoj način, ispričao priču i osjećaje. Radio sam kao redatelj i na kratkom animiranom filmu “Magic Forest”, kada smo završili činilo se kako nismo iskoristili potencijal Gordonovog karakternog dizajna kakve je stvorio Slawek Fedorczuk. Tražio sam ulogu za njega u nekom serijalu, pa smo odlučili da ga napravimo kao kompjuterskog geeka s dosadnim životom. Takvu priču nam je bilo lako ispričati. Raditi iskrene priče, bazirane na našim životima s odličnim glavnim likom, to je bio izvrstan izbor. Nakon prve epizode “Weekend”, video se ubrzo počeo dijeliti i postao viralan. To nas je iznenadilo i pokazalo kako bi ovaj projekt mogao biti pun pogodak.
Koje programe koristite u produkciji?
Za 3D koristimo Autodesk Maya-u, a sve ostalo Adobe paket.
Zašto ste se odlučili za tako realističan vizualni pristup?
Realističan je jer smo se odlučili koristiti snimke stvarnog svijeta. Kada bi radili sve digitalno, to bi nas dotuklo, ovo je bio najbrži način da dođemo do rezultata. To je ujedno bilo i novo područje za nas, pa je ispalo uzbudljivo iskustvo. Još jedan razlog je što je naš Tehnički direktor, DOP i Light artist Piotr Orlinski vrlo ambiciozan u svemu što radi, kao i ostatak tima.
Koliko vremena vam je potrebno kako bi napravili jednu epizodu?
Ovisi koliko vremena imamo na raspolaganju, naravno, ali na primjer za epizodu “Christmas” trebalo nam je dva tjedna, s tim da smo radili samo na tome.
Tko su “živi” glumci u seriji?
To su glumci i studenti koje sam upoznao na filmskoj školi u Varšavi kada sam studirao režiju. Žensku ulogu igra Iga Górecka, koja je započela odličnu karijeru u Poljskoj kao glumica i model. Mušku ulogu šefa igra Grzegorz Porzezinski, talentirani redatelj iz moje klase. Ostali su naši prijatelji ili rođaci.
Kakva je budućnost Gordona Gusana?
To još ne znamo, nismo tako ozbiljno razmišljali o tome. Stvorili smo ga zbog zabave i novog iskustva, no imamo mnoštvo novih ideja i novih likova, pa ćemo vidjeti što budućnost nosi.
Hvala vam na intervjuu.
Hvala vama na prilici da predstavimo svoj projekt.
Meet Gordon Goose, a typical corporat with atypical life. Does your work suck? Don’t worry, its work sucks even more.
Gordon is funny, ambitious and usually very quiet goose.
He lives in a world full of hard work, commitment and challenging life struggles.
Gordon Goose ia produced by PANOPTIQM STUDIO and directed by ARTUR MARCOL who kindly answered our questions.
Interview
Why is there so little information on this project?
We just wanted to create a viral videos, something people shares not because we promote that, but they really like it . Feel something in common with Gordon’s life.
How did you become director of Gordon Goose?
Directing was always something I really wanted to do, but not for a “cool role” on the crew, but to say something in my own way, telling the story and how I feel. I was director of “magic forest” short also, and after we finished it I had a feeling that we didn’t use a potential of the Goose design created by Slawek Fedorczuk. I was trying to find a role for him in some short series, so we decide to make him a computer geek with boring life. It’s easy for us to tell that kind of stories. Honest stories based on our lives with great character, was a perfect choice. After very first test episode of Gordon’s “Weekend”, it became a viral and surprised us how successful this could be.
What software is used in production?
Maya and Adobe.
Why so realistic visuals?
It’s realistic, because we decide to used real environment. Making everything digital, would kill us, it was the fastest way to make this production. Also, it was a new area for us, so it was really exciting experience. Also, Gordon looks so real, because our lighting & shading TD ,and DOP, Piotr Orlinski is very ambitions in everything what he’s doing, just like rest of the team.
How much time does it take to make one episode?
It depends of how much time we have for it of course, but the “Christmas” episode, took us around 2 weeks but we were working full time on it.
Who are real life actors?
They’re actors and students I’ve met on Warsaw film school, when I was studying directing classes. The female role is Iga Górecka, she’s starting a great carrier in Poland as actress and model, and male role of the boss is Grzegorz Porzezinski, very talented director, from my class. Rest of the people are our friends and family.
What is the future of Gordon Goose?
We don’t know yet , we’ve never thought so serious about it. We created it for fun and experience, but we have a lot of new ideas and new characters, and we will see what will happen in near future.
Thank you for the interview.
Thank you for the opportunity to present our project.