Obs : tokyo 2020
Overview: Following my initial work at Noah Media Group on the PLP Generic titles and BBC Football Focus I was asked to help out on a huge project for the Olympics Broadcasting Service.
The job was to work within a team and create a series of analytical breakdowns for each of the olympics events. Prior to my joining, the style has already been designed including the intro, outtro and the general graphics package.
A lot of the sports had mocap data recorded that needed to be assigned to the avatars we were working with. Some of the character animations were created elsewhere and then supplied to us in order for them to be assigned to our avatars as well.
Working with both the hand animated and the mocap data was often not straightforward. Movements needed retiming, actions needed correcting and we frequently had to manually animate and alter limbs and body movements within Cinema 4D. This proved to be a tricky and fiddly process, that we became more expert in as the project continued.
Each event had a range of points that needed animations and supporting 2D UI for, this coupled with the vast number of events meant that we were working solidly for months.
On each event my tasks were:
Import the mocap data and assign it to the avatar / re-target
Create a shotlist using the script and VO
Correct any mocap faults or general corrections that were required.
Use a combination of the already existing environment as well as designing and modelling any equipment that wasn’t supplied.
Design and animate visually entertaining cinematic camera moves that brought a level of elegance as well as intrinsic detail to the points being addressed.
Use existing 2D ui elements or design new ones where required
Composite the sequence for delivery.
We had additional challenges such as creating fluid spray simulations for swimming, surfing, sailing and diving. Sand simulations for long and triple jump , as well as fabric for the trampoline and climbing rope.
Year 2020 / 21
Software: Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4d
Plugins: Optical Flares, Red Giant Suite, Deep Glow, Redshift, X-Particles, RSMB
Credits: Noah Media Group