In a lush northern forest, it's about to rain. A flash of lightning illuminates a curious fish in a babbling-brook. The fish has a distinctive black-and-white colouring. For the first time, this 'little maverick' sees lightning above it, and is inspired to do something no fish has ever done. It leaps out of the water and begins its search for the unknown. Its flight through the forest underbrush leads it toward the sky and into the storm clouds where it discovers the product of its inspiration, TAG No.5 Vodka.

VFX Breakdown

Unity is a non-profit that engages youth through the 'urban' arts. I was asked to create four unique :30 spots that would spark kids imagination and interest in all the art forms that Unity works in: Break Dancing, Beat-Boxing, Spoken Word and Graffiti.
Scroll down to watch all four. ↓

DANCE

ART

BEATBOX

SPOKEN WORD

TICK TOCK

TICK TOK is the detailed visualization of a young man with Tourette syndrome describing his 'tick'. He imagines his tick as a freight train transversing his nervous system and eventually derailing, triggering his tick. TICK TOCK was commissioned by Saatchi & Saatchi and the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada for the amazing @random project.

Visual Effects and Motion Design

I also work on many visual effects and motion design projects. What follows is a montage of my varied work in this area.

Studio Feather

I created Studio FEATHER in 2010 to serve as a production entity for the many projects I'm involved in. It has since grown to produce a variety of third party work from VFX to Mobile and back again.

INFORMATION

I'm Julian van Mil, a director in Toronto, Canada.

You can reach me by email: jvm at julianvanmil.com