One of my favourite spots I’ve ever worked on, I led a team of artists building this fully CG commercial, featuring 5 furry friends in a wind tunnel. Working with director Jimmy Kiddell, we pushed the limits of The Mill’s bespoke fur simulation pipeline, taking it further than ever before.
Behind the scenes:
Press
Little Black Book
“features five charismatic, finely crafted CG animals experiencing the speed normally reserved for the cockpit of an Opel rally race car”
The Newswheel
It’s likely only a coincidence anyway, as the fact that the lion is not threatening to sexually assault the pig and then walking it back because the pig is “not a 10”
Re: the above article, I’m not saying we did, though this demo video was literally an early-stage hair sim and look development test I worked up for this spot.
Credits
Editorial
Editing Company: The Mill
Editor: Hugo Vaughan Hughes, David Toba
VFX & Design
VFX & Design: The Mill
Executive Producer: Oliver Allgrove
Producer: Rebecca Perry, Justin Stiebel
Head of Animation: Jorge Montiel
Creative Director: Jimmy Kiddell
2D Lead Artist: Pete Hodsman
3D Lead Artist: Dan Moller
Concept Design: Aurelien Ronceray, Jimmy Kiddell
2D Artists: Jorg Schulz-Gerchow, Gianluca Di Marco
R&D: Craig Davies
Tracking: Ant Northman
Animation: Sauce Vilas, Alberto Lara, Ashley Reemul, Jasmine Ghoreishi
FX artists: Arnau Gilabert, Gareth Bell, Adrian Meyer
Modelling: Ashley Tilley, Clement Granjon, Will Burdett, Marta Carbonell, Giacomo Cavalletti, Pavel Mamichev, Mario Doni
Rigging: Thomas Bourret, Andreas Graichen, Aton Lerin, Peter Agg, Benoit Gielly
Lighting, Grooming and Rendering: Jacob Gonzales,Margaux Huneau, Roberto Costas Fernandez, Amaan Akram
Agency
Agency: Scholz & Friends Hamburg
Creative Director: Willy Kaussen
Text: Johan von Suchodoletz
Art: Julian Preuss
Producer: Anne Hoffmann, Sonia Pflesser
CGI: Tobias Nientiedt
Account Manager: Lisa Mötzing
Managing Partner: Percy Smend
Music: Mötley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart
Music supervision: Sizzer Amsterdam
Sound design: String and Tins, London
Sound effects: Hastings, Hamburg
Production Company
Production Company: Mill+
Director: Jimmy Kiddell
Executive Producer: Oliver Allgrove
Producer: Rebecca Perry, Justin Stiebel
Colour
Colour: The Mill
Colourist: Seamus O’Kane, David Ludlam