Opel - Racing Faces — Dan Moller VFX

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.

Working closely with Hamburg based agency Scholz & Friends, Mill+ created this thrilling, feel-good spot featuring five CG creatures for Opel Motorsport, promoting their new campaign, ‘Racing Faces’.

Behind the scenes:

Take a look behind the scenes of Opel 'Racing Faces', created by Mill+ and Scholz & Friends. Directed by Mill+’s Jimmy Kiddell, the spot features five charismatic, finely crafted CG animals experiencing the speed normally reserved for the cockpit of an Opel rally race car. Learn more: http://www.themill.com/portfolio/3306/racing-faces Follow @Millchannel on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram for more updates. Website: www.themill.com Facebook: facebook.com/MillChannel Twitter: twitter.com/millchannel Instagram: instagram.com/millchannel

Press

Screen Shot 2019-11-02 at 18.59.06 PM.png — Little Black Book

“features five charismatic, finely crafted CG animals experiencing the speed normally reserved for the cockpit of an Opel rally race car”

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Screen Shot 2019-11-02 at 19.05.09 PM.png — 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”

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Early stage hair sim test for Opel - Racing Faces.

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