HOT DOCS BUMPERS:
The coup d'état team was approached by Hotdocs to work on a series of dynamic bumpers and title cards to be played in front of their films for the year. What we created for them was a series of eye catching opening sequences utilizing some unconventional photogrammetry techniques and tricks to live capture the entire Bloor street block in 3D, and build that into a dynamic sequence complete with animated cars, people and lighting. The project, beyond being a one of our favorites of the year and garnering a lot of attention, was a real success in utilizing photo scanning techniques to aid in the creation of an otherwise difficult model of a city block and produce an otherwise impossible shot
Some unused angles demonstrated compositing passes and photo scanned elements incorporated into the animated street scenes. Some photo-scanned objects worked far better than others.
Stills of the project in various stages of development and completion.
A highly multi-faceted project, we were able to utilize the City of Toronto GIS model data base models to reconstruct the surrounding area and give depth to the background scenes of the bumper.
Client - The Ted Rogers Hot Docs Theater
Production Assistance - Sonya William
Photogrammetry - Stuart Mcleod
3d modeling and animation - Lee James Ormerod
Production - Coup d'État