The Mill does 'The Moves'
11.10.2007 
The Mill produced new '
Do the Moves' commercial for Comfort with animator Rob van den Bragt sitting in the director's chair, Johan Bjorgvin doing choreography for 'the moves', Matthieu Bessudo working on the 17 characters, and Jimmy Kiddell on the layouts, colors and props for the sets. The cloth simulations - including scarves, ties, skirts and flapping curtains as well as cloth branches and trees - were done using the Maya 8.5 cloth simulator
nCloth. The two-and-a-half month production wrapped up with six days of grading (colors needed to be bold and cheerful to emphasize the good mood) and compositing on
Flame (Giles Cheetham was given rough comps, done in
Shake by rendering team Laurent Makowski and Fabrice Le Nezet).
Watch the spot on YouTube.
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www.themill.com
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