Brett Foraker has directed the latest campaign for the French Environmental Agency, Ademe, featuring an individual’s ‘rubbish’ monster that follows them around as they go about their daily routine. The 3 x 30 second commercials; ‘Supermarket,’ ‘Compost’ and ‘Office’ were produced by Julie Mathiot at DDB Paris and Jerome Denis at Wanda Productions. MPC was involved from the outset; completing concept artwork, early look development and ultimately designing the final CG rubbish monsters. The monsters represent the huge amount of rubbish produced each year by the average French citizen, and how, by making the right decisions, their output can be significantly reduced. The design and look of the monster was carried out by MPC’s concept artists Andrew Brooks, Charlotte Tyson and Andrei Ryabovichev under the direction of Brett Foraker. MPC’s Art Department carefully developed the character’s facial features and body to allow for complete freedom of movements during the animation process. Once the concept was signed off, MPC’s 3D team lead by VFX Supervisors Vicky Osborn and Dean Robinson started modelling and texturing over a hundred photorealistic CG rubbish elements that would form the body. One of the main challenges for the 3D team was integrating the rubbish within the monster in a fully dynamic way. To achieve this, the team opted to create a fur based under-mesh and attach the rubbish to the individual hairs. This approach allowed the garbage to react naturally as the monster moved around its environment. Michael Gregory and Alex Harding led the 2D team who was responsible for seamlessly compositing the monster within the live-action world and achieving total realistic integration.
Advertising Agency: DDB, Paris, France
Creative: Volker Gerh, Rodolphe Hirsch
Director: Brett Foraker
Agency Producer: Julie Mathiod
DoP: Marcel Zyskind
Production Company: Wanda Productions
Executive Producer: Jerome Denis
Editor: Adam Rudd @ Final Cut
Post Production Company: MPC
Post Producer: Jay Lichtman
VFX Supervisors: Michael Gregory, Vicky Osborn and Dean Robinson
3D VFX Team: James Bailey, Anthony Bloor, Jason Brown, Daniel Elliot, Carsten Keller, Marco Kowalik, Vicky Osborn, Simon Payne, Dean Robinson, Wayne Simmons, Roman Vrbovsky, Grant Walker, Ben Wiggs
2D VFX Team: Steve Davis, Michael Gregory, Alex Harding, Alasdair McNeil
Concept: Andrew Brooks, Charlotte Tyson and Andrey Ryabovichev
Telecine: George K
Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Executive Creative Directors: Adrian Miller, Edmund Choe
Copywriter: James Yap
Art Director: Ian Lee
Graphic Designer: Xuxulyn
Photographers: Edmund Leong, Jesse Choo (Untold Images)
Advertising Agency: 303, Perth, Australia
Creative Director: Lindsay Medalia
Copywriter: Richard Berney
Art Director: Richard Berney
Account Manager: Jane Natalizio
Advertising Agency: DDB, Berlin, Germany
Chief Creative Officer: Amir Kassaei
Executive Creative Director: Stefan Schulte
Creative Director: Dennis May
Copywriter: Ricardo Wolff
Art Director: Gabriel Mattar
Graphic Designer: Marilyn Wolf
Account Manager: Silke Lagodny
Advertising Agency: M&C Saatchi, Melbourne, Australia
Creative Director: Steve Crawford
Art Director: Murray Bransgrove
Copywriters: Sandra Galiazzo, Doogie Chapman
Photography: Paul Torcello
Retouching: Ed Croll, Julia Cornelius
Account Service: Chantelle Warren, Bree Woodhouse
Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Paris, France
Creative Director: Nick Hine
Copywriters: Chris Garbutt, Nick Hine
Art Directors: Nick Hine, Antoaneta Metchanova
Illustrator: Mecanique Générale
Art Buyer: Laurence Nahmias, Corinne Hamel