So this video was produced about a year ago at Ghostbot. Alan Lau directed. I Art Directed the piece. It was a ton of fun and one of the first big projects I worked on at Ghostbot, where I could show off some of what I could do with color/design and composting. The first stage was pitching Dolby on the concept, so based off Alan's script for the spot, I created these frames with help from Alan Lau and Brad Rau on the character and shot selection.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF6trIS1ZmkTtlqbKxfU16c8Dc42IjMkYGPP2EOd7KrErspdSPoXzp-Su3ZrwpreVq4JqRRgwsMe7h4nKc-kgLLvafXssgJX5kC2ft6jQXARwwHCvQwey7mnkN8r6NbA0krL-bZPMsqn4/s400/Dolby_frames.jpg)
The blue palette was inspired by the Dolby marketing style, but we began to worry that all blue would be a little too monotonous. So I worked up a few more color panels once the boards were underway. I liked this one, with the more stylized clouds but we ended up going with more recognizable cloud shapes in the final.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihERHz7UwygR8hSIhtpr1j4pWGsf9Qs-HDy2_yKrLyHrfNAbg7yiXgCxlS2dHL237Dpmo8RET1LphsVVQg347vaOduzKrd6nNTbGlB06HeJR_uqMpxJqGZYON8S0zR5BLWRAqJJhu7t8A/s400/dol_Sky.jpg)
Here are the ones we submitted:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMmcOEaX-43QveDW6BNJby4fZW7bmljFb3vEEJJSdocRo9WbIA0A8Bowr-piKucrh034YHJ33kCT3ZipvCf5qh3S-sNa_SHBjqxlkCIY9yw65jMHwY35htQOrkdm5vVMk9gRjuBYVDEUg/s400/Dol_NewColorPanels.jpg)
Client liked the new palette direction, so we were off to the races. I did a color script as I went along to try and keep track of how the BGs should be colored. I designed all the BGs and did all the AE composting as well as a smattering of Maya animation and Apple Motion Particles (Fish and Bubbles). As you can see, the color concepts were nearly identical to the final frames.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlrFHNQNwsz2unG7k6HZ8BngOl9HzCY8bWFEHPnGjhouj8YNo0bDptEGh4bWoOUK10_dJD5e1Gp7GLsQ1ydR5M0J-gRy8I7Suc9E46LAv7VweYtDbnUYHvE4XpVnHW0dBCWXypPBr1yk/s400/dol_color_script_051210.jpg)
It was a blast and I loved getting to work with such a talented crew. Ghostbot brought the serious animation chops, including hiring Adam Phillips to animate the heavy fx scenes. I can't wait to do more!
That's amazing!
ReplyDeletethanks for showing me that! came out wicked dude
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