Aug
27
Young Replicant: Lovely Bloodflow
Posted in: directing, vfxYoung Replicant, an L.A based collective, directed, edited and VFX’d this music video for Bath’s track Lovely Bloodflow.
Jul
10
Jacksonkarinja Rebuilds A City for Skaters
Posted in: 3d, General, jacksonkarinja, rabbit, shaun white, Skateboarding, tracking, vfx
Jacksonkarinja of Rabbit morph an entire city into a living skate park in the 2-minute, live-action trailer “Transform” for Ubisoft’s new Shaun White Skateboarding video game. *Note, this is a Directors cut.
Client: Ubisoft
Title: “Transformation” :120
Airdate: Currently online
Location: Downtown and East Los Angeles
Production Company: Rabbit, Bicoastal
Director/DP: + jacksonkarinja
Line Producer: Gian Colombo
Exec. Producers: Douglas Howell, Joby Barnhart
Advertising Agency: Cutwater, San Francisco
Executive Creative Director: Chuck McBride
Creative Director: Ali Grayeli
Art Director: Marcus Cross
Copywriter: Ray Connolly
Agency Producer: Mai Huynh
Director of Broadcast Content: Jennifer Golub
Editorial Company: Arcade, Los Angeles
Editor: Nathan Petty
Asst. Editor: Aaron Owen
Producer: Ali Reed
VFX Company: Ring of Fire, Santa Monica
Executive Producer: John Myers
VFX Supervisor/Creative Director: Jerry Spivack
VFX Producer: Casey Conroy
Asst. VFX Producer: Candace Niikura
Online Editors: Brian Shneider, Shelly Dutcher
Flame Artists: Brian Shneider, Shelly Dutcher, Trent Shumway, Brian Petras, Tony Graf, Renee Tymn
CG Artists: Andrew McMasters, Leigh Rens, Joe Langmuir
Graphics: Justin Sucara, Marvin Chua
Matchmoving: David Sudd, Paul Hopkins, PvP
Digital Matte Painter: Ron Gress
Colorists: Shelly Dutcher, Brian Shneider
Music/Sound Design: Human, Worldwide
Skaters: Matt Bennett, Greg Crain, Johnny Layton, Jordan Vititow,
Derrick Wilson
Jul
06
Prepare to be taken to the planet of the apes, in the typical role reversal situation, but Bollywood style.
Jun
14
Superfad : Preguntas Hermosas
Posted in: Animation, cg, Design, Film, General, poetry, Preguntas Hermosas, seattle, storytelling, Suderfad, vfx
Superfad Seattle has just released a new short film called Preguntas Hermosas, a beautiful tale of a time shared between two people told through a combination of “Poema X” by Pablo Neruda and “Under the Harvest Moon” by Carl Sandburg. As explained by Director David Viau, “The story unfolds in three parts; a fond remembrance, loss, and then finally acceptance.”
With cinematic transitions and methodical pacing, Preguntas Hermosas casts dark characters in epic worlds for its arresting narrative. The film’s narrator, Gabriel Puerto, complements the score and adds depth to the amazing visual journey. The camera work shows great restraint, leaning more toward a practical approach to cinematography in the CG environment.
David was kind enough to share some of his thoughts and a bit of the process, after the jump:
“My initial plan was to do a personal short film, but the idea was embraced by the office and quickly became more than a one man show. It was primarily done during off hours, nights and weekends, or during the dead zone waiting for client feedback. We really owe a lot to our friends and colleagues who collaborated with us on this.
“Anyone that’s ever tried to do a personal project and balance that with all of the paying work knows that it’s a crazy undertaking. The folks and Clatter & Din and Lightpress here in Seattle were amazing and jumped right in. Christi O’Donnell who wrote the score is an amazing talent. Gabriel Puerto who did the voice over sort of fell into our laps, and the moment we heard him speak we knew he was perfect. We worked in Maya, XSI, C4D, Photoshop, After Effects using Red Giant plug-ins and Final Cut.”
Production Company: Superfad
Directed by David Viau
Executive Producers: Chris Volckmann and Will Hyde
Narrator: Gabriel Puerto
Adapted from the Poems Poema X by Pablo Neruda and Under the Harvest Moon by Carl Sandburg
3D Artists: Dade Orgeron, Robin Scher, Phiphat Pinyosophon, Andrew Butterworth, Tom Oakerson, Alex O’Donnell, Carlos Stevens, David Viau, Paulo Dias
Phiphat Pinyosophon, Jordan Blit
Animation and Compositing: David Viau, Loren Judah, Carlos Stevens, Justin Pae, Paulo Dias, David Viau, Tom Oakerson
Subtitle Animation: Will Hyde
Editor: Ryan Haug
Finishing: Lightpress
Colorist: Jeff Tillotson
Audio: Clatter and Din
Sound Design and Mixing: John Buroker
Original Score: Christi O’Donnell
Pianist: Christi O’Donnell
Violinist: David Liu
Jun
04
Mothership for Sprint “Firsts”
Posted in: cg, compositing, Dael Oates, David Rosenbaum, Digital Domain, domino effect, General, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, live action, mothership, sprint, vfx
Mothership is back. Directors Dael Oates and David Rosenbaum —in collaboration with Goodby Silverstein & Partners— have joined forces to create the studios latest spot, Firsts. The ad displays an elaborately choreographed domino effect that, one by one, topples the world’s technological and cultural “firsts.” While visual effects were contributed by Mothership’s sister facility, Digital Domain, Oates and Rosenbaum, who do not regularly direct as a duo, came together to handle this complex and ambitious project, which includes all live-action and the digital integration of hundreds of all-CG elements.
UPDATE: The previously featured video has now been swapped out with an extended :60 version.
Jun
04
Cartoon Network
Posted in: behind the scenes, cg, directing, Motion, Uncategorized, vfxChad Ashley directs this Cartoon Network piece which is an opening sequence for their Cinemedia pre-movie content. (That’s the stuff before the trailers before the movie.)
Full credits:
Director/Creative Lead/TD – Chad Ashley
Editor – Mike Alfini
3D – Todd Kumpf, Chris Green, and Joe Gunn
Lead Compositor – Jeremy Stuart
Cube Content Animation – Nate Costa
Additional Comping & Roto – […]
Jun
04
Nuit Blanche
Posted in: Arev Manoukian, behind the scenes, cg, Composite, directing, Film, Motion, Nuit Blanche, Spy Films, Uncategorized, vfxNuit Blanche is a beautiful short film by Spy Films directed by Arev Manoukian. The CG and composite work is amazing.
Make sure you check out the making of NB on Vimeo.
May
26
Optus Training
Posted in: directing, vfxThe spot brings some serious wildlife to the soccer field.
May
21
What’s in it for?
Posted in: music video, vfxAndy Huang’s luxuriant music video for “What’s in it for?”
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