Exopolis Revives Vintage Edward Hopper-Inspired Promo for Turner Classic Movies
Summary
To achieve the stylized painting effect in scenes featuring people, and to give the characters an almost realistic, lifelike quality, several layers of footage from Getty Images were rotoscoped into separate passes of light and shadow.Operating from its headquarters in Los Angeles, the studio has generated award-winning broadcast, interactive, mobile and print work for clients including Universal Pictures, Disney, Nickelodeon, IFC, HBO, McCann-Erickson, JWT, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, TBWAChiatDay, Publicis, Toei Animation World Wide, The Atlantis Hotel Group and The Coca-Cola Company.To achieve the stylized painting effect in scenes featuring people, and to give the characters an almost realistic, lifelike quality, several layers of footage from Getty Images were rotoscoped into separate passes of light and shadow.Animator Richie Sandow then treated and composited each layer in After Effects, hand-painting some detail back into each character to create each final "custom-painted" individual.About ExopolisExopolis is a creative studio combining the strategic and conceptual capabilities of a traditional marketing consultancy with the technical and design chops of a broadcast and interactive production company.Operating from its headquarters in Los Angeles, the studio has generated award-winning broadcast, interactive, mobile and print work for clients including Universal Pictures, Disney, Nickelodeon, IFC, HBO, McCann-Erickson, JWT, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, TBWAChiatDay, Publicis, Toei Animation World Wide, The Atlantis Hotel Group and The Coca-Cola Company.