“Johnnie Walker – Human” by Ariola
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2007 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2007:
Title:
- Johnnie Walker - Human
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- The Mill
Description:
The latest 60-second film for Johnnie Walker brings to life the brand’s philosophy of personal progress and provides an antidote to the prevailing view that the future will be dominated by technology and run by machines.
The commercial focuses on the musings of a highly intelligent and powerful Android and his desire to have the innate human drive and creativity that cannot be manufactured. He would exchange infinite life for the ability to do “one great thing.” The creative team felt that the idea of “progress” was an opportunity to celebrate the human spirit.
Director Dante Ariola and designer Christopher Glass created “Human” with the help of The Mill’s 3D and 2D teams. The biggest challenge for The Mill was striking the delicate balance required to create the perfect human-android combination. The whole process took four months and was one of the most unusual commercial post-production jobs that The Mill have ever tackled.
Additional Contributors:
Agency: BBH
Creatives: Steve Robertson, Justin Moore
Producer: Kristin Armstrong
Production Company: MJZ
Director: Dante Ariola
Producer: Debbie Turner
Editing Company: Peepshow
Editor: Andrea McArther
Post Production: The Mill
Producer: Helen Hughes
Lead Flame Artist: Chris Knight
Flame Artists: Richard Roberts, Coory Brown, Dave Birkhill
Flame Assistants: Mark Payne, Stirling Archibald, Sheldon Gardener
3D Producer: Gil James
Lead 3D Supervisor: Russell Tickner
3D: Chris Rabbet, Eva Kuehlmann, Aidan Gibbons, Daniel Hope, Vincent Baertsoen
