Wholly Guacamole – The Gang

Brief From the agency’s smallest seed of desire to bring to life a group of avocados, Mill director Matt Darnall…
Wholly Guacamole "The Gang"
Case Study

Brief

From the agency’s smallest seed of desire to bring to life a group of avocados, Mill director Matt Darnall developed scripts, carved out characters, sketches and gave these infamously temperamental fruits into a lovable bunch.

Approach

Every phase, from pre-pro to finish, required very specific expertise from The Mill’s artists. From early pencil sketches for character design; to storyboard and animatic development in editorial; to sculpting, modeling, rigging, animation, look development in CG, the wealth of the The Mill’s talents were used.

Impact

A zesty, funny series of social media and web assets that can be built upon, and opens the door for exploring Mill Mascot opportunities.

Credits
Credits

Agency
Agency: BBDO San Francisco
Chief Creative Officer: Matt Miller
Senior Producer: Christina Hermann
Associate Creative Directors: Adam Balogh & Jason Moussalli

Production
Production: Mill+
Director: Matt Darnall
Executive Producer: Brian Smego
Producer: Kate Ryan
VFX Production
VFX Production: The Mill
Executive Producer: Brian Smego
Producer: Kate Ryan
Production Coordinator: Umesh Chand

VFX Creative
VFX Creative: The Mill
2D Lead: Andrew Pellicer
CG Lead: Henning Koczy & Steve Eisenmann
2D Artists: Andrew Pellicer & Andy Chang
3D Artists: Henning Koczy, Mari Chung, Steve Eisenmann, Hubert Wozniak, Andrez Aguayo, Riyad Hasan, Todd Dufour, Matt Sackley, Ross Scroble, Adam Carroll, Vittal Kuntla, Sudhir Verma, Nole Murphy, Lamarcus Harvey & Dustin Tarr, John Pozo & Alexandria Adams
Design: Jamie O’Hara, Tyler Scheitlin, Zach Landua, Adrian Navarro, Aran Quinn & Andrew Hague

Editorial
Editorial: The Mill
Editors: Charlotte Carr & Al Benoit

Colour
Colour: The Mill
Colourist: Mikey Pehanich
Executive Producer, Colour: Laurie Adrianopoli
Colour Producer: Dan Butler
Colour Assists: Lindsey Mazur & Jacob McKee

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