Artist’s Notes
We essentially roto-mated over cached mocap exports from EA Games with custom in house character rigs for these 3D Digital Billboards. It was KEY to break the frame of reference with the ball and character to give the illusion of depth. One challenge in particular was re-composing the shots to suit differently shaped billboards in NY and Japan.
It was exciting to work on this Google Spotlight Story, “HELP” with The Mill. It was a VR 360° short set in Los Angeles Directed by Justin Lin. The camera never stops moving through the environment so all of the animators had to blend our clips together in order to handoff the next shot.