Friday, May 11, 2012

Liquid Simulation Series: Hornitos Tequila part 1



To showcase the purity of Hornitos Tequila, this spot endeavored to set a pure but sultry atmosphere.  In a dark void, the tequila pours slowly from the bottle to cascade across a surface embossed with lettering touting the spirits’ assets.  We follow the liquid as it spills across crackling ice in which more of the tequilas’ qualities are engraved.  The spot ends with the liquid pouring headlong into a pool topped by the Hornitos logo.  The mood needed to be slow, deliberate and provocative.  The final piece remained true to this brief throughout being story boarded, pre-vized, animated, directed, lit and finished all in house at Smoke and Mirrors NY. Every part of this spot is completely CG generated, from metal to ice, bottle to liquid.



Given the voice-over script and a few inspiration images, the SMNY team set to work concepting their ideas for the piece, initially devising each shot using animated sketches.   Having established various shots, the team then combined their sketches of the proposed flow of tequila with grey scale 3D elements to nail down the look and feel of the fluid motions in the spot.



Having solidly pre-vized the spot, the next step was to create the remaining CG elements in the spot as well as perform the liquid simulation as depicted in the boardomatic sketches.  Check back tomorrow for more on that!

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