Stephen Hawking makes the perfect star of this Go Compare advert. Directed in straight faced comedy by Moxie Pictures' Big Red Button, The Mill's team was brought in make a black hole a reality.
"Many people have been tricked into thinking they are two separate adverts played back to back in an add break as they are so shocked Stephen agreed to do it " says Mill VFX producer Cat Scott.
Director:
Big Red Button
Production Company:
Moxie Pictures
Agency:
Dare
"But he has a good sense of humour ( as we all saw in his cameo appearance on The Simpsons) and was keen to get involved! The black hole was concepted and created here at The Mill, with compositing done in both Flame and Nuke. Unfortunately there were no inside tips from Mr Hawking himself on how he felt the black hole would look, let's hope we hit his brief!"
Agency: Dare
Producers: Pete Thornton, Desiree Bors
Creatives: Colin Smith, Angus Vine
Production Company: Moxie Pictures
Director: Big Red Button
Producer: Dawn Loren, Jason Kemp
Editing Company: Stitch
VFX & Design: The Mill
Executive Producer: Cat Scott
Shoot Supervisor: Gareth Brannan, Jacob Gonzales
2D Lead Artists: Gareth Brannan
3D Lead Artists: Jacob Gonzales
2D Artists: Tomas Wall, Douglas Haynes
3D Artists: Ed shires, Jacob Gonzales, Ciaran Moloney, David Knight, Ian Baxter
Matte Painting: Can Y. Sanalan