MPC Godzilla VFX Breakdown

Tue 25th Nov 2014, by Mike Hepburn | Production

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MPC was the lead VFX studio bringing the iconic title creature to life in Warner Bros Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla, which opened worldwide May 16, 2014. The team was led by MPC Vancouver VFX Supervisor Guillaume Rocheron (Academy Award® winner for Life of Pi) and VFX Producer Philip Greenlow.An epic rebirth to Toho’s iconic Godzilla, this spectacular adventure, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, pits the world’s most famous monster against malevolent creatures who, bolstered by humanity’s scientific arrogance, threaten our very existence.

Gareth Edwards directs “Godzilla,” which stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Kick-Ass”), Oscar® nominee Ken Watanabe (“The Last Samurai,” “Inception”), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene”), Oscar® winner Juliette Binoche (“The English Patient,” “Cosmopolis”), and Sally Hawkins (“Blue Jasmine”), with Oscar® nominee David Strathairn (“Good Night, and Good Luck.,” “The Bourne Legacy”) and Bryan Cranston (“Argo,” TV’s “Breaking Bad”).

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Old Spice Dad Song

Old Spice has launched “Dad Song”, a commercial designed as a follow up to the Smellcome to Manhood “Mom Song” campaign of January 2014. The clingy mothers are back with their anxious laments over their boys turning into independent men. But now the fathers are singing as well, celebrating the transition from child through man-childhood to manhood. Lyrics written by Flight of The Conchords comedian Bret McKenzie begin, “Where’s my little boy, I miss him so/Who’s this man living in our home?/My special guy has turned into a man.” Dad’s response: “At least he won’t be living in a driveway in a van!”

Old Spice Dad Song Cinema

Old Spice Dad Song Aquarium

Old Spice Dad Song Hands

Old Spice Gift a Boy Into a Man

Credits

The Old Spice Dad Song campaign was developed at Wieden + Kennedy, Portland, by creative directors Jason Bagley and Craig Allen, copywriters Jason Kreher and Nathaniel Lawlor, art directors Matt Sorrell and Ruth Bellotti, senior producer Lindsay Reed, account team Georgina Gooley, Nick Pirtle, Michael Dalton and Jessica Monsey, executive creative directors Susan Hoffman and Joe Staples, and head of production Ben Grylewicz.

Filming was shot by director Andreas Nilsson via Biscuit Filmworks, with managing director Shawn Lacy, executive producer Colleen O’Donnell, line producer Jay Veal, director of photography Fredrik Backar.

Editing was done at Mackenzie Cutler by editor Gavin Cutler, assistant editor Pamela Petruski and post producer Sasha Hirschfeld.

Visual effects were The Mill by executive producer Sue Troyan, producer Adam Reeb, coordinator Kris Drenzek, creative director Tim Davies, senior visual effects artist Becky Porter, VFX artists Alex Candlish, Patrick Munoz, John Price, Timothy Crabtree, Adam Lambert, Anthony Petitti, Yukiko Ishiwata, Phil Mayer, CG VFX artist Jason Jansky. Telecine was produced by artist Adam Scott, executive producer Thatcher Peterson and producer Natalie Westerfield.

Music was produced at Walker Music by producer Sara Matarazzo, assistant producer Abbey Hickman, lyricist Bret McKenzie and arranger Mickey Petralia. Music was recorded at Hearby Sound by engineer John Buroker and executive producer Nannette Buroker.

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower

Porsche (China) Motors Ltd and Fred & Farid Shanghai Rear have received further recognition with Gold and Silver at the Epica Awards, for their 911 Rear Horsepower magazine advertising campaign. The sulky, the horse drawn vehicle used in harness racing, is presented back to front in four print and outdoor ads. The campaign was launched ahead of the 2014 Chinese New Year, anticipating the Chinese Year of the Horse.

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower painting by Marc Burckhardt

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower

Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower billboard

Credits

The Porsche 911 Rear Horsepower campaign was developed at Fred & Farid Shanghai by creative directors Fred & Farid and Feng Huang, creative director, art director & copywriter Laurent Leccia, agency producers Joanne Zhou and Terry Jin, illustrators Marc Burckhardt and Asaphz, retouching studio Happy Finish, account supervisors Gregoire Chalopin, Vivian Wang, Kylie Wang, working with Porsche marketing team Deesch Papke, Carsten Balmes and Estella Yang.

Chris Phillips Site Update

Another one of Buck’s finest recently update their website. This time it’s Buck NY’s very own multifaceted Art Director Chris Phillips. Chris’ portfolio has outstanding range. Regardless of what you’re into: beautiful 3D, 2D motion graphics, technical direction, data-driven live animations, set building or even space cheeseburgers, Chris does it and he does it well!              

Persistent Peril: Phantom Power

Ace composition and beautifully nuanced animation in Phantom Power by Persistent Peril. Some extra behind the scenes on their site.   Client: Full Time Hobby & Diagrams Direction: Persistent Peril Illustration: Garth Jones Animation: Garth Jones, Mark Billington, Ginny Jones Producer for PP: Sam Bourner

Peanuts | Official Trailer [HD] | FOX Family


Peanuts | Official Trailer: Watch the exclusive new trailer for The Peanuts Movie where Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang will make their big-screen debut.

For the first time ever, Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang we know and love from Charles Schulz’s timeless “Peanuts” comic strip will be making their big-screen debut; like they’ve never been seen before in a CG-Animated Feature film in 3D.

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A battle for peace


A soldier goes to the front during World War I, whose horrors make him realise that the enemy is actually war itself. The testimony of this soldier stands as a methaphor for the terrible cruelty of war and the desire for peace. A battle for peace is part of the12 minutes about peace One of the most imaginative projects to mark the centenary of the First World War is 12 Minutes About Peace, a collection of 12 one-minute animated shorts on the theme of peace. They were made by bothemerging as well as established talents in Flemish animation. Peace was chosen as a theme in order to encourage contemporary perspectives and also to accentuate the positive, rather than focus exclusively on the negatives of war. Nevertheless, animators were allowed to address the theme in the way they wanted and with a free choice in form and technique. Films could benarrative or abstract, with or without dialogue, and draw on the widest range of animation styles. However, each film could only be one minute in length. Annecy Int’l Animated Film Festival – Frankrijk (9-14 juni 2014) Festival du Film Merveilleux et Imaginaire – Frankrijk (26-28 juni 2014) Montreal World Film Festival – Canada (21 augustus – 1 september 2014) Fantoche International Animation Film Festival – Zwitserland (2-7 september 2014) Animated Film Festival Animatou – Zwitserland (3-11 oktober 2014) Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur – België (3-10 oktober 2014) Naqsh Short Film Festival – Bahrein (15-19 oktober 2014) Valladolid International Film Festival – Spanje (18-25 oktober 2014) Arras Film Festival – Frankrijk (7-16 november 2014) Cairo Film Festival – Egypte (9-18 november 2014) [TBC]

Chef's Cut: The Art of Kaiseki with Niki Nakayama


Here’s Niki Nakayama, chef-owner of LA kaiseki restaurant n/naka, plating a selection of poetic dishes from her 13-course tasting menu and intimately explaining what kaiseki means to her. Visit http://theartofplating.com to learn more. http://instagram.com/theartofplating http://twitter.com/theartofplating http://facebook.com/theartofplating

Terminator 2 – Teaser Trailer 'Making the Perfect Arnold' (HD 1080p)


Teaser Trailer ‘Making the Perfect Arnold’ from the Skynet Edition Blu-ray of Terminator 2

Mice, ants and the lazy dog


Mice, ants, and the lazy dog was created by Stark Films in collaboration with FontFont, to mark the launch of Web FontFonts with OpenType features. Through the medium of film OpenType features are reimagined and stylised in truly ingenious ways. With this innovation in webfonts, you can now liven up your web presence through the magic of ligatures, stylistic alternates, different character sets, fractions, small caps and even swashes. With the choice of around 1.600 Web FontFonts, your typographic toolbox is just got bigger and better. To find out more about Web FontFonts with OpenType features head to here https://www.fontfont.com/news/web-fontfonts-now-with-opentype-layout-features Or see them in action visit our OpenType microsite: https://www.fontfont.com/staticcontent/ot-feature-sample/ Check out more work from Stark Films here: http://starkfilms.eu Directed by Rob Blake and Zu Kalinowska. Produced by Brian Papish.