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A world of ice to raise money for the ice caps

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I worked with the world’s biggest tech company and America’s largest environmental nonprofit, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), to make a music video to fight climate change. We pitched Apple the concept of creating a love story set in a world of ice to raise money for the ice caps in an Apple Music-exclusive video. They greenlit the project, which we used to raise thousands for TNC.

The story in the video is a metaphor for climate change. In it, two lovers made of ice are literally frozen in time, just out of reach from each other. Unable to reunite, they both begin to slowly melt away. The idea I developed was to humanize the threat of the ice caps melting by creating a surreal, heartfelt story about humans made of ice -- to show that if glaciers disappear, so do we.

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JANELLE KROLL

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A world of ice to raise money for the ice caps

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I worked with the world’s biggest tech company and America’s largest environmental nonprofit, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), to make this music video to fight climate change. We pitched Apple the concept of creating a love story set in a world of ice to raise money for the ice caps in an Apple Music-exclusive video. They greenlit the project, which we used to raise tens of thousands for TNC.

The story in the video is a metaphor for climate change. In it, two lovers made of ice are literally frozen in time, just out of reach from each other. Unable to reunite, they both begin to slowly melt away. The idea I developed was to humanize the threat of the ice caps melting by creating a surreal, heartfelt story about humans made of ice. We wanted to show through the film that if glaciers disappear, so do we.

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JANELLE KROLL

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TELLY AWARDS X 4

A world of ice to save the ice caps

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I worked with Apple Music and America’s largest environmental charity, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), to create this music video to battle global warming. We pitched Apple the idea of creating a world of ice in a Apple Music-exclusive video to raise money for the ice caps. They green lit the project, which helped us raise thousands for TNC.

The music video's story is a metaphor for climate change. In it, two lovers made of ice are literally frozen in time, just out of reach from one another. Unable to reunite, they begin to slowly melt away. The idea was to humanize the ice caps melting by telling a heartfelt story about humans made of ice; to show that if glaciers disappear, so do we.

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A world of ice to raise money for the ice caps

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I worked with the world’s biggest tech company and America’s largest environmental nonprofit, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), while directing this music video for charity. We pitched Apple the concept of creating a love story set in a world of ice to raise money for the ice caps in an Apple Music-exclusive video. They greenlit the film, which we used to raise thousands for TNC.

The film's story is a metaphor for climate change. In it, two lovers made of ice are frozen in time, just out of reach from each other. Unable to reunite, they begin to slowly melt away. The idea I developed was to humanize the surreal reality of the ice caps melting by creating a surreal, heartfelt story about humans made of ice. We wanted to show that if glaciers disappear, so do we.

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apple music

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JANELLE KROLL

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TELLY AWARDS X 4

MUSIC VIDEO FOR CHARITY

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I worked with Apple and America’s largest environmental nonprofit, The Nature Conservancy, to make this music video. We pitched Apple the idea of creating a world of ice to raise money for the ice caps in an Apple Music-exclusive video. They awarded us funds to make it, which we used to raise money for TNC.

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CREATING A WORLD OF ICE

TO SAVE THE ICE CAPS

The story in the music video is a metaphor for climate change. In it, two lovers made of ice are literally frozen in time, just out of reach from each other. Unable to reunite, they begin slowly melting away. The idea was to humanize the threat of the ice caps melting by creating a surreal, heartfelt story about humans made of ice. We wanted to show that if glaciers disappear, so do we.

CREATING A WORLD OF ICE

TO SAVE THE ICE CAPS

The story in the music video is a metaphor for climate change. In it, two lovers made of ice are literally frozen in time, just out of reach from each other. Unable to reunite, they begin slowly melting away. The idea was to humanize the threat of the ice caps melting by creating a surreal, heartfelt story about humans made of ice. We wanted to show that if glaciers disappear, so do we.

WALK WITH YOU

WALK WITH YOU

WALK WITH YOU

MUSIC BY JANELLE KROLL

MUSIC BY JANELLE KROLL

MUSIC BY JANELLE KROLL

A SHORT FILM FOR

A SHORT FILM FOR

A SHORT FILM FOR

APPLE MUSIC

APPLE MUSIC

APPLE MUSIC

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PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY
PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY
PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY PLAY

WALK WITH YOU

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TURNING THE PROJECT INTO AN NFT DROP FOR CHARITY
TURNING THE PROJECT INTO AN NFT DROP FOR CHARITY
TURNING THE PROJECT INTO AN NFT DROP FOR CHARITY

AN NFT DROP FOR CHARITY

The First Crypto.com Earth Day NFT

The First Crypto.com Earth Day NFT

The First Crypto.com Earth Day NFT

The First Crypto.com Earth Day NFT

The First Crypto.com Earth Day NFT DROP

We created one of the first-ever Earth Day NFT drops to raise money to fight global warming. After the above video premiered on Apple Music, we created a NFT collection with Crypto.com by making additional visuals set in the same world with new original music from Janelle Kroll. You can see some of those pieces below. It was the first-ever Earth Day NFT collection on Crypto.com, a platform we partnered with because of the low carbon impact of its blockchain. We raised one round of funds to donate to climate non-profits with the initial music video, and this NFT drop allowed us to raise a second. This time, we donated the proceeds to Seed Evolution, who used the funds to plant trees in South America.

We created one of the first-ever Earth Day NFT drops to raise money to fight global warming. After the above video premiered on Apple Music, we created a NFT collection with Crypto.com by making additional visuals set in the same world with new original music from Janelle Kroll. You can see some of those pieces below. It was the first-ever Earth Day NFT collection on Crypto.com, a platform we partnered with because of the low carbon impact of its blockchain. We raised one round of funds to donate to climate non-profits with the initial music video, and this NFT drop allowed us to raise a second. This time, we donated the proceeds to Seed Evolution, who used the funds to plant trees in South America.

We created one of the first-ever Earth Day NFT drops to raise money to fight global warming. After the above video premiered on Apple Music, we created a NFT collection with Crypto.com by making additional visuals set in the same world with new original music from Janelle Kroll. You can see some of those pieces below. It was the first-ever Earth Day NFT collection on Crypto.com, a platform we partnered with because of the low carbon impact of its blockchain. We raised one round of funds to donate to climate non-profits with the initial music video, and this NFT drop allowed us to raise a second. This time, we donated the proceeds to Seed Evolution, who used the funds to plant trees in South America.

We created one of the first-ever Earth Day NFT drops to raise money to fight global warming. After the above video premiered on Apple Music, we created a NFT collection with Crypto.com by making additional visuals set in the same world with new original music from Janelle Kroll. You can see some of those pieces below. It was the first-ever Earth Day NFT collection on Crypto.com, a platform we partnered with because of the low carbon impact of its blockchain. We raised one round of funds to donate to climate non-profits with the initial music video, and this NFT drop allowed us to raise a second. This time, we donated the proceeds to Seed Evolution, who used the funds to plant trees in South America.

We created one of the first-ever Earth Day NFT drops to raise money to fight global warming. After the above video premiered on Apple Music, we partnered with Crypto.com to create an NFT collection in the same world. It was the first ever Earth Day NFT collection on Crypto.com. We raised one round of funds to donate to climate non-profits with the initial music video, and this NFT drop allowed us to raise a second.

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YES, THESE ARE THE ACTUAL NFTS

YES, THESE ARE THE ACTUAL NFTS

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DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR

OWEN BROWN

OWEN BROWN

CO-DIRECTOR

David Ariew

CO-DIRECTOR

David Ariew

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CTRL5

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CTRL5 STUDIOS

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CTRL5

CREATIVE AGENCY

CTRL5 STUDIOS

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

OWEN BROWN

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OWEN BROWN

CO-DIRECTOR

LAURA WAS

CO-DIRECTOR

LAURA WAS

LEAD ANIMATION

David Ariew

ANIMATION

David Ariew

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3D SCANS

SCANable

SCANable

PRODUCER

OWEN BROWN

PRODUCER

OWEN BROWN

CO-DIRECTOR

Janelle Kroll

CO-DIRECTOR

Janelle Kroll

PRODUCER

JOE CONYERS

PRODUCER

JOE CONYERS

FACIAL MOCAP

MocapNow

FACIAL MOCAP

MocapNow

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DIRECTOR

OWEN BROWN

CO-DIRECTOR

David Ariew

PRODUCTION

CTRL5

CREATIVE AGENCY

CTRL5

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

OWEN BROWN

CO-DIRECTOR

LAURA WAS

LEAD ANIMATION

David Ariew

3D SCANS

SCANable

PRODUCER

OWEN BROWN

CO-DIRECTOR

Janelle Kroll

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JOE CONYERS

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MocapNow

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