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In collaboration with adam&eveDDB and director Frederic Planchon, The Mill created a photo-real CG Orangutan, who visits a city and experiences energy in all its manifestations, discovering an amazing wonderland of light, heat and sound.
The Mill's VFX team went to extraordinary lengths to create a 100% CG photo-real orangutan (named Maya).
The Mill's VFX team went to extraordinary lengths to create a 100% CG photo-real orangutan (named Maya).
Director:
Frederic Planchon
Production Company:
Academy
Agency:
Adam&Eve DDB
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The team built the skeleton from scratch and developed a fully functional muscle system, as well as went into an incredible level of detail and sculpted each wrinkle by hand, before seamlessly comping her onto live action plates.
The anatomically correct skeleton was built first, starting from very loose blocking to small details such as wrinkles and pores of the skin. Maya's rig was then developed in-house, with the muscle system adding an extra level of weight to the realism of the ape, affecting the shape of her skin, the way it wrinkled and the movement of each hair. There was even a team of "groomers" whose job it was to comb and style Maya's hair until it was perfect!
The anatomically correct skeleton was built first, starting from very loose blocking to small details such as wrinkles and pores of the skin. Maya's rig was then developed in-house, with the muscle system adding an extra level of weight to the realism of the ape, affecting the shape of her skin, the way it wrinkled and the movement of each hair. There was even a team of "groomers" whose job it was to comb and style Maya's hair until it was perfect!
CreditsCredits
Agency
Agency: Adam&Eve DDB
Producer: Ben Sharpe
Creatives: James Gillham, Graham Cappi
ECD: Ben Priest
Business Director: Paul Billingsley
Production
Production Company: Academy
Director: Frederic Planchon
Producer: Lucy Gossage
Editorial
Editing Company: Assembly Rooms
Editor: Sam Rice-Edwards
VFX & Design
VFX & Design: The Mill
Senior VFX Producer: Beth Vander
Shoot Supervisors: Hitesh Patel, Alex Hammond
3D Lead Artists: Alex Hammond, Jorge Montiel
2D Artists: Leo Costa, Gianluca Di Marco, Gary Driver
3D Artists: Sam Driscoll, Dan Moore, Peter Agg, Michael Balthazart, Amaan Akram, Rebecca Ferguson, Daniel Kmet, Philippe Moine, Paul Classens, Jimmy Glass,Sergio Xisto, Gareth Bell
Matte Painting: Melanie Climent, Can Y Sanalan
Motion Graphics: Ashley Tyas
Executive Producer: Luke Colson
Print: Ross Urien, Matthew Ivin, Kylie Milne, Rosemary Eve
