Duet

Duet

June 25, 2014 Google

Studio
Google ATAP, Glen Keane Productions

Synopsis

We see a girl and boy grow up together.

Credits

Directing

Director
Glen Keane

Producing

Producer
Gennie Rim
Executive Producers
Regina Dugan, Ken Gabriel

Music

Music
Scot Stafford

Animation

Animator
Glen Keane

Crew

Production Design
Max Keane
Technical Project Lead
Rachid El Guerrab
Music and Sound Design
Scot Stafford
Editorial Designer
Zack Lydon
Lead Animation Assistant
Sarah Airiess
Color and Costume Design
Claire Keane
Animation Assistants
Jules Soto, Margaret Daniels, Emily Jiulano
Effects Animaton
Felepe Cerdan
Compositor
Bryan E. Woods
Music Arrangements
Evan Price, J.J. Wiesler, Dave Lebolt
Music Editor
Mark Willsher
Singers
Megan Slankard, Jordan Zacorozny, Alexis Harte
Musicians
Marcel Gemperli, Eric Gaenslen, Robert Ashley
Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Semanick
Music Production
Amy Sheldon
Music Recorded and Mixed at
Decibelle, Skywalker Sound
Mastering
Dolby Laboratories
Special Thanks
Doug Sweetland, Baback Elmieh, John Maeda, Rob Cook, Sandy Pentland, Jim Messina, Jonathan Rosenberg, Vint Cerf, Ken Kleinberg, Fumi Kitahara-Otto, Andy Bernet
Production Babies
Niko Elmieh, Jackson Joseph, Olive Keane
Crew
Duet Interactive, Spotlight Stories
Technical Art Directors
Matt Oursbourn, Rachid El Guerrab
Technical Artists
Tim Richards, Ryan W. Enslow, Brian Collins, Shaveen Kumar, Darren Austin, Jeff Ridenour
CG Generalist
Derek Law
Software Lead
James Ritt
Engine Lead
James Beattie
Graphic Engineers
Douglas H. Rogers, Owens Rodriguez, Neils Nesse, Brad Blanchard, Jeremy Chernobieff
Software Engineers
Amrit Dharwadkar Guruji, Jamison Pryor
Testing Lead
Girish Kota
Testing
Ravi Aluru, Srinivas Parimi, Abhijit Purandare, Snigdhadevi Sivadas
Creative Director
Jan Pinkava
Executive Producer
Karen Dufilho-Rosen
Production Coordinator
Ryan Gaffney
Production Assistant
Robinson Wood
Finance
Holly Lim, Jonathan Bradley
Legal
Noah Richmond
Marketing/Publicity
Heidi Hackemer, Valerie Nguyen
Chief of Staff
Rachel Lillestolen
Administration
Jennifer Joseph, Cathy Caputo

Companies and other credits

  • Musicians: Cypress String Quartet: Dehorah Tein Price
  • Music Production: Pollen Music Group

Production notes

This short relies on spatial awareness and the sensory inputs of a mobile device to create a distinctive storytelling experience.

Created for use on the Motorola Moto X. Released as part of a special Advanced Technology and Projects session at the Google I/O Conference in San Francisco. The version of Duet released was a non-interactive version and not the full mobile experience that will debut later this year on devices with proper hardware capabilities and Android 4.2.

Keane made this short with 60 fps. Most animation studios do 24-30. That means this whole short took over 13.000 pictures to make it.

Pictures

Reviews

Duet

Charles BoettcherJuly 18, 2014

This is a stunning work from a Disney Legend. A visual romantic ballet about the intertwining of two live from birth to adulthood. It is hand drawn in a style that is... Mesmerizing! This is defiantly a must see.