A short film to publicise the amazing graphic novel The Concrete Jungle Book.

Nylon Films created a short marketing trailer for a new graphic novel, The Concrete Jungle Book.  We were charged with scripting, directing and producing a piece that would showcase the  incredible artwork of the book and leave the viewers wanting “more.”  To accomplish this,  we animated original artwork from the book and then edited it together with newly shot video and stills of urban landscapes and scrapbook making. Using ToonIt, we transformed footage of live animals and added into the mix. The piece was choreographed to a hard charging music track (think badass Texas hip hop laced with funky, rappy honkytonk) created by one of our partners,  Dan Thomasson.

“Our book is an innovative mix of prose, comics, and scrapbook collage graphics.  Nylon worked with us to understand our original storytelling approach, and they’ve taken TCJB to a new level in this video production. It rocks!  We believe that the Nylon video will help publishers and distributors quickly understand the broad audience appeal of the book, and especially to see the book’s potential as a feature film or television production.”   Doug Millison, Publisher, co-author The Concrete Jungle Book

“Nylon  exceeded our expectations and I couldn’t recommend the company more highly! Not only did you capture the rather convoluted concept of a quite different sort of book, it has helped to open up industry doors in the process. Your enthusiasm and professionalism displayed made it an absolute pleasure to work with you.”    Stephen R. Porter, Co-author, The ConcreteJungle Book …….” As you can see from attached — the video you made for us is opening doors, and I’m very grateful.”    ”BTW – watched the video – VERY impressive. I’m excited to see more of this, and I am happy to advocate for it.” Jeremiah Jefferson, Editor Dark Horse Comics.