Mezzo "LEAP" Visual Effects Breakdown

This is a visual effects breakdown I created for 'LEAP', one of the two Mezzo commercials directed by Joseph Kosinski. The live action was shot on 35mm against greenscreen, and composited into an all cg environment using Nuke. Visual effects were done at Sway Studio. Mezzo was nominated for a VES award: Best Compositing in a Commercial.

Full credits for Mezzo "Leap" and "Race":

Agency: Timmerman &Tan/Singapore
Creative Director: Michael Tan
Agency Producer: Serene Chiu

Production Company: Rokkit/ London
Director: Joseph Kosinski
DP: Claudio Miranda
EP: Dan Dickenson
Producer: Luke Jacobs


Visual Effects: SWAY Studio
EP: Shira Boardman
Creative Director: Mark Glaser
VFX Supervisor: Robert G. Nederhorst
VFX Producer: Matt Winkel
Compositing Supervisor: Marc Rienzo
FX Lead: Greg Tsalidas
CG Supervisor: Aaron Powell
Texture Lead: Rob Meyers
Compositors: Sean Devereaux, Jay Frankenberger, Feliciano di Giorgio, Maciek Sokalski, Lou Pecora
Paint & Roto: Nicole Yoblonski, Toshihiro Sakamaki, Lee Croft, Lucinda Chee
Tracking: Danny Zobrist, Jay Frankenberger
Architectural Designers: Kevin Cimini, Oliver Zeller
Terragen Development: Matt Fairclough
VFX Coordinator: Hannah Yates
Storyboard Artist: Nathan Boldman
Production Coordinator: Joyce Pan
Production Assistant: Daughn Ward

Sound Design: Machinehead
Sound Designer: ***ody & Chris Mann
Music Supervisor: Jason Bentley
Audio Post: Machinehead
Composers: Chris Mann, Elvin Estela

here is a link to an article featuring Mezzo in American Cinematographer:
simpletricksandnonsense.net/pdf/ac_april_2006.pdf

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• mezzo
• vfx
• compositing
• ves
• visual
• effects

[marcrienzo]

This was all done in Nuke, not shake.

[pixeldrift]

Great work. Do you use Shake or prefer some other package?

[marcrienzo]

nuke

[TWODOORFXorlando]

This is a great spot, the breakdown is fantastic, nice job.

[ormaisazio]

That's definitively great, bravi!

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[getreelstudio]

How did you do the breakdown? Did you just take the three shots and add an effect to the whole thing or what?

[TheEbiphat]

nice shows us

[SparklyUnicorn320]

this is soooo coool!!!

[goranification]

I love visual effects!!

[TheFXGuy]

coolest breakdown I've ever seen...

That's awesome. What 3D package did you guys use?

[TheFXGuy]

@marcrienzo dang... I would think u used after effects...

What 3D package did you use?

[TheFXGuy]

@marcrienzo dang... I would think u used after effects...

What 3D package did you use?