“Gatorade “Action Figures”” by Hendler
Conference:
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Title:
- Gatorade “Action Figures”
Length:
- 0:37
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Digital Domain, Inc.
Description:
In this entirely animated Gatorade commercial directed by David Kellogg for Foote, Cone & Belding, Digital Domain, led by Visual Effects Supervisor Ray Giarratana, was tasked with bringing real sports stars to life as action figures that launch a game of table soccer. Animated versions of Peyton Manning, Derek Jeter, Vince Carter, and Mia Hamm were created to play ball in this spot. The characters were modeled in Maya and the table in Lightwave, with everything animated in Maya and then textured, lit, and rendered in Lightwave.
Additional Contributors:
Visual Effects Supervisor: Ray Giarratana
Visual Effects Producer: Stephanie Gilgar
FX Animator: Zach Tucker
CG Supervisor: Mark Brown
Integration: Nancy Adams, Jay Banks, Tim Conway, Swen Gillberg, Chris Simmons
Visual Effects Coordinator: Cyndi Ochs
Character Set Up: Leif Einarsson
Modeling/Character Animation: Melanie Okamura, Howie Muzika, Gaku Tada, Vernon Wilbert
Character Set Up/Animation: David Hodgins, Keith Huggins
Rotoscope: Byron Werner
Character Animation: Dan Fowler, Piotr Karwas, Joseph Mandia
Character Animation/C&L: David Lo, David McLean, Doug Wolf
Compositor: Scott Rader