Category: VFX Supervisor

Agency: adam&eveDDB
Production Company: Park Pictures
Director: Georgia Hudson
DOP: Daniel Abello
Post production company: Time Based Arts
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
VFX Lead: Leo Weston
VFX Team: Al Hamer, Miguel Wratten, Valeria Scalamandre
Roto: Team VFX Artist

Agency: Wieden & Kennedy
Production Company: Somesuch
Director: Camille Summers Valli

Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Producer: Chris Aliano
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
2D Lead: Leo Weston
2D Artists: Leo Weston , Mike Aveling, Adam Fenwick, Eleonora Laddago, Sarah Breakwell, Will Robinson
Colourist: Lewis Crossfield

Roto: Team VFX Artist

Production Company: Academy
Director: Sasha Rainbow
Managing Director: Simon Cooper, Made Riodran
Producer: Jacob Swan Hyam
Production Manager: Rosie Pike
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
Creative Director: Will Brookwell
Senior Copywriter: Sarah Heavens
Account Director: Sophie Degraft-Johnson
Account Manager: Maddie Williams
Producer: Georgie Ford, Alex Pemberton

Sound: Factory Studios
Sound Designer: Mark Hills
Audio Producer: Beth Massey, Ciara Wakley
Edit house: Final Cut
Editor: Joe Guest
Colourist: Jax Harney
Colour Producer: Franky Chadwick

Postprodcution Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Lead: Leo Weston
VFX Shoot Supervisor: Leo Weston , Pete Smith
2D Team: Leo Weston , Alistair Hamer, David Birkill, Jamie Crofts , Timo Huber, Matt Shires, Ralph Briscoe, Tomer Epshtein, Viola Bascombe, Will Robinson, Dan Lane
Head of Production: Josh Robinson
VFX Production Assistant: Angie Broomfield
Grade: Lewis Crossfield

Roto: Team VFX Artist

Agency: Wieden & Kennedy
Creative Directors: Juan Sevilla, Joe de Souza
Producer: Anna Neilson

Production Company: Pulse Films
Director: Ninian Doff
DoP: Jarin Blaschke
1st AD: Rob Blishen
Producer: Shirley O’Connor
Production Designer: Jon Henson

Edit Company: Stitch
Editor: Leo King
Assistant Editor: Joe Bolger

Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
Pre Visualisation: Chris Wood
VFX Supervisors: Leo Weston , Sam Osborne
2D Lead: Leo Weston
2D Team: Leo Weston , Oliver Ramsey, Manolo Perez, Matthew Shires, Sarah Breakwell, Ralph Briscoe, Will Robinson, Jamie Crofts
CG Lead: Sam Osborne
CG Team: Sam Osborne, Federico Vanone, Bethan Williams, Emma Malric, Guillaume Heussler, Ian Baird, Teodora Retegan
DMP: Adam Leary
Colour Grading: Simone Grattarola
VFX Producer: Jo Gutteridge

Tracking: Peanut
Rotoscoping: Team VFX Artist

Agency: Wieden & Kennedy
Creative Directors: Darren Simpson, Ben Shaffery
Creatives: Seb Thomas, Nick Lindo
Producer: Tom Dean

Production Company: Agile Films
Director: Noah Harris
DoP: Matt Fox
Producer: Jude Vermeulen
Production Designer: Ben Austin

Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
2D Lead: Leo Weston
Colour Grading: Lewis Crossfield
VFX Producer: Jo Gutteridge
Rotoscoping: Team VFX Artist

Not the type of job I’d usually post to my website but I’m particularly proud of how we executed the moment in this when the prawns spiral in formation up towards camera and then drop in unison back down through a focus push into a moving frying pan. How would you go about shooting a thing like that? 😉

We shot this spot in 2 separate locations due to ‘logistical issues’ that prevented us from shooting in front of the house with a full crew and set.

For this reason, only the car was shot in front of the house. The host and set elements, plus an additional plate of the car were all shot in front of grey screen in a separate location. The “glamorous assistant” was also shot in front of grey screen in a stand alone plate in order to allow her to be transitioned into a cardboard cut out before she is picked up by the host.

Motion control was not within budget so we restricted the dolly track to a linear movement and took great care to match position and speed of the move between the 2 locations. These plates were then tracked and minor misalignments adjusted in post.

All elements were then comped together using a combination roto and soft light or multiply blending. We used a white floor to ensure we could lift all of the shadows of the car and actors from their plate and reapply to the driveway of the house.

The Star Prize sign was created in CG and comped above the car including reflections on the car and the windows of the house.