Mutant Sequencer Vol.1

At Brain Dead we operate under the assumption that artists do their best work when they get to drive the creative. Brain Dead, the Los Angeles-based collective, announced today that they are making their official entrance into digital media with “Mutant Sequencer,” a series of five animated short films each produced by cutting edge creative selected from Brain Dead’s collective of artists and designers. The shorts are made in collaboration with Illumination Labs, a division of the legendary animation powerhouse Illumination, that explores alternative and boundary-pushing short form animated content geared towards an older audience. The series will premiere with the first short on Friday, April 2nd and can be seen on YouTube. Subsequent shorts will be rolling out daily.
With shorts created by Pete Sharp, Jordan Speer, Devin Flynn, Steve Smith, and Darío Alva, the “Mutant Sequencer” series is Brain Dead's first foray into a "media first" project, in which they create the media before the merch. Brain Dead and Illumination Labs gave the creatives complete artistic control over their projects, whether they wanted to prioritize storytelling, production design, or pure experimentation, and gave them no explicit constraints, reflecting their shared commitment to putting culture and creatives first.

• Terrorforming

  April 6, 2021

  A cosmic opera about Mice & Angels.
  
  
  Written & Directed by Pete Sharp
  Animation: Pete Sharp, George Wheeler, & Steve Smith
  Sound & Score: Lung Dart
  

• It is Just the Night Winds Waving the Tree Branches

  April 5, 2021

  Leave a trail of bread crumbs.
  
  
  Written & Directed by Darío Alva
  Animation: Darío Alva
  Music: Diego Navarro
  

• S.L.U.G.Z.

  April 4, 2021

  It is 2026. New York City is under 600feet of water, famine & radiation have transformed the human race into a mutant species of trash eating freaks known as S.L.U.G.Z.
  
  Written & Directed by Steve Smith
  Animation: Steve Smith
  Music: Jerry Paper
  Starring: Clay Tatum & Whitmer Thomas
  Character Concept Art: Tim Ryan
  

• Clutch Diamond

  April 3, 2021

  The privileged man child Clutch Diamond finally meets his match: An AI car with unfathomable features.
  
  Written & Directed by Devin Flynn
  Animation: Devin Flynn
  Music: Hankey Pankey
  Starring: Devin Flynn & Vivian Flynn
  

• Gremlin Foundry

  April 2, 2021

  A peek behind the scenes at the Gremlin Foundry.
  
  Written & Directed by Jordan Speer
  Animation/Modeling/Design: Jordan Speer
  Music: Jerry Paper & Tom Whalen
  Special Thanks: Mel Hari & Steve Smith