Riot Games – VALORANT Console Launch

Mill+ director David Lawson partnered with Riot Games once more to craft the stunning launch trailer for VALORANT’s highly awaited…
Riot Games "VALORANT Console Launch"
Case Study

Mill+ director David Lawson partnered with Riot Games once more to craft the stunning launch trailer for VALORANT's highly awaited debut on consoles!

It was an incredible opportunity to help Launch VALORANT on console. we loved the idea of choreographing action across multiple different battles in different maps with a massive cast of Characters but with a through line of Jett's battle with her Omega self.

Director, David Lawson

Riot's IP and characters are so well defined, that it was extremely fun for us to craft situations we haven‘t seen these agents in and events that have never been shown cinematically before - pushing the boundaries while staying true to the look and style of the brand. The repeat collaboration with our counterparts at Riot and in house with our Director of the film, David Lawson, was so seamless that it was a joy to spitball ideas back and forth and go through several iterations of a shot to wittle down the perfect version of what we wanted to show in the final piece.

We worked both in studio and remotely, and had a virtual suite set up that allowed all artists the option to hop in and out of to discuss any ideas, thus maximizing creative input and collaboration from everyone. Our strong teamwork made the combination of concept art, matte paintings, CG renders, design elements, FX and 2D animations, seamless, and result in a film we‘re massively proud of.

2D Supervisor, Toya Drechsler

This fully CG cinematic in Riot's art-style is a blast to create . It's a unique and very cool aesthetic to achieve, and I could feel that my own enthusiasm was matched by the excitement of the team as we saw the project come together in this style. As a team leader, it's amazing to bring together The Mill's international team to create something so awesome. It's also fun to solve unique creative challenges that a cinematic of this scale presents. For Riot, focusing extra emphasis on our previs payed extra dividends throughout the course of the show. It was a very rewarding project to be a part of.

CG Supervisor, Chase Webb
Credits
Credits

Client
Client: Frito Lay North America
CMO: Brett O’Brien
Marketing SVP, Portfolio Meals/Culinary: Denise Truelove
Marketing VP, FLVP / Channel VP: Melissa Miranda
Marketing Sr. Director, Multipack: Jon Watts
Marketing Director, Multipack: Jeffrey Pfeifer
Assoc. Marketing Manager, Multipack: Joseph Rickert

Agency
Agency: D3
CCO: Chris Bellinger
VP/ECD: Isaac Pagan-Munoz
Creative Director: Kelsey Greer
Assoc Creative Director: Nick Scott
Lead Art Director: Spencer Bagert
Sr. Assoc. Account Director: Elizabeth Baldwin
Account Supervisor: Madelyn Bane
Executive Producer: Benjy Greenberg

Production Company
Production Company: Radical Media
Director: Dave Meyers
Head of Commercials: Jim Bouvet
Producer: Dave Bernstein
Production Supervisor: Peter Bunstein
1st AD : Dave Dean
DP: Scott Cunningham
Still Photography: Mia Barnes
Production Service Company: Stillking Films
Producer (Prague): Lida Ordnungova
Production Manager (Prague): Daniela Perinova
Production Designer (UK): Richard Bridgland
Production Designer (Prague): David Baxa
1st AD (Prague): Petr Heinrich

Editorial
Editorial: The Den
Editor: Katie Cali
Assistant Editor: Ersin Doğruer
Executive Producer: Jenn Mersis
Producer: Lucia Villalta

VFX
VFX: The Mill
Creative Director: Matt Fuller
Managing Director: Anastasia Von Rahl
Senior Producer: Mariah Gill-Erhart
3D Lead: Graeme Turnbull
2D Lead: Pedro Da Silva Santos
Production Coordinator: Parker Wanamaker
3D Artists: Alek Vacura, Aryan Sachdeva, Brendon Echsner, Brian Lesiangi, Christian Nielsen, Dan Bodenstein, Gabrielle Harder, Jacob Bergman, Jay Antonio, Kris Costa, Lalida Karnjanasirirat, Lorena Cano, Navin Pinto, Nick Carvalho, Olesya Gurezova, Peter Christensen, Raul Brossy, Samir Patel, Tom Hearne, Will Arias, Yang Wu
2D Artists: Abigail Riegel, Chris Kasten, Patrick Reilly, Rob Ufer, Rodrigo Jimenez, Sarah Marikar, Tim Crean, Vivekananthan R
Design: Nathan McKenna, Ryan Wehner, Sidney Tan
DFX Supervisor: Sumeet Ravikiran Chavan
BLR Roto Supervisor: Sivakumar R
BLR Producer: Utkarsha Wairkar
BLR CG Lead: Ashwin Mahajan
BLR Lead Tracking: Avaneetharan Karuppasamy
BLR Prep Lead: Jalander Madishetty
BLR Roto Lead: Karthikeyan K, Vikas Vikram
BLR FX Lead: M Kannan
BLR Comp Lead: P V Gopi
BLR Roto: Abhay Singh Chauhan, Amara Gokul Sainath, Amit Kumar Shukla, Amulya Chandra Nayak, Anish Kumar, Anita Khandare, Antony Bright K, Anurag Singh, Appu Gowda, Arulraj Giriraj, Ashish Pilaji Gajbhiye, Bhanu Prakash Singh Thakur, Bikash Kalita, Chandra Sekhar K, Gourish Bevoor, Hetal Agarwala, Hrushikesh Kadu, Imrojul Khan, Jegadeesan Velayutham, Karan Sharma, Karthik A, Krishnan Palani, Krishnaraj Srinivasan, Kundan Sahu, Manu P S, Nagarjun Sadashiv Bhalerao, Nitin Yashwant Thorat, Paromita Biswas, Parthasarathy Rajaram, Pramod Kumar, Prasad Thorve, Pratik Krushnanath Sonkusale, Rajeeb Kumar Nayak, Ramachandran Kannappan, Ravi Kant Mishra, Sachin Kumar, Sandeep Mishra, Sandeep Vijayrao Dahekar, Santosh Kondiba Lokhande, Satram Veeravaraprasad, Shaik Ravoof Basha, Shanu Soni, Shiji L S, Shivani Kumari, Soumalya Bhattacharyya, Souvik Samadder, Sriram Parameshwaran, Sudev S, Sudha S Inamati, Sudhir Balaram Jadhav, Sugankumar R C, Suresh K P, Sushil Palai, Sushil Rajendra Jain, Vijay Kumar Shukla, Vishal Kumar, Yogesh Bhavsar
BLR Lighting: Nilangshu Majumdar, Priya Banerjee, Trinath Sarkar,
BLR Tracking: Arjun Babu, Chetan Balasaheb Kadam, Jada Koteswararao, Jampani Amarendra, Morisetti Srikanth , Santanu Bhattacharya, Shubham Sah, Titisa Sarkar, Upasana Choudhary, Viraj Tendulkar, Vishal Shirsat, Yashaswy Bulusu
BLR Rigging: Garlapati Yeswanth, Sunkari Praveen,
BLR DMP: Chandan Mandal, Kanta Singha, Mohan Rao, Paresh Kumar Swain, Premanand Shivanand Naik, Shounak Chandrashekhar Padhye, Winnie Sharma,
BLR CG: Akhil Panicker, Anirudh Krishna Kurve, Anuja Oak, Debdutta Gayen, Jayan Munusamy, Jigna Chandulal Saparia, Joydip Sarkar, Kilari Umaraju, Kiran Kharge, Leela Sankar Miriyala, Mratunjay Sharma, Rais Pinjari, Rajvaibhav Suryakant Poyekar, Ram Yogeshwaran, Ravi Kulwantsingh Ubhi, Rutik Anil Sutar, Samir Solomon, Shahid Hussain, Shobith Nair, Shravan Srikanth, Sindhuja M S, Swayam Prava Nayak, Tanmay Mayra
BLR FX: Aliasgar Barodawala, Neehal Kumar, Rajesh Prakashrao Mahakalkar
BLR 2D: Ankit Panwar, Arundeep R, Ashique T, Bruno Roosewelt L, Dundi Sudhakar Reddy, George Gijo Peter, Gopinathan Sekar, Gowthaman N, Himanshu Sahai, Jayapradeeshwaran Abimanyu, Kamatham Pavan, Kannan R, Karthikkeyan M D, Manikandan Madhu, Mohit Ghai, Naman Sahay Saxena, Pankaj Harish Ukey, Prasanna Kumar Mandavalli, Prashant Kamble, Rajinikanth R, Ramesh Basanna Vhataghonde, Sagar Dasgaonkar, Sai Kiran Kakaraparthi, Sailen Khanra, Sangeetha M, Selvakumar Somasundaram, Vadlamudi Hari Sankar, Vallabhapuram Pavan Teja, Vorsu Mahesh

Colour
Colour: The Mill
Colourist: Paul Yacono
Colour Assists: Erwin Pasia, Gemma Parr, Jacob Suffern
Colour Producer: Denise Brown
Colour Executive Producer: Krista Staudt
Colour Production Coordinator: Jennifer Trintrakul

JSM
CCO/CEO: Joel Simon
VP/Executive Producer: Jeff Fiiorello
Sr Producer: Norm Felker
Sr Producer: Andrew Manning
Sr Producer: Sharon Cha

Lime Studios
Sound Design & Mix: Joel Waters
Audio Assistant: Kris Huayta
Executive Producer: Susie Boyajan

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