Mill+ Create Stunning Animated Opening Titles for Netflix s Fearle

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Mill has collaborated with 25/7 Productions and director Michael John Warren on the striking opening titles for Fearless. The new Netflix series documents Brazilian bull riding culture, and the grueling journey of riders from Sao Paulo to championships in Las Vegas.

The Mill team crafted opening titles that play a pivotal role in introducing viewers to the characters. Each scene works as a vignette, introducing a unique character's personality and story using a distinctive, hand-painted look.

Mill Art Director Helen Hsu explains, We used oil paintings as an initial influence to create a tactile effect. The concept started with looser brush strokes but gradually got more refined to add realism and purpose. We wanted the titles to look and feel like a painting, while using 3D software to achieve the look. To avoid them looking too 3D' we had to repaint the frames multiple times.

Mill Creative Director Clarice Chin adds, The quality of the style was very important. The titles had to evoke meaning because of the very emotional, intense stories that are being told. Fearless is a documentary series with a lot of heart in it and it was crucial that we visualize that.

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CREDITS

Production Company

Production Company: 25/7 Productions

Director: Michael John Warren

Executive Producer: Andrew Fried, David Broome, John Henion, Frank Salinas, Yong Yam,

VFX & Design

VFX & Design: The Mill

Executive Producer: Luke Colson

Head of Production, Mill : Elizabeth Newman

Producer: Sumer Zuberi

Production Coordinator: Anica Douglass

Creative Director: Clarice Chin

Art Director: Helen Hsu

Animation Lead: Justin Demetrician

Animation: Justin Demetrician, Tim Devlin, Viraj Ajmeri

Design: Alan Chen, Amy Graham, Helen Hsu

Colour

Colour: The Mill

Executive Producer, Colour: Thatcher Peterson

Colour Producer: Diane Valera

Colourist: Adam Scott

About The Mill

The Mill is a visual effects and content creation studio collaborating on VFX, digital and design projects for the advertising, games and music industries. We partner with the world's best agencies, groundbreaking directors, creative firms and visionary brands.

We have over 25 years of insight and pride ourselves on forming partnerships built on creative excellence and cutting-edge technologies.

At its centre, The Mill is a creative culture of talented artists from multinational and homegrown backgrounds, nurturing innovation, flexibility and diverse ideas. This enables us to offer creative solutions across all our studios from London, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

The Mill is consistently recognized by peers and clients for delivering outstanding work and has earned the most prestigious industry awards, including Cannes Gold Lions, an array of D&AD Pencils, APA's, British Arrows, AICPs, CLIOS and VES Statues to name a few.

About Fearless

Fearless is a Netflix production from Executive Producers David Broome of 25/7 Productions (The Biggest Loser) and Andrew Fried (Chef's Table) The series is directed by Michael Warren.

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