Framestore provided the VFX, integrating the golden elemental ‘charges’ across the athletes’ bodies as they train. Built on the concept of athlete + water + Speedo = gold, the connectors echo the build of periodic elements, and were designed and animated into the live action footage seamlessly in-house.
My role was using After Effects to create the gold Plexus glitching effects that happen throughout the second half of the film. We intended to use 3D animated OBJ sequences, however the models we had proved too inaccurate so a majority of the shots were tracked in After Effects and manually animated.
Agency | iris
Executive Creative Director | Andy Taylor
Agency Producer | Jessica Reynolds
Production Company | Framestore Pictures
Production Company Producer | David Hay
Director | Mike McGee
Producer Framestore | Leigh Warner
VFX Supervisor Framestore | William Bartlett
Art Director | Jonny McKerney
Copywriter | Stuart Sinclair Nightingale
Production Assistant | Toby Walsham
Director of Photography | Stuart Bentley
Editor | Lizzy Graham (Marshall Street Editors)
Sound Design | Ben Gulvin (750)
Design | Anthony Gibbs
After Effects | Steven Kelly, Rav Matharu
Colourist | Edwin Metternich
