Three, with Framestore · Facial blendshapes and fin setups
Bigger Fish
Bigger Fish was a full CG 30-second advert for Three's 'all you can eat everything' plan, made by Framestore for the agency Boys and Girls in three and a half weeks. I contributed a small part of the rigging: some of the facial blendshapes for the little fish, and fin setups for the body rigs, used across a few of the little fish. Most of the rigging was done by Amar Chundavadra and Kimon Matara.
- Client
- Three
- Studio
- Framestore
- Role
- Facial blendshapes and fin setups
- Tech
- Maya
The challenge
There are plenty more fish in the sea, and in this advert they all want to tell you about Three's "all you can eat everything" plan. The full CG 30-second spot, for the agency Boys and Girls, was conceived, animated and directed by Framestore on a three-and-a-half-week schedule. Rigging had less than a week of that.
What I did
My part was small, and I fitted it in alongside the Tooned animation series I was working on at Framestore. Most of the rigging was done by Amar Chundavadra and Kimon Matara, two of the best riggers around.
- Facial blendshapes. I made some of the blendshapes for the little fish's facial rig, the sculpted shapes that the face rig blends between to create expressions and mouth shapes.
- Fin setups. I made some of the fin setups for the body rigs, which were reused across several of the little fish.
The outcome
The advert was delivered on its very tight schedule, with the cast of fish, a shark and an octopus shown here.
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