New Reel from Fido.. well done everyone involved!
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/51441071]
Some transatlantic collaboration between US/Canada and Geramany + Sweden with Fido heading up the VFX.
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/50591342]
Commercial for the search engine Kayak needed a sequel and Fido stepped in to rework the octopus so that he could speak. We then created all new shots with him speaking, perfectly imitating the look set by Image Engine in the old shots.
Agency: Heimat Werbeagentur GmbH
Production Company: Markenfilm
Director: Carl Erik Rinsch / Henry Littlechild
Post production: Home VFX Los Angeles with Image Engine Vancouver / Fido
Digital Effects Supervisor: Neil Eskuri
Digital Effects Producer: Geoff Anderson (Image Engine, Vancouver/Canada)
Digital Effects Producer: Chris Fieldhouse (Home Studios, Los Angeles/USA)Fido crew:
Creative Director: Kaj Steveman
VFX Producer: Nils Lagergren
VFX Supervisor: Mattias Lindahl
Original Octopus Design: Image Engine Vancouver
Modeling: Magnus Eriksson, Staffan Linder
Rigging: Cameron Scott, Staffan Linder, Magnus Eriksson
Lookdev: Peter Aversten, Joakim Eriksson
Animation: Cameron Scott, Staffan Linder, Rickard Engqvist, Joakim Eriksson, Jonas Forsman
Lighting: Björn Liljequist, Peter Aversten, Johan Gabrielsson, Joakim Eriksson,
Compositing: Daniel Norlund, Martin Borell, Pontus Albrecht, Karl Rydhe
Article from Digital media world about Fido’s work on Norwegian feature film Kon-tiki.
http://www.digitalmedia-world.com/Features/kon-tiki-crossing-the-pacific
SPOILER ALERT….
Check this 10 minute demo including the vfx work for the Kon-tiki movie. VFX in order of apperance: Storm studios (0:00-3:04), Fido (3:04-4:11), Important Looking pirates (4:12- 6:50), Gimpville (6:51-9:26)
[youtube=http://youtu.be/gFpL2XzAn44]
This demo contains some of the over 500 effect shots in the motion picture KON-TIKI. Courtesy of the 4 Scandinavian VFX companies that contributed: Gimpville, Important Looking Pirates, Storm Studios and Fido. Directed by Joachim Roenning & Espen Sandberg. VFX Supervisor: Arne Kaupang. Music by Johan Söderquist.
Fido has created a very agile raccoon for O2 in Germany.
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/51134199]
Agency: VCCP
Production Company: Partizan
VFX: Fido
VFX Producer: Claes Dietmann
CG Supervisor: Staffan Linder
VFX Line Producer: Anders Singstedt
Character Concept & Design: Marcus Forsberg
Modeling: Magnus Eriksson, Staffan Linder, Joakim Eriksson
Rigging: Staffan Linder, Cameron Scott
Lookdev: Johan Gabrielsson, Anna Hilding, Björn Arvidsson, Peter Aversten, Anders Nyman, Joakim Eriksson
Animation: Rickard Engqvist, Staffan Linder, Jonas Forsman, Niklas Lundgren
FX: Timmy Lundin, Max Erlandsson
Lighting: Björn Liljequist, Johan Gabrielsson, Anna Hilding, Björn Arvidsson, Peter Aversten, Anders Nyman, Joakim Eriksson
Compositing: Karl Rydhe, Martin Borell, Pontus Albrecht, Daniel Norlund
Online: Linda Öhlund
A new interview with Mattias Lindahl and Johan Gabrielsson about how they used v-ray for their shots in “Kon-tiki”CSS_Fido
Big congratulations to the F-track team, Cinesite has agreed on buying and using F-track as their asset management system.
Read the Press release (In Swedish)
Great article in Norwegian Rushprint about the work that production VFX supervisor Arne Kaupang did on Kon-tiki and his collaboration with all the VFX houses involved.
Kon-Tikis visuelle utfordring – Rushpri
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CG Frank the sheep from Fido
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/48077664]
Agency: F&B
Production company: Acne
VFX: Fido
Creative Director: Kaj Steveman
Producer: Claes Dietmann
Line producer: Anders Singstedt
Lighting: Peter Aversten, Anders Nyman
Animation: Staffan Linder, Rickard Engqvist, Peter Aversten
Compositing: Pontus Albrecht
1st Behind the scenes from the largest Norwegian feature film project , maybe also one of the biggest productions ever made in Scandinavia.
More than 500 vfx shots completed from the 4 vfx companies involved, Fido, Important looking pirates, Gimpville and Storm studios.
This Behind the scenes show parts of Fidos work they did for Kon-tiki.
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/48126970]
Fido were honored to be asked to work on this epic Norwegian feature about the great explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his legendary crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947.
We completed a total of 7 sequences, where the most demanding one was the crew’s encounter with a massive whale shark. Work included CG Water, CG Sea Weed, and Creatures; Whale Shark, Varied Species of Fish, a Sally Lightfoot Crab and Mystical Deep Sea Creatures.Fido crew:
VFX Supervisor: Mattias Lindahl
VFX Producer: Claes Dietmann
CG Supervisor: Staffan Linder
VFX Line Producer: Hanna Bengtsson
Animation: Cameron Scott, Rickard Engqvist, Staffan Linder
Animation TD: Magnus Eriksson
Lead Lighting TD: Johan Gabrielsson
Lighting TD: Björn Liljequist, Peter Aversten
Lead FX TD: Björn Henriksson
FX TD: Max Erlandsson
Lead Compositor: Daniel Norlund
Compositing : Martin Borell, Tomas Näslund, Pontus Albrecht, Mikael Ewald
Water RND: Fredrik Limsäter, Björn Rydahl
Match moving: Björn Svanström, Joakim Eriksson
VFX Editor: Linda Öhlund
Kon-tiki is premiering tonight in Norway.