“John Lewis, “Monty’s Christmas”” by Wilson
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2015 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2015:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 07
Title:
- John Lewis, “Monty’s Christmas”
Length:
- 4:00
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Moving Picture Company
Description:
The main challenge was to create Monty, a fully CG penguin who would behave authentically within the natural world and deliver a performance of real emotion to enhance the storytelling. One element to achieve this and add greater realism involved creation of an intricate feather system to convey expressiveness.
Additional Contributors:
Agency: adam&eveDDB
Production Company: Blink
Executive Creative Directors: Ben Priest, Emer Stamp, Ben Tollett
Creatives: Richard Brim, Daniel Fisher
Agency Producer: Matt Craigie
Production Company Executive Producer: James Studholme
Production Company Producer: Ewen Brown
Editor: Joe Guest, Final Cut
Director of Photography: Joost Van Gelder
VFX: Moving Picture Company
VFX Supervisor/3D Lead: Diarmid Harrison Murray
VFX Supervisor 2D: Tom Harding
2D Creative Director/Shoot Supervisor: Bill McNamara
Lead Animator: Tim Van Hussen
VFX Executive Producer: Julie Evans
