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? 😉
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Sainsbury’s – ‘Over and Over’
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy
Senior Creatives: Molly Wilkof, Derek Lui
Account Manager: Eldar Chen
Producer: Amy Leach
Production Company: Blink Productions
Director: Abbie Stephens
Executive Producers: Paul Weston, Patrick Craig
Producer: Andrew Studholme
Production Manager: Sebastian Jowers
DoP: Simon Paul
Puppeteers: Jonny Sabbagh, Will Harper
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
2D Lead: Leo Weston
VFX Producer: Jo Gutteridge
Rotoscoping: Team VFX Artist
Gumtree – ‘Gameshow’
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.
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy
Creative Directors: Philippa Beaumont, Freddy Taylor
Creatives: Will Lancaster, Jay Daniells
Producer: Natasha Johnson
Production Company: The Sweet Shop
Director: Jim Hosking
DoP: Alex Barber
Producer: Jessica Wylie
Production Designer: Richard Bridgland
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
2D Lead: Leo Weston
3D Lead: Emma Malrik
Colour Grading: Simone Grattarola
Executive Producer: Tom Johnson
VFX Producer: Sean Ewins
Rotoscoping: Team VFX Artist
Grey Goose – Essences
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Lead: Leo Weston
Full Credit List: TBC
Halifax – ‘The Street’
Creative Agency: New Commercial Arts
CCO: Ian Heartfield
Copywriter: Loriley Sessions
Art Director: Charlotte Prince
Film Producer: Matt Craigie Atherton
Production Company: Pulse Films
Directors: Thirtytwo
DoP: Robbie Ryan
Edit Company: The Assembly Rooms
Editor: Eve Ashwell
Sound Company: Wave Studios
Music Supervision: Leland Music
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
2D TEAM: Leo Weston , Sarah Breakwell, Matt Jackson, Grant White, Ralph Briscoe
Colour Grading: Simone Grattarola
VFX Producer: Josh Robinson
Tracking: Peanut
Rotoscoping: Team VFX Artist
There wasn’t much to speak of in terms of VFX on this job until the end shot. This was shot on the last day of a 5 day shoot in torrential rain. The shot was camera tracked and then every single surface of the environment (including the interior and the reflections on the glass) was replaced with textures that I went back and shot a week later on a drier day. The foreground trees had greenery added in CG. The only thing that really remains from the shot plate is the people, who were roto’d back onto the retextured plate after having the rain drops painted off them.
By leo Posted on November 26, 2020 in Commercials, HD, Uncategorized, VFX Artist, VFX Supervisor, Work
Vodafone – ‘Sledge’
Agency: Ogilvy
Executive Creative Director: Nicholas Wittenberg
Producer: Kim Parrett
Production Company: Somesuch
Executice Producer: Scott O’Donnell
Director: Nick Gordon
DoP: Jakob Ihre
Producer: Elly Camisa
Edit Company: Final Cut
Editor: Dan Sherwin
Producer: Nikki Porter
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
Shoot Supervisor: Leo Weston
2D Lead: Leo Weston
2D TEAM: Leo Weston , Sheldon Gardner, Grant White, Manolo Perez, David Birkhill
Digital Matte Painter: Adam Leary
Colour Grading: Lewis Crossfield
VFX Producer: Josh Robinson
Tracking: Peanut
Rotoscoping: Team VFX Artist
VFX work included adding/extending snow in external shots, adding 5G logo to VR headset, making ceilings red in the house plus other general cleanup.
Squarespace – ‘Launch It’
Creative Director: Sandra Nam
Producer: Maris Wasser
Art Director: Ben Hodgins
Production Company: Reset
Director: Ian Pons Jewell
DoP: Mauro Chiarello
Executive Producer: Deannie O’Neil
Line Producer: Jon Adams
Edit Company: Whitehouse Post
Editor: Tobias Suhm
Assistant Editor: Nick O’Neil
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Supervisor: Sheldon Gardner
Shoot Supervisor: Jim Radford
2D TEAM: Leo Weston , Adam Paterson, Stephen Grasso, Will Robinson, Linda Cieniawska, Grant White, Manolo Perez, Matt Shires, Ollie Ramsey, Richie White
3D LEADS: Sam Osborne, Federico Vanone
3D TEAM: Ben Cantor, Mike Battcock, Walter How, Zoe Souttiaux, Emma Malric, Ihor Obukhobvskyi, Joffrey Zeitouni , Ian Baird
Design: Stephen Ross
Colour Grading: Simone Grattarola
Executive Producer: Tom Johnson
VFX Producer: Jo Gutteridge
Rotoscoping: Team VFX Artist
More lovely work by Ian Pons Jewell. Always a pleasure to work on one of his ads at Time Based Arts
Facebook – ‘Chant’
Not the sort of thing I’d normally post however this seems worth a mention as I supervised this Berlin shoot remotely from London over Zoom at the height of the worldwide Covid lockdown.
For the final scene we shot multiple plates of people stood on the balconies of their tower block – choreographed by the camera operator via mobile phone. They changed clothes a few times between takes and we comped the plates together in order to make it look like we had a lot more people involved. I also created a couple of CG banners to add to the scene.
Unprecedented times.
Production Company: Rattling Stick
Director: Sara Dunlop
Producer: Ellie Fry
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
Post Producer: Sean Ewins
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
2D Lead: Leo Weston
Diet Coke – ‘You Do You’
Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks
Director: Molly Manners
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
Post Producer: Jo Gutteridge
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
2D Lead: Leo Weston
2D Team: David Birkhill, Ralph Briscoe, Manolo Perez
Mercedes – ‘Online Showroom’
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi
Production Company: Outsider
Director: Chris Balmond
Post Production Company: Time Based Arts
VFX Supervisor: Leo Weston
3D Team: Ben Cantor, Chris Wood, Sam Osborne, David Loh
2D Lead: Leo Weston
2D Team: Adam Patterson, Will Robinson, David Birkhill, Stephen Grasso, Matt Jackson
Homesense – ‘Experimental Homemaking’
Kitchen
Garden
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy
Director: Pablo Maestres
Post Production House: Time Based Arts
VFX Shoot Supervisor: Thiago Dantas Lima
VFX Lead: Leo Weston
VFX Team: Ralph Briscoe, Adam Patterson, Matt Shires, Sarah Breakwell, Will Robinson
CG Team: Federico Vanone, Sam Osborne, Nick Smalley, Stuart Turnbull, Giuseppe Tripodi
