“Harmonix “Rockband”” by Candeland
Conference:
Title:
- Harmonix “Rockband”
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Passion Pictures
Description:
In this cinematic trailer for the opening of the highly anticipated music videogame “Rock Band,” an animated band thunders through the American desert landscape in a battered old car trying to reach rock stardom. Directed by Pete Candeland and with music by legendary rock gods Deep Purple, the trailer pays tribute to the classic rock music video genre. The lead singer casually climbs onto the windscreen to give his performance and the rest of the band follow before they are thrown into their souped-up tour van. The van speeds up a narrow mountain road,they take a hairpin bend too fast, and both band and van are catapulted into the air …
Additional Contributors:
Client: Harmonix Music
Product: Rock Band
Art Director: Ryan Lesser
Production Company: Passion Pictures
Producer: Anna Lord
Executive Producer: Hugo Sands
Storyboard and Design: Rob Valley, Nelson Yokota, De Paula Lima
CG Line Producer: Jason Nicholas
Senior 3D Artists: Stu Hall, Antoine Moulineau
CG Previz and Camera: Wes Coman, Nick Symons
CG Animation: Wes Coman, Nick Symons, David Sigrist, Raul Moneris, Chris Welsby
Character Modelling: Mario Ucci, Matt Westrup, Nick Savy, Stu Hall
Rigging: Daniele Niero
Environment/Vehicle Modelling: Ian Brown, Marc Dinocera, Raymond Slattery, Daniel Sweeney, Craig Maden
3D Artists: Vincent Thomas, Marc Dinocera, Simon Reeves, Claire Michaud
VFX Artists: Elisée Cesarotti, Marc Di Nocera, Nuno Conceiao
Compositing: Niamh Lines, Lee Gingold, David Lea
Matte Painting: Lukasz Pazera, Max Dennison
Director’s Assistant: Giles Dill
Lip Sync Motion Capture: Image Metrics
Motion Capture: Centroid
Runners: Romek Sudak, Belle Buckley, Caroline Jones, Michael Sofoluke
Editors: Jamie Foord, Lee Gingold, Daniel Greenway
Telecine: Damien Van Der Cruyssen, The Mill London
Music: “Highway Star,” Deep Purple
