Framestore Puts Hulk Into Action

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International Oscar-winning creative studio Framestore is showing its cross-platform capabilities yet again by bringing the powerful Marvel character Hulk to life on both film and commercial platforms. The Film team in London and Integrated Advertising team in Los Angeles collaborated on the latest CG characterization of Hulk for upcoming Marvel Studios releases and Renault's commercial Renault Kwid.'

We've honed a very tight transition pipeline for film characters into other platforms,' says Creative Director Ben West. The ability to utilize detailed assets with complex rigs ensures we're meeting the cinematic standard demanded for Marvel projects.

Shot in S o Paulo by Smuggler Director Jonathan Gurvit, the Renault Kwid' adventure begins as a man imagines what the Hulk would do as news breaks that a satellite is falling towards Earth. Framestore artists brought Hulk to life with his signature leaps and bounds taking him to the top of the Banco Banespa building before smashing the explosive satellite mid-sky.

Famous for his incredible level of superhuman physical ability, Framestore worked to exaggerate Hulk's strenuous muscle and facial detail. The teams worked closely together to enhance the amount of detail needed in his muscles, including in the rig, muscular weight in animation, textural displacements of veins, lighting art direction to enhance angles, and shot-specific muscle sculpting to refine even further. Other subtle yet essential details of Hulk include peach fuzz on the body, facial stubble and sweat stems.

Animating characters requires an intimate level of experience and understanding of performance,' continues West. Each character has signature qualities but its the detail and nuance that brings them to life. Having worked with characters like Hulk over an extended period for film projects, we had a strong foundation to build upon in this regard.

The details of city destruction further accentuate the Hulk's weight. Framestore enhanced the cityscape of S o Paolo to make sure the central Banespa building was in frame as a constant reminder of the imminent fiery satellite. These are the projects our artists live and breathe for. We understand the genre and play to its strengths by bringing characters to the screen in a very visceral way, states West.

The commercial is airing domestically in Brazil across TV and cinema. Framestore collaborated directly with Marvel and their Disney partners in Brazil to create the commercial. Ad agency Neogama concepted the commercial. Other recent Film and Integrated Advertising collaborations by Framestore include Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them' film and virtual reality experience, as well as Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 film, commercial campaign and amusement park ride.

Credits

Director, Partnerships - Marvel Partnerships Chris Lisciandro

Promotions Project Manager - Marvel Partnerships Greg Gustin

Franchise Promotional Partnerships - Marvel Studios Adam Davis

Agency Neogama

Production Company Smuggler

Director Jonathan Gurvit

Visual Effects Framestore

Creative Director Ben West

VFX Producer Morgan MacCuish

CG Supervisor Kevin Baker

Shoot Supervisor David Hulin

VFX Supervisor James Healy

Animation Lead Shayne Ryan

Animator Kevin Rooney, Jessie Wang, Xavier Coton, Stew Burris, Evan Harbuck

FX Lead Nate Usiak

FX Michelle Lee, Arrev Chantikian, Viviana Mora

Lighting Lead Yuo Tengara

Lighter Jon Tojek, Isaiah Palmer, Dustin Colson, John Cook

Compositing Lead JD Yepes

Compositor Tim Gutierrez, Josh Guillaume, Alex Unruh, Alejandro Villabon, Kingsley Rothwell

Generalist Soren Barton, Yayu Chen, Mel Wong, Joel Durham, Rob Garcia

Look Dev & Groom Jessica Groom

Rigging Lead Wade Ryer

Cameras & Tracking Sean Dollins, Todd Herman

Concept Art Daniel Demirdjian

VFX Editor Humberto Reynaga

VFX Assistant Editor Jake Keller, Alexandra Wysota

VFX Coordinator Jose Alvarado

Colourist Beau Leon

Colour Assistant Jonah Braun, Weiyi Ang

About Framestore

Framestore is an Oscar-winning creative studio that uses innovative talent and technology to create hi-end images for every platform. Framestore partners with clients ranging from Hollywood studios through to advertisers, ad agencies, production companies and video game developers. In addition to being recognised for its globally celebrated visual effects, Framestore has more recently made its name as an innovator in the digital space by focusing on the immersive engagement potential of interactive visual effects.

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