EVOLUTION OF IMAGERY

Special 8K movie created for the CES show

To demonstrate the beauty of SONY’s latest 8K definition display “Crystal LED Integrated Structure” at CES 2017, we created “Evolution of Imagery” – a special film, where 8-bit characters take center stage and dance, to eventually evolve into a stunning 8K resolution.

Each character was designed with a unique quality of Crystal LED Integrated Structure in mind, such as “Flowerman” representing the impressively abundant range of green colors the display can recreate. All of these characters were modeled in 8K quality combined with motion-captured data of actual dancers, and displayed life-size on a 9m wide screen.

A special performance taking place at every hour featured a real dancer on stage, who was invited to dance together with “Mirrorball Man” in front of the display, magically blurring the boundaries of reality and virtual reality.

Credit

Client

Creative Agency & Production

Creative Director / Director

Masashi Kawamura

Creative Director

Design Director

Producer

CG Director

Shinji Tanaka (SHIROGUMI INC.)

CG Producer

Hiromasa Inoue (SHIROGUMI INC.)

CG Artist

Kei Matsumoto (SHIROGUMI INC.)

CG Artist

Tatsuya Hayasaki (SHIROGUMI INC.)

CG Artist

Takumi Yamaguchi (SHIROGUMI INC.)

Animator

Yui Suzuki (SHIROGUMI INC.)

Animator

Tsubasa Ishida (SHIROGUMI INC.)

Rigger

Takaaki Hattori (SHIROGUMI INC.)

Effect Artist

Shinji Miyake (SHIROGUMI INC.)

Effect Adviser

Yoshihito Odaka (SHIROGUMI INC.)

Effect Adviser

Eisin Okubo (SHIROGUMI INC.)

Designer

Yohei Arai (SHIROGUMI INC.)

System Administrator

Ayumi Yamada (SHIROGUMI INC.)

CG Producer

Okami Atsuko (DRAWIZ, inc.)

CG Supervisor

Koichi Hirata (DRAWIZ, inc.)

Senior Digital Artist

Masaki Nakamura (DRAWIZ, inc.)

Senior Digital Artist

Shota Komatsu (DRAWIZ, inc.)

VFX Supervisor

Ryosuke Takeuchi (DRAWIZ, inc.)

CG Supervisor

Naoya Miyadai (DRAWIZ, inc.)

CG Supervisor

Tomoki Tatsuguchi (DRAWIZ, inc.)

Senior Digital Artist

Yosuke Nakashima (DRAWIZ, inc.)

Digital Artist

Naoya Takizawa (DRAWIZ, inc.)

Technical Artist

Jun Matsumaru (DRAWIZ, inc.)

Technical Advisor

Ren Kikuchi (DRAWIZ, inc.)

Production Coordinator

Hiroyuki Saito (DRAWIZ, inc.)

Motion Capture

Akiyoshi Takeuchi (D1 Inc.)

Motion Capture

Shoumi Toyota (D1 Inc.)

Motion Capture

Mao Konishi (D1 Inc.)

Motion Capture

Taiki Himoro (D1 Inc.)

Production Manager

Chihiro Saito (D1 Inc.)

Producer Director

Yukinobu Asai (sunnygapen)

Animation Director

Tetuya Kitagwa (sunnygapen)

Animator

Nobuyoshi Wakashima (sunnygapen)

Choreographer

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Dancer

Ai Teramoto (furitsukekagyou-air:man)

Dancer

Thomas Bianco (furitsukekagyou-air:man)

Music Producer, Composer

Yuuki Ono (WONDROUS inc.)

Recording Engineer

Toshihiko Kasai (Elephantom Studio)

Sound Design

Shota Hirakawa (HIRAKAWAYA)