Mill Flame artist Jason Watts and 3D animator Russell Tickner attended shoots in Spain and Germany with director Ivan Bird of Serious Pictures, and worked closely with CDD art director Walter Campbell to research and develop motion waves to mimic and trace the fluid patterns of movement of the athletes and cars.
Scenes of the athletes performing their sport or gymnastic routine are intercut with footage of the cars giving powerfully smooth performances in all weathers. Mill 3D's Jan Walter designed software to create the vapour-trail traces of their movements, which were either plotted out by hand or driven by a mathematical equation, called a fractal.
Agency: CDD
Producer: Natalie Bright
Creatives: Walter Campbell
Director: Ivan Bird
Producer: Donnie Masters
Editor: Rick Russell
VFX & Design: The Mill
VFX Producer: Liz Browne
2D Artists: Jason Watts, Steve Murgatroyd, Richard Roberts, Edwin So, Dave Birkhill, James Corden, Phil Oldham, Adam Grint, Matt Clarke
3D Artists: Russell Tickner, Rob Petrie, Jan Walter, Andrew Proctor, Jordi Bares