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French Télévisions, French public national TV broadcaster, asked the director Geoffroy Barbet-Massin and Mikros MPC studio to create an ad to promote the upcoming Summer Olympics.
The ad features a sumo practising various sports, such as surfing, climbing or pole vaulting.
Mikros MPC published two making-of videos about the project:
Credits:
Customer: France Télévision Production & VFX Studio: Mikros MPC Director: Geoffroy Barbet-Massin Executive Producers: Hugo Allart & Delphine Rodet VFX Producers: Stéphanie Mollet & Benjamin Cathala VFX Supervisors: Geoffroy Barbet-Massin & Vincent Venchiarutti Character designs: Stephane Levallois Background designs: Alix PENON, Geoffroy Barbet-Massin Lead Animation: Antoine Antin Animation: Mathias Lachal, Lucile DUFAU, Sandrine HAN JIN KUANG Compositing & Motion design: Caroline Mistral
