VFX Festival
Role — Creative Director
Made with — MPC
Dive into the twisted world of VFX Sports. A collaboration with VFX Festival to create a bold, sport-inspired title sequence.
Made with — MPC
Dive into the twisted world of VFX Sports. A collaboration with VFX Festival to create a bold, sport-inspired title sequence.

Seriously sporting.
Title sequences can take themselves quite seriously at times. We decided to embrace fun and healthy competition for this year's event.
Title sequences can take themselves quite seriously at times. We decided to embrace fun and healthy competition for this year's event.


Team identity.
Sport has a lot of visual identity and history across different disciplines, so a restrained palette graphic palette created subtle identity across the 'teams'.
Sport has a lot of visual identity and history across different disciplines, so a restrained palette graphic palette created subtle identity across the 'teams'.



Physical culture.
Each component was animated and choregographed in a way to capture the spirit of sport: from stamina and high energy to velocity and rhythm.
Each component was animated and choregographed in a way to capture the spirit of sport: from stamina and high energy to velocity and rhythm.




Iconic forms.
Reductive and abstract, scenes became about energy, movement and colliding disciplines.
Reductive and abstract, scenes became about energy, movement and colliding disciplines.



Motion capture.
Using a combination of motion capture data and match move animation, a series of athletic forms were used as the base for driving kinetic animation.
Using a combination of motion capture data and match move animation, a series of athletic forms were used as the base for driving kinetic animation.


Credits — Made with MPC
Creative Director
Antar Walker
CG Design & Animation
MPC
Michael Marczewski
Antar Walker
CG Design & Animation
MPC
Michael Marczewski
Client
VFX Festival
Audio
Zelig
VFX Festival
Audio
Zelig
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