In this spot for Lotto, director Oskar Bård turned to us for help with creating an android duplicate of a real man.The inspiration for our particular sequence came from the well-known movie A.I. by Steven Spielberg where a face unfolds in order to reveal the robotic parts underneath.

Decision to make the parts in 3D was taken based on the anticipated camera movement, but also the flexibility it brings to the table once it comes to modifications later on in the process. Concept artist Marko Ljubez developed style sheets for the machinery, guidelines were pretty clear and referred to the “steam punk” style. The job resulted in a series of concept images and a base mesh that would later be built upon. The human head was modeled by 3D artist Johannes Carlsten from reference photography of the actor. Once preliminary approval came in 3D artist Arvid Björn began to light and shade the parts.

At this stage further modeling and development was done to the parts all according to the directors wishes. All passes were in the end composited by lead vfx artist Johan Boije, working in HD on Flame.