The story follows bounty hunter Samus Aran as she protects the world from Metroids. To keep the look and feel of the game's ravaged surroundings, Filip shot the spot in Prague using working factories, abandoned warehouses and existing rubble. The galactic environment of the spot was a powerful reference to the video game. The Mill effects team enhanced the destruction with matte paintings, extra smoke, ashes, dust, rain and other atmospheric elements.
Director:
Filip Engstrom
Production Company:
Smuggler
Agency:
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
There were many complicated effects in this spot including the creation of a fake contra-zoom. To do this Filip's team, joined by VFX Supervisor Hitesh Patel, shot the actress locked off twice. Lead Flame Artist Chris Knight morphed the two takes together, while pushing the background backwards creating an effect that is usually shot in camera.
Along with Chris and his flame team, Becky Porter lead a Nuke team compositing many of the CG aliens, seamlessly combining them into the fantastically art directed background.
Lead CG Artist Jamie O'Hara and his team remodeled characters from the game. Creating these incredible CG creatures was no easy feat being that the characters already existed in the Nintendo game. To keep the creatures photo-real, yet true to the game, meant changing proportions and honing in on the similarities that could translate to the real world.
Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Producers: Chris Moore, Rachel Seitel
Creative Directors: Jeff Goodby, Margaret Johnson, David Kolbusz
Creative: Mike Coyne
Production Company: Smuggler
Director: Filip Engstrom
Executive Producers: Brian Carmody, Patrick Milling Smith, Lisa Rich, Laura Thoel
Director of Photography: Fredrik Backar
Editing Company: Arcade
Editor: Paul Martinez
Edit Assist: Rob Ufer
VFX & Design: The Mill
Executive Producer: Sue Troyan
VFX Producers: Arielle Davis, Lee Pavey
Shoot Supervisor: Hitesh Patel
2D Lead Artists: Chris Knight
3D Lead Artists: John Leonti
3D Artists: Jamie O'Hara, Adam Carrol, Steve Gagne, Robert Kim, Matt Longwell
Assist: Becky Porter, Andy Bate, Nick Tayler
Matte Painting: Dave Gibbons