“Fight or Fall,” state MTV’s crimson-toned character portraits for its big new fantasy series, The Shannara Chronicles, which premiered Tuesday, Jan. 5, at 10 p.m.
Needless to say, all of these characters get up and fight, showcasing their unique weapons in the fight against evil.
The spots play with perspective, opening to look like the characters are falling, and then shifting to see that they are standing upright against a gale of leaves, which represent the ancient demons the characters are fighting against.
To shoot the spot, Carbon VFX added visual effects to MTV’s live-action shoot.
“In addition to the motion control talent backplates, we did a comprehensive VFX shoot for leaf elements using a green screen, wind tunnel, and several fans to capture real leaf motion with air turbulence,” said Carbon VFX Creative Director Kieran Walsh. “We shot hi-resolution close-ups of leaves spinning in frame from a ton of angles, building up a library of leaf elements to propagate throughout the shots.”
Above is Elven princess Amberle (Poppy Drayton). Below is half-human, half-elf, Wil (Austin Butler):
The mysterious druid Allernon (Manu Bennett), leader of this quest:
And human thief Eretria (Ivana Baquero):
Credits:
Agency: MTV Brand Creative
Production Company: Cherokee Films
Post Production: Carbon VFX
Executive Producer: Frank Devlin
Creative Director, Lead Flame Artist: Kieran Walsh
Producer: Bree Brackett
CG Supervisor: Jason Strugo
Flame Artists: Matt Reilly, Chris Wiseman
Flame Assistant: Joe Scaglione
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