“Pocari “Better Than Oxygen/Tennis”” by Digital Domain, Inc.
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 2002 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 2002:
Title:
- Pocari “Better Than Oxygen/Tennis”
Length:
- 0:30
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Digital Domain, Inc.
Description:
This surreal spot for the Japanese beverage Pocari features two players engaging in a no-holds-barred game of tennis complete with brutal serves and sprawling dives, except this game is played entirely underwater. Enlisted by production company Level 7 and director Joel Peissig, visual effects supervisor Leslie Ekker and his team at Digital Domain created the unique spot by seamlessly combining footage of the actors (shot dry on a soundstage and underwater in a swimming pool) with computer generated light beams, backgrounds, and bubble trails, many of which were created with a script written for Houdini’s Particle Generator.
Additional Contributors:
Visual Effects Producer: Stephanie Gilgar
Modeler: Maya Vernon Wilbert
Visual Effects Coordinator: Cyndi Ochs
Rotoscope: Lou Pecora, Byron Werner
Compositors: Mark Larranaga, Christine Lo, Darren Poe
Technical Director: Jonah Hall
FX Animator Supervisor: Nikos Kalaitzidis
FX Animator: Houdini Archil Gogoladze
Data Integration Lead: Tim Conway
Data Integration: Nancy Adams, Jason Doss, David Niednagel, Chris Simmons
