CASE STUDY:
ARK: Genesis cinematic animation
The challenge:
The creative minds from Layer Media & Studio Wildcard sought to wrap up their announcement trailer for ARK: Genesis with a cinematic logo animation. We began with 3D assets from the game developers that needed to be converted from a game engine into a production environment. The only initial concept was that we would burst into the scene via a kind of shattered glass.
The “lock down”
One of my major additions to the overall concept was the idea of doing a Transformers-esque “lock down” animation at the end. This idea came naturally as I was setting up the 3D asset for production.
What I did:
Translated game assets into a production environment
Assisted game developers in generating production-friendly files
Tailored workflow
Scene assembly
Conceptualized additional details in the scene
Animation, Previs, Look Dev in Cinema 4D & Redshift
Compositing & Post in After Effects and Davinci Resolve