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At the moment, Christmas commercials greet us every day: but penguins almost always work, and CG penguin "Monty" is a successful idea.
Here is the commercial itself:
And here is the making-of from MPC:
Making of John Lewis Monty’s Christmas by CGMeetup
It was directed by Dougal Wilson, and the agency behind the idea was adam&eveDDB.
MPC’s VFX team needed five months to realise the commercial. "Monty" was modelled in ZBrush, after which various movement tests were carried out with the 3D model and the CG penguin was integrated into the live-action footage. The VFX supervisor and CG lead on the project was Diarmid Harrison Murray.
Here is the behind-the-scenes video:
John Lewis Monty’s Christmas – Behind The Scenes by CGMeetup
All further information about MPC here.
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