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Opulence
That the giraffe sitting on the lavish gold-embellished couch in the similarly bedecked living room of the mansion, appears as natural as a cat perched on a love seat, is where The Mill comes in. "The giraffe was in the script, but we were part of the conversation with the agency about what the giraffe should be doing," says Ben Smith, our Co-Head of 3D and VFX Supervisor on the job. "We suggested movements that were very giraffe-like."
Director:
Tim Godsall
Production Company:
Biscuit Filmworks
Agency:
Grey NY
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Smith and his team conducted extensive research, gathering a motion gallery of clips and photos. These helped pinpoint muscles, hair, features, common movements and stances natural to giraffes. The information was then simulated in 3D.
"This was a hilarious spot to work on," adds Westley Sarokin, our Lead Flame Artist on "Opulence." "The idea, casting and performance were all fantastic and the mini-giraffe just topped it all off perfectly. From the 2D standpoint, integration touches helped marry the giraffe into the footage. Color balance, contact shadows and edge blending finished it off nicely."
"This was an awesome job," Smith concurs. "It was a great funny script to begin with, there was room for interpretation and the agency was open to letting the idea play out even more. It was the best kind of creative process."
"This was a hilarious spot to work on," adds Westley Sarokin, our Lead Flame Artist on "Opulence." "The idea, casting and performance were all fantastic and the mini-giraffe just topped it all off perfectly. From the 2D standpoint, integration touches helped marry the giraffe into the footage. Color balance, contact shadows and edge blending finished it off nicely."
"This was an awesome job," Smith concurs. "It was a great funny script to begin with, there was room for interpretation and the agency was open to letting the idea play out even more. It was the best kind of creative process."
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Agency
Agency: Grey NY
Producer: Tor Myhren
Creative Directors: Todd Tilford, Luis Romero, Jon Lallus, Bennett McCarroll
Production
Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks
Director: Tim Godsall
Director of Photography: Darko Suvak
Editorial
Editing Company: Arcade Edit
Editor: Geoff Hounsell
Colour
Colour: The Mill
Colourist: Fergus McCall
Assistant Colourists: DJ Miranda and Josh Bohoskey
VFX & Design
VFX & Design: The Mill
Executive Producer: Jared Yeater
2D Lead Artist: Westley Sarokin
3D Lead Artist: Ben Smith
2D Artists: Albert Cook, Randy McEntee
3D Artists: Joshua Merck, Tom Bardwell, Michael Panov, Emily Meger, Per Bergsten, Ajit Menon, Chris Hill