Hinge Digital recently completed production on a unique spot for SOUND TRANSIT × COPACINO+FUJIKADO: “Your Connection is Out There.”
From Hinge:
We pitched a one-stop-shop solution — live action, practical SFX, seamless VFX through Post, all under one roof — built around a single creative truth: the best way to appreciate a human achievement is through alien eyes.
The comedy lives in the contrast — cosmic intelligence colliding with entirely human reactions. Confusion. Overconfidence. Exasperation. That only works if these aliens feel real. So instead of leaning heavily on VFX to manufacture performance, we cast three talented actors, put them in full prosthetic makeup, and let them play off each other on set — believing they were aliens, not pretending to be. Director Ty Clancey built an environment where genuine reactions could happen, and trusted that the humanity bubbling up through the prosthetics would create entirely relatable comedy.
Watch the 30 second spot here:
