The official music video for Modest Mouse’s, “The Whale Song,” has had over 370 thousand views on the two sites combined. We want more! Produced right here on Bent’s stage by the amazing artists who inhabit our studio every day, “Whale Song” is a testament to imaginative filmmaking and the incredible ambition to create lasting imagery. Utilizing a myriad of techniques, the music video marries live action footage of Isaac Brock with stop-motion animation, CG, motion graphics, high-speed footage and more. Check it out for the first time, or the third. You’re sure to see something you missed the first time.


Shot over 7 live shoots with Isaac Brock and hundreds of hours of animation, compositing, and rendering, “Whale Song” stands apart in the music video medium for it’s use of technique and artistic form.  Directed by Nando Costa, the video was a true collaboration between the director and the band.

During production, Nando and his team relied solely on a very detailed script containing technical and creative notes, live-action and animation guidelines, with specifications for composting and stop motion, which were all previously defined and polished by the director. “From what I’ve learned, producing a project at Bent is a wonderfully self-contained experience,” noted Costa. “From building intricate props to figuring out complex CG shots, Bent has specialists in all fields. I’ll walk over to the stage for live-action, then back to compositing, load the footage and work from there. It makes the whole process immeasurably easier, and creatively freeing.”