Meta / Method Studios / 2023
ASGARD'S WRATH II
Meta and BBDO enlist Method Studios to deliver an epic campaign to mark the launch of the biggest VR game ever, Asgard’s Wrath 2.
Process
BBDO challenged the team at Method to introduce, for the first time, the main characters of Asgard’s Wrath 2 and the beautiful worlds in which its players will become immersed. The resulting outcome consisted of 3 unique cinematic game trailers, an NBA broadcast takeover piece, and a 65ft animated holographic display at The Game Awards.
Led by John Likens, who also acted as ECD, and VFX Supervisor Ivan Guerrero, the creative required involvement from every discipline and department at Method. The final films successfully integrated Live Action Footage, traditional VFX, and real-time animation using Unreal Engine. Likens notes, “Integrating these various tools, which historically do not play well with each other, and forging ways for them to work seamlessly is the future of filmmaking. It’s something we are heavily focused on at Method.”
Working closely with Meta and the game developers, CG Supervisor Brian Dinoto and team, were able to rebuild and up-rez all the game assets from Asgard’s Wrath 2 to a feature film quality level of detail. This enabled Real-Time CG Supervisor Michael Ferraro and his team of Unreal Engine artists to focus on character animation, lighting, look development, and world-building.
My role was to develop the setups for live-action talent to game character transformation that would work on extreme close-ups and wider shots and allow for a lot of room for control and art-directing the transitions.
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OWNER, VR AUDIO DIRECTOR:
John Likens
Danil Krivoruchko
Byron Kopman
STANDARD PRODUCTION, Chris Gabello, Sid Kreitzer, David Simpson
BBDO
Bruce McDonald
Michael Woodall
Elliot Falconer
Joe Fox, Ricky Bowry
METHOD STUDIOS
John Likens
Ivan Guerrero
Tomas Slancik
Brian Dinoto
Christina Faraj
Michael Ferraro
Claire Chang
Chihcheng Peng
Rob Walker
Theodore Wirtz
Ryan Todd
Marcus McSherry
Kyle Sironen
India Sonnenfeld
Alejandro Echeverry, Pamela Saad, Gregory Ecker, Jason Simmons
Irene Kim
Jan Habib
Mark Yagos, Yang Hu
Daniel Patterson, Bradley Morris, Brad Hayes, Isai Calderon
Mateus Kurzhals, Jeffrey Scott, Seiji anderson
Adam Butler
Cemre Esen
Rick Fronek
Justin Barcellos
RJ Draper, Mark Lavania
Fabio Zapata
Rachan Chirarattanakornkul
Eugene Floramata
Keith Morange, Lance Slaton, James Randolph
Greg Bekken
Andrew Chranowsky, Andres Asperin, Robert Yau, Stephen Mann
Frank Fieser, Dan Giraldo, Ting Hsu
Rickey Verma, Sam Chen, Tati Bozinovski, Nic Kim
Sabrina Chan
David Weinstock
Christopher Sanchez
Warren Wang
Thomas Karras, Trevor Brashich, Sergio Segovia
METHOD STUDIOS
Jesse Kurnit
Hayley Wallach
Julia Paskert
Karina Partington
Aiste Akelaityte
Christopher Lewis
Kyle Fader
Joseph Hobaica
Fan Yu
Tracey Carpenter
Juliann Barbella
Olivia Vitagliano, Ethan Samuel
COMPANY 3 NY
Sofie Borup
Animatrik
Paul Wu
Adam Chase, Ben Van Huis, Milena Brewster, Raymond Chan, Skyler Mowatt
Source Sound
Charles Deenen