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Full CG opening Titles for Sky Sports.
Following my initial concept, R&D and design work of the sequence, I had the great pleasure of Directing and working with a fantastic team at The Mill to help me bring my creation to life. While Directing I took a very hands on approach with The Mill’s CG team and jumped in on the production side as well, creating all the previz camera moves myself in Cinema 4D. I also added my own 3D into the mix as and when it was required.

Longer than previous seasons titles it’s now a 30 second sequence for the Barclays Premier League Football on Sky Sports. A new and bold concept this year, tackling some of the most challenging aspects in CGI and pushing boundaries for sports openers. The story again follows the top four clubs in the league. The journey seamlessly transitions from game to game, player to player and stadium to stadium but cleverly always retains one constant piece of action through out. The final resulting animation being a complex choreographed motion capture edit through four different seasons.

My goal from the start was to place the audience right in the heart of the action. To achieve this I had to take the camera closer than ever before. Close enough to enable us to hear every footstep, breath and jostle between the players.

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  • Daan Pol 2 years ago
    Woa Justin this is just awesome man! I really like the continuous sequence, very very dynamic work! I especially digg the attention to detail, the little bokeh effects on the lens inthe rain sequence for instance and how well the sound is choreographed into the film. Awesome work! Very good direction there!
  • Justin Bates plus 2 years ago
    Great words Daan. Thank you very much!
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  • ravi 2 years ago
    great work! luv the color grading
  • Justin Bates plus 2 years ago
    Thanks ravi:-)
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  • ahmad 2 years ago
    impressive work! can you tell us a bit about the animation process, was that a motion capture or done by hand.

    thanks
  • Justin Bates plus 2 years ago
    Thanks ahmad! It was both. Mocap base and then a lot of key framed secondary animation on top to bring it to life.
    Cheers
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  • David Miller 2 years ago
    simply brilliant. love it.
  • Justin Bates plus 2 years ago
    Thank you David, pleased you like it.
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  • Arnie van Kerwel 2 years ago
    Absolutely glorious!!
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  • Amico Diangelo 2 years ago
    absolutely fantastic, amaizig... I LOVE YOU REEL.....Justin want to ask where I can study this type of animation and special effects .. a special school?
  • Justin Bates plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Amico:-) Not entirely sure where you can study this kind of thing as I'm self taught, but there are some great online courses that you can take for VFX work!
    Cheers
  • Amico Diangelo 2 years ago
    Hello since I have been searching about this and I found some tutorials depronto have some links of online courses that you say? thanks.. amicodiangelo@hotmail.com
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  • Awesome work Justin! Your Super Sunday from 2008 is also brilliant!

    Really inspiring!
  • Justin Bates plus 2 years ago
    Many thanks Morten. Pleased you like them:-)
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  • Jarhood 2 years ago
    this is brilliant man. loved your other work but this is another level.
  • Justin Bates plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Jama, really appreciate the comments:-)
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  • sketchbookinc plus 2 years ago
    Great work as usual man. Would love to know how you manage get the clothing output. is that using clothilde? If so, this is probably the best example I have seen.
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  • Justin Bates plus 2 years ago
    Hey Sketchbookinc. Thanks for the comments. The cloth on the characters was not clothilde but Maya N-cloth. This was a massive project in the end which needed a large team so the majority of this project was done in XSI. I'll post my C4D test shot that I made before I went into full production. cheers!
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