Heartbreak to Art,
Wounds become the medium; pain recut as art.
Role
Motion Design, Edit, Color, VO Direction, Logo Animation, Post Supervision
Year
2024, 2025
Project
Bobby Del Rio
Client
CBC Arts
CBC Arts
Client
Bobby Del Rio
Project
Conceived as a ten‑film anthology, Heartbreak to Art set out to prove that creative practice isn’t just catharsis; it’s architecture for survival. Each spot was treated as an impressionistic portrait: floaty handheld, a powerful soundtrack and a restrained voice‑over that lets confession breathe. The brief was simple: show the exact moment pain turns into process, then capture the result of that alchemy.
From pre‑interviews to color grade, the production rhythm mirrored therapy. Shoots were previsualized around the artists’ actual creative rituals, so we could embed ourselves as much as possible into their process.
The series was released in tandem on CBCArts.ca and the network's 200k+ subscriber YouTube channel. Beyond the metrics, a secondary and more important win is cultural durability. Giving schools, youth‑services organizations, recovery and wellness programs something to point people in need to. Proving that these short‑form, elevated-documentary-style portraits can be both art and an actionable resource.
Bobby Del Rio,
Actor-writer-director Bobby Del Rio channels indie-theatre audacity into streaming-era hustle. A published playwright by 23, his satire Professionally Ethnic skewered tokenism and became a SummerWorks hit, Del Rio quickly earned a reputation as one of Canada’s sharpest dramatic voices.
Del Rio’s DIY ethos birthed the social-media anthology IRL the Series and two tech-talk TV franchises he hosts and writes: The Daily Drop and Open Source while juggling acting and writing gigs for networks like HBO and CBS.
A longtime equity advocate, he founded the multicultural network INCLUDE in 2003 and now mentors thousands of creators in his bustling Clubhouse rooms.
Restlessly inventive, Del Rio fuses identity and digital culture into provocative stories that leap fluidly between stage and screen.
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Conceived as a ten‑film anthology, Heartbreak to Art set out to prove that creative practice isn’t just catharsis; it’s architecture for survival. Each spot was treated as an impressionistic portrait: floaty handheld, a powerful soundtrack and a restrained voice‑over that lets confession breathe. The unified brief was simple: show the exact moment pain turns into process, then capture the result of that alchemy.
From pre‑interviews to color grade, the production rhythm mirrored therapy. Shoots were previsualized around the artists’ actual creative rituals, so we could embed ourselves as much as possible into their process.
The series was released in tandem on CBCArts.ca and the network's 200k+ subscriber YouTube channel. Beyond the metrics, a secondary and more important win is cultural durability. Giving schools, youth‑services organizations, recovery and wellness programs something to point people in need to. Proving that these short‑form, elevated-documentary-style portraits can be both art and an actionable resource.
Bobby Del Rio,
Actor-writer-director Bobby Del Rio channels indie-theatre audacity into streaming-era hustle. A published playwright by 23, his satire Professionally Ethnic skewered tokenism and became a SummerWorks hit, Del Rio quickly earned a reputation as one of Canada’s sharpest dramatic voices.
Del Rio’s DIY ethos birthed the social-media anthology IRL the Series and two tech-talk TV franchises he hosts and writes: The Daily Drop and Open Source while juggling acting and writing gigs for networks like HBO and CBS.
A longtime equity advocate, he founded the multicultural network INCLUDE in 2003 and now mentors thousands of creators in his bustling Clubhouse rooms.
Restlessly inventive, Del Rio fuses identity and digital culture into provocative stories that leap fluidly between stage and screen.
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Color
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