The Mill teamed up with MullenLowe and Director Mark Jenkinson of Imperial Woodpecker to deliver Acura’s energetic ‘Remix’, designed to showcase the overlapping performance in three of the brand’s dynamic models. The Mill Blackbird pushes the boundaries of traditional running footage as computer generated cars speed from one frame to the next.
Utilizing the Arraiy camera, designed in partnership with Keslow Camera, 2D and 3D artists stitched together the multiple angles of the surrounding environment, with help from The Mill's award-winning proprietary tool Mill Stitch, and strategically mapped the images back onto the cars—further enhancing the authenticity of the drive.
The FX team also provided extensive work throughout the piece, crafting the numerous terrain explosions in which the seamless transitions occur.
Agency
Agency: MullenLowe
Managing Director: Cameron McNaughton
CCO: Mark Wenneker
Executive Creative Director: Margaret Keene
Creative Director-Art: Nik Piscitello
Senior Copywriter: Jake Gunderson
VP, Executive Producer: Alli Taylor
Producer: Zack Williams
VP, Group Account Director: Nicole Neopolitan
Account Supervisor: Kylie Mugg
Music Producer: Danica Bates
Associate Director, Business Affairs: Davina Turnbull
Business Affairs Manager: Nickie Kolb
Product Knowledge Director: Curtis Millward
Production Company
Production Company: Imperial Woodpecker
Director
: Mark Jenkinson
Executive Producer, Managing Partner: Doug Halbert
Executive Producer
: Charlie Cocuzza
Producer: Robby Mooring
VFX Production
VFX Production: The Mill
Executive Producer: Pete King
Producer: Adam Goins, Alex Bader
Production Coordinator: Jake Fritz
Shoot Supervisor: John Leonti, Matt Bohnert, Steve Cokonis, Tawfeeq Martin
VFX Creative
VFX Creative: The Mill
Creative Director: John Leonti
2D Lead Artist: Martin Karlsson, Daniel Thuresson
3D Lead Artist: Matt Bohnert
FX Lead Artist: Daniel Stern
2D Artist: Patrick Heinen, Jake Albers, Dylan Streiff, Lisa Ryan, Matthew Dobrez, Elliott Brennan, Katerina Arroyo, Robin McGloin
3D Artist: Bridget Warrington, Chase Webb, Corey Landvogt, Daniel Soo, Danny Garcia, Elizabeth Hammer, Freddy Parra, Jacob Bergman, Jason Jansky, Jason Kim, Juan Zavala, Katie Yancey, Michael Archambault, Mike Di Nocco, Nole Murphy, Steven Olson, Troy Barsness, Ziming Liu
Matte Painting: Gillian George, Itai Muller
Tracking Supervisor: Michael Lori
CG Supervisor (Bangalore): Manjunath Shivaprasad
3D Artist (Bangalore): Sivasubramanian Murugesan, Vittal Kuntla, Lavan Kumar, Suneel Kumar, Giri Prasath S. Sunil MM, Karthik Viswanathan, Abhishek Kumar, Murali Krishna Reddy, Raj kumar M
Production Coordinator (Bangalore): Roshni Kakad, Anuraj R
Tracking Supervisor (Bangalore): Senthil Murugan Balasundaram
Colour
Colour: The Mill
Colourist: Adam Scott
Executive Producer, Colour: Thatcher Peterson
Senior Colour Producer: Liza Kerlin