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"Depeche Mode: M" Visual Effects

October 24, 2025

Director Fernando Frias hired me to help create interstitial video art and “Pepper’s Ghost” reflection effects for Depeche Mode’s concert film, “Depeche Mode: M”. The film documents the Mexico City dates for the Memento Mori tour of 2023-24. The concert fell on the weekend of Dias de los Muertos and the film evokes many themes around death and dying.

My involvement started with capturing the recorded concert footage on various television sets for adding texture to the film. Then, in April 2024, I traveled to Mexico City to create the TV and dome installation pieces featured in the film. I worked with a professional and dedicated crew of filmmakers and video artists to get these pieces just right for film.

As of this post, the film is set to be released in IMAX on October 28th 2025 word-wide. See the trailer above to glimpse some of my contributions interspersed with the spectacular concert footage.

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