French colorist Mathieu Caplanne has joined Electic Theatre Collective’s London color department. As the studio continues to expand, Caplanne joins for exclusive representation in the UK, alongside Jason Wallis and Lewis Crossfield, who are at the helm of the award-winning color department.
Caplanne has been lending his artistic vision to critically acclaimed music and advertising projects over past 10 years. His work on the music video for Jamie xx’s haunting track “Gosh,” directed by Romain Gavras, won best color grade at the 2016 UKMVAS. The trophy was well-earned, as Caplanne’s palette serves to further draw the viewer into the eerily desolate backdrop of Tianducheng, China.
More recently, he graded “Territory” for The Blaze, which picked up best international dance video at this year’s UKMVAS and gold for best cinematography at Ciclope Festival. He has collaborated with many prolific directors such as Gustav Johansson, François Rousselet, Martin Werner, and CANADA on their recent Beck music video “Up All Night.” In the commercial space, Mathieu has worked with prominent brands such as Nike, Adidas, Yves Saint Laurent, Dior and Renault.
“We are so excited to be representing Mathieu at Electric,” said executive producer and Partner Lee Pavey. “It’s in our DNA to hire the most talented people possible and we feel we have done this yet again with him joining our team. His work on high-end projects like Nike’s ‘Da Da Ding’ spot directed by François Rousselet and the Jamie xx video just showcases what a fantastic creative talent he is, and we can’t wait to make magic together.”
Electric Theatre Collective is a post house that produces visual effects for a notable roster of clients. With studios in London and Los Angeles, Electric Theatre Collective houses talent across various disciplines of visual creativity, CGI, 2D, animation, and color grading.
James Earl Jones, Lauded Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies At 93
James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, "The Lion King" and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93.
His agent, Barry McPherson, confirmed Jones died Monday morning at home in New York's Hudson Valley region. The cause was not immediately clear.
The pioneering Jones, who was one of the first African American actors in a continuing role on a daytime drama and worked deep into his 80s, won two Emmys, a Golden Globe, two Tony Awards, a Grammy, the National Medal of Arts, the Kennedy Center Honors and was given an honorary Oscar and a special Tony for lifetime achievement. In 2022, a Broadway theater was renamed in his honor.
He cut an elegant figure late in life, with a wry sense of humor and a ferocious work habit. In 2015, he arrived at rehearsals for a Broadway run of "The Gin Game" having already memorized the play and with notebooks filled with comments from the creative team. He said he was always in service of the work.
"The need to storytell has always been with us," he told The Associated Press then. "I think it first happened around campfires when the man came home and told his family he got the bear, the bear didn't get him."
Jones created such memorable film roles as the reclusive writer coaxed back into the spotlight in "Field of Dreams," the boxer Jack Johnson in the stage and screen hit "The Great White Hope," the writer Alex Haley in "Roots: The Next Generation" and a South African minister in "Cry, the Beloved Country."
He was also a sought-after voice actor, expressing the villainy of Darth Vader ("No, I am your father," commonly misremembered as "Luke, I am your father"), as... Read More