The Mill heats-up 'Drake's Fortune'
05.12.2007 
Helping to promote the highly-anticipated PlayStation 3 action-adventure game '
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune',
TBWA Chiat Day LA has looked to
The Mill NY's 3D department to direct and construct a full CG environment with realistic, PS3-style animated characters. The recently released promo spot was directed by Yann Mabille, while the animation was led by Joshua Merck. The process involved body motion capture (of
Nolan North) delivered by
Perspective Studios, as well as facial motion capture by Image Metrics. Pre-composition of 3D elements was carried out in Shake, final compositing and special effects (flares, smoke etc.) were performed in Flame. View the spot
here.
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www.the-mill.com
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