Football Frenzy

With the World Cup at play, we're bound to see some interesting football commercials. I came across this one; done for Optus, Australia. A really well done commercial showing a secret game between the Australia team and animals from the Serengeti.

A lot of CG replacements in the commercials, cos you know, you cant get animals to act. They are snobbish stars. BUF, handled the VFX on the commercial and they are known for their photo-real organic work. A nice balance between live elements and CGI.

For more info on the commercial head over to FXGuide they have a good article on it. In the meantime watch the spot and the making of.

'Australian Football team's Secret Training'

Making of

Shuttle Scenarios

I came across this video on YouTube, that shows the Space Shuttle in 12 horrifying scenarios. 

Knowing all the while that its a VFX piece, it really got me involved mainly because of the way its presented; the combination of good background music and good use of hand-held\shaky cameras. Nothing warms my cookies when I see the right use of VFX 'gimmicks'. A handle-held approach adds to the realism of this video. It great to see it done well and with the right amount in this video.

What also makes it really interesting that, in most of the shots the destruction doesn't happen in the center of the frame, which makes it look even real because it meant to be a witness camera just recording a routine exercise, where obviously it wouldn't know where something's going to go wrong. Another nice touch is the cool, calculative and creepy voice-over at the end.

Over all a great video by 'TheFakingHoaxer'

Watch on YouTube