RESOLUTION is an Integrated Production and Post Production business with over 25 years experience working with leading brands globally in delivering high quality craft in film production, VFX, CGI & Motion Design, and recently AR/VR and Experiences.
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September 9, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.
Resolution Reel 2021
July 20, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.
Holiday Here This Year
RES have a proud history of working on Tourism campaigns but rarely do we make these for Australians. But this campaign for Tourism Australia by Director Chris Rickett, urges Australians to explore those parts of the country that are especially reliant on international visitors due to the restrictions in place during COVID. The message is a simple one.. and that is taking a longer break is not only good for our personal wellbeing but also for Australia and the many communities and businesses that rely on tourism. So get out there!
Our role was to provide seamless composites in Flame and exquisite Resolve grading to bring each scene to life with a mix of reverence and humour. We tried to show each location in a fresh way that suited Hamish and Zoe’s take on things but also connected this land of many contrasts into one unified moment. We just can’t wait to get out there and see it all.
July 20, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.
Unsung Hero
What a joy to work on this fun campaign for Steggles as they celebrate the ‘Unsung Hero’ of Aussie families. The TVC ignored all the usual advertising heroes — Mums, Dads, cooks and even children — to gratuitously focus on the chicken that brings them together.
Our job was to follow this brief as we graded, composited and added supers and logos in all the wrong places, keeping the comic moments paramount. Enjoy the spot and don’t take any of it too seriously.
March 18, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.
Can Lives Here
This is the second time we’ve been part of CommBank launching their new brand identity, Can Lives Here. It was great to work with Rob Stanton-Cook on this labour of love and we are loving the finished result. Filmed and produced during Sydney’s first lockdown, we did all our VFX and grading work remotely with our teams and the client. Although we deploy an amazing array of technically sophisticated tools to the task, it’s the film's tone that resonates emotion and the VFX work disappears into the background just as we like it to.
March 17, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.
Autumn
Jesse James first worked with RES as an intern a few years ago and so it was a delight to have him back as an accomplished Director and to collaborate with him to bring the VFX and visual narrative to life in this campaign for Domain. Edited by Phil Horn and completed on a tight turnaround and with a small budget, Brilliant Films found one versatile location to shoot all the talent. It was our job to then build on that to complete the illusion with some handy green screen and matte painting wizardry from our resident Flame artist.
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February 18, 2021 — Comments are off for this post.
US Sports
RES brought their expertise in VFX supervision and in-camera know-how to the table working with MOFA’s Nick Kelly on location in an epic three day shoot on Pittwater, Sydney. We dropped our sea-sick tablets and found our sea legs shooting just 15 boats that would need to be replicated in Flame to 75 boats in an ambitious wide angle aerial sequence.
“Because time was short we opted for a more traditional path for the VFX approach, multiplying the boats from in-camera footage and additional VFX passes. We used 3D but as a previz tool to work out the best way we would make the high angle drone shot come together, testing the idea before a single boat hit the waves” says Tim Dyroff who looked after the VFX supervision.
RES also fired a few rounds of green flares up into the sky at the end of the spot, and dropped a TAB banner with the help of 3D which gave the client flexibility for last minute content changes and really gives the scene the heightened drama it deserves (pun intended).
August 7, 2020 — Comments are off for this post.
Continental Nutrish Soup
At RES we love getting briefed on projects that are a little kooky and outside of our expected capabilities. Having worked directly with Unilever on a number of successful launch campaigns, we have built a body of work and trust and are often asked to take the shell of an idea and flesh it out into a well executed piece of communication.
Unilever approached RES to help them create an animated commercial for their new Nutrish Soup line from Continental. The client had a high level idea and we helped shape it and bring it to life.
Our Senior Designer Gabriel Souza, took to the task of creating the characters for this animation from rudimentary illustrations on the hero product packs, and then developed the client's story idea of a fun bootcamp workout led by a seriously sanguine chicken. The work was completed in four quick weeks using a traditional frame-by-frame hand drawn technique. Not quite as fast as it takes to make a cup of soup but a good result all the same!
June 10, 2018 — Comments are off for this post.
Wake Up to Sleep
Director Tim Dyroff and a dedicated crew shot for 12 days around Australia from Sydney’s CBD in wind-down to the rugged corners of Tasmania and Western Australia to capture these stunning landscapes by night. Nothing was more important than seizing these nocturnal moments…not even sleep!
Working closely with the amazing team at AJF Partnership Melbourne, Resolution was able to craft this stunning brand campaign under one roof for Forty Winks seamlessly blending cinematography with CGI installations and camera tracked star plates. We also took on all the print photography and cleanups to unify the visual assets and style.
Watch the before and afters reel below to find out more
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May 16, 2016 — Comments are off for this post.
Whatever The Yes
Yes is a word we like, and when we spoke to M&C Saatchi about working with them on this piece for Optus, it was the first word that sprung to mind. M&C were seeking something fresh to kick-off the Yes TV by Fetch launch. We wanted to design illustrations and imagery that not only matched their branding, but stood out from the crowd. We had plenty of fun coming up with playful ways to incorporate dynamic animation inspired by the featured shows, with a world of entertainment.
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March 2, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
Fear Less
It’s not often that we are asked to scare our audience. What a pleasure to delve into the darker emotion of FEAR utilising exploding, leaking, and contaminated typographic executions for Shift, Sydney. Fast-paced and beautifully lit, the menacingly abstract renditions are supported by closely mic’d sound effects courtesy of Noise International.
March 1, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
Barangaroo: Urban Regeneration
A beautifully crafted visualisation of Lend Lease's Barangaroo development, brought to life as an architect's model, seen through the eyes of a young family. This script involved a one day shoot at the construction site with many logistical considerations and extensive VFX augmentation in post. Since a wooden model would need to be absolutely accurate, building it physically for filming would have been expensive and impractical, so we made it in 3D.
February 28, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
It’s a Long Story
The team worked tirelessly for a solid two months using a mix of live-action, stills photography, 2D & 3D animation, and just about every post trick up our collective sleeve. Bulleit was one of those projects that happen now and again that allow you total creative freedom to explore and create some amazing work. The team heavily invested in the project and were extremely passionate about pulling off something so ambitious.
February 27, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
The Art of Noise
Directed and animated by Dylan McIntyre, ‘The Art of Noise’ won one of only two silver Cannes Design Lions in 2013. With a VO and over 20 SFX to illustrate, we created a 90 second animation that would directly connect ‘what you hear’ with ‘what you see’. Through custom scripting, McIntyre developed a way to feed soundwaves through pictures. The audio is fed through the linework, distorting the line to reflect the bass or treble.
February 23, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
Your Finder
Around 20 holiday icons were created in 3D with a simple shaded look. The clean graphic set-up allowed the team to continually bounce between complex and simpler compositions, allowing the viewer to be both teased with the dazzling patterns, while also making sense of the objects unraveling before them. The camera travels forward at a measured pace representing both the idea of travel and ‘smooth sailing’ in the website experience.
February 7, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
The Block: Sky High
One of a series of titles packages we have completed for The Block, and a real collaboration between 3D and 2D design to bring the paper city and apartment block to life. The show keeps rating its socks off and we're very proud to be involved with such a dynamic and popular franchise.
February 6, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
Beautiful Innovation
We worked with BWM to develop a script and treatment that would culminate in the reveal of an impressive floral creation. Director Dylan McIntyre got up close and personal with an array of stunning seasonal flora, resulting in some incredible views of flowers in bloom, rarely seen. Macro photography was used to create a sense of this hidden world, allowing the viewer to focus on the form, textures and colours of the intriguing imagery.
Published by Matt Pratley in VFX
February 5, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
Pole Dancing Geisha
Showing our wilder side, RES was commisioned to design all of the classic tattoos and great characters that inhabit this TVC and bring them to life in a eye-popping spot for cinema release. We shot the talent in studio and then projected the animation onto a virtual 3D body to achieve the seamless journey and flow the energy drink brief required.
February 4, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
My Family
The story of an adventure told through a child’s eyes is brought to life through this beautiful animated piece. Characters from the My Family sticker series were created in 3D to take us on the journey, before settling in place on the back of their Kluger windscreen. The photo-real Kluger was built entirely in 3D in a CG studio environment.
February 1, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
Who Are You?
An oldie but a goodie. This spot was done at a time when everyone was referencing Gnarls Barkley's Crazy. Of course it's fine to reference things, but in the end you want to make something that feels original and true to the product - this is a fine example of that.
January 28, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
Big Bash
To assist the live action shoot, we set up a 3D/2D suite on-set, so both Director and Agency could visualize in real time how the virtual environment and green screen cricket performances were working together. Camera angles, eye lines and correct heights were all pre-planned so that everything came together seamlessly in post.
January 21, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
History
We were asked by HTC to develop a brief history of the company and their remakable innovations using a warm palette of 2D and 3D techniques and artistry. We developed the concept of a 'notebook of ideas' brought to life with each new page and technological evolution in the company's unique story.
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January 20, 2015 — Comments are off for this post.
Kelly Bayer Rosmarin
One of five spots for Commbank that share the vision and capacity of Australia's largest retail bank using its leading managers as talent. We shot in studio and on location then intercut the material with simple and subtle graphic touches to add a branded look.
Published by Matt Pratley in VFX