Tranz (Video)



The music video for the single Tranz, from the Gorillaz album The Now Now, was posted to the Gorillaz YouTube channel on the 13th of September, 2018.

Synopsis
The music video opens up with a shot of neon signs of the Gorillaz logo and the word "Tranz". The light of the signs fades away as the screen flashes white and shows 2-D, Noodle, Russel and Ace standing together on a white circular stage. They begin to play their instruments as trippy and psychedelic graphics play in the background. 2-D sings into a microphone that shows some of the lyrics. The rest of the video consists of occasional close-up shots of the individual members. Near the end of the video, various horror movie clips, and strange 3D and claymation animation, such as 2-D with boogers running from his nose, begin to play in the as the screen distorts and stretches. At the end of the video, a lone jello-like 3D model of 2-D falls to the floor as the background flickers back into a green screen.

Credits
Director: Jamie Hewlett

Co-director: Nicos Livesey

Executive Producer: Bart Yates

Producer: Georgina Fillmore

Gorillaz is managed by Eleven Management.

Production Company: Blinkink

Production Company: Eddy Executive Producers Eddy: Emilie Walmsley, Lars Wagner

Production Coordinator: Maria Kolandawel

Production Manager Eddy: Stella Ramsden

Line Producer: Fabien Cellier

Production Assistants: Lina Houari, Agathe Derosier

Director of Photography: Max Halstead

1st Camera Assistant: Toby Goodyear

Editor: Paul Moth

Animation by: Brunch

Lead Animator: Romain Barriaux

Storyboard and Layout: Julien Perron

Animation: Romain Barriaux, Julien Perron, Leo Schweitzer, Martin Richard, Paul Nivet, Magali Garnier, Léonard Bismuth, Simon Duong van Huyen, Mathilde Loubes, Victor Chagniot (work experience)

Animation Clean-up: Mathilde Loubes, Antoine Carré

Colour and Shadow animation: Meton Joffily d'Alençar, Rohit Kelkar, Antoine Carré, Constance Bertoux

Compositing: Vincent Ewald

Compositing assistant: Ekin Koca

3D Animators: Erik Ferguson, Oliver Latta, Marco Mori

Analog Synth: Michael Knight

Animation Clips: Lee Hardcastle, Macomoroni, Extraweg, Fergemanden

Animatic: Simone Ghilardotti

Sound FX: Offset Audio

Trivia

 * The video's production company, Blinkink, gained their notoriety for their work on the Don't Hug Me. I'm Scared video series on YouTube.
 * Interestingly, a video for an upcoming project was released on their channel on the same date that the Tranz video was uploaded to the official Gorillaz channel.
 * This is the first time since Feel Good Inc. that all of the band members have played their instruments in a music video. This is also one of the only music videos where you see all the band members playing their instruments. These videos are Clint Eastwood and Rock the House, including Feel Good Inc..
 * In an article published by Consequence of Sound, the Tranz music video was titled the band's first ever "live performance" music video. undefined
 * The music video for the song "5/4", from the debut album, was instead meant to be the band's first "live performace" music video, but the single release for the song was cancelled in favour of the "Rock the House" single, causing it to remain on its Storyboard state.
 * The "live performance" of the band in the video marks the bands first time on-stage since the 2010 MTV EMAs.