Kia
Fighter Pilot
I believe I can fly...
NBA star Blake Griffin returns to Kia's 'Optima or Nothing' campaign from David&Goliath, and this time, he's hanging up his cowboy hat in exchange for a flight helmet. Directed by Stacy Wall of Imperial Woodpecker and finished at The Mill, 'Fighter Pilot' is the second installment in the three-spot rollout.
NBA star Blake Griffin returns to Kia's 'Optima or Nothing' campaign from David&Goliath, and this time, he's hanging up his cowboy hat in exchange for a flight helmet. Directed by Stacy Wall of Imperial Woodpecker and finished at The Mill, 'Fighter Pilot' is the second installment in the three-spot rollout.
Director:
Stacy Wall
Production Company:
Imperial Woodpecker
Agency:
David&Goliath
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Throughout the campaign, Griffin plays a passionate film actor who's always improvising at the director's expense.
In this case, Griffin insists on an alternate set of wheels in lieu of the fighter jet in the script.
Artists at The Mill created the carrier and the jet from scratch in full CG. 2D lead artist Andy Dill of The Mill drafted designs for the elements, which were then passed on to the CG team led by 3D lead artist Robert Chapman. Dill comments, "I had a lot of fun with this - I got to draw out the designs and see them built in CG. It was important that the jet looked realistic without exactly replicating an existing jet model. Rob did a stunningly nice job with all the CG elements."
Way to get the bad guys, Griffin!
CreditsCredits
Agency
Agency: David & Goliath
Producer: Curt O'Brien
Creative Directors: Chris Hutchinson, Driscoll Reid, Colin Jeffrey
Creatives: Chip Waters, Richard Fischer, Marc Wilson
Production
Production Company: Imperial Woodpecker
Director: Stacy Wall
Executive Producers: Charlie Cocuzza, Doug Halbert
Producer: Laurie Boccaccio
Editorial
Editing Company: Spinach Editorial
VFX & Design
VFX & Design: The Mill
Executive Producer: Jo Arghiris
Producer: Will Lemmon
Production Coordinator: Benjamin Sposato
Shoot Supervisor: Andy Dill
2D Lead Artist: Andy Dill
3D Lead Artist: Robert Chapman
2D Artists: Lisa Ryan, Chris Hunsberger
3D Artists: Bora Jurisic, Lynn Yang, Jason Janksy, Josh Elmore, Kelvin Liang, Kenzie Chen, Mike Di Nocco
Matte Painting: Andy Wheater
Compositor: Eugene Gauran
Motion Graphics: Kyle Moore, Andrew Marks
Colour
Colour: The Mill
Executive Producer, Colour: Thatcher Peterson
Colour Producer: Antonio Hardy
Production Coordinator, Color: Diane Valera
Colorist: Dave Ludlam
