Kaspersky Lab
Our colleagues from Kaspersky Lab have developed an innovative cybersecurity policy for the use of bionic devices and asked us to produce a video which very clearly and, of course, beautifully presents a generalized model of the exclusive bionic meta-office of the future
Idea
Production Treatment
At the very beginning of the project, we created a treatment in which we offered a variety of ideas and approaches for the video production. We presented these ideas to the client, and only after that we began to develop the script in detail.
Storytelling
The next step was to turn our idea into a full-fledged scenario with a storyboard, and to think over the action, characters, camera angles, and its movement mechanics.
Preshoot and Animatic
Based on the storyboard and the audio track, we made our own preshooting. And although it almost always looks ridiculous, in fact, it is a powerful tool that allows you to significantly speed up the production of future animatics, and get a guaranteed predictable result, which is extremely important in terms of tight deadlines.
Locations
First approach
Our first approach in creating locations was to try to use the existing architecture, stylistically necessary for us, while making minimal adjustments. We made a survey among the available three–dimensional architectural models, and immediately it became clear that we could not get out so easily — too specific requirements for each of the locations implied after all the individual design and the development of each of them.
Second approach
The second approach in creating locations was to build locations directly in 3D, on the fly. We encountered Interesting solutions, but sorting through the options this way turned out to be too wasteful for us (in terms of resources and time).
A little more 3D searching
The third approach. Classical interpretation
As a result, our third approach was in following the classical method — we created manual, detailed concepts, which we then recreated in detail in 3D.
Augmentation
Human augmentation is the most important part of our project, so we approached the development of artificial parts of the human body in detail and fundamentally — creating a hand, arm and leg in great detail.
Arm
Hand
The first versions of the artificial hand for our intro with stones were entirely mechanical, but we faced a plot difficulty related to the fact that since we see only a hand in the frame, it can be mistaken for a robot hand. So, we needed to demonstrate a prosthesis, that's why later we left the hand with two living fingers.
Leg
Also, our task was to create a leg for one of the heroines of our video — an employee of the office of the future. It was necessary to make an aesthetically pleasing prosthesis that would not try to be disguised as a standing leg and nevertheless would look stylish and beautiful, matching the masses and silhouettes with the second, real leg.
Props and devices
In addition to architecture, there are also a number of devices in our video, which we also decided to develop uniquely, in the same style of the entire video. Some of them can be seen below.
Segway
Wheelchair
Exoskeleton
VR Helmet
Characters
Of course, the most important elements of our film are characters. And although there is no main character among them, and they are all just extras in our story, it is people who fill it with life, as well as form the final visual style of the video. We developed them carefully and meticulously, gradually working through each image.
We tried to find such a level of stylization so as not to accidentally enter the territory of photorealism, and at the same time, not to make it a children's cartoon. It was necessary to find a balance in proportions and exaggeration of body parts in order to create an individual and unique expressiveness of each character.
Hairstyles were also developed separately, and here we also had to find a balance between extravagance and ordinariness. They should have been expressive enough to emphasize the individuality of the characters.
Clothes
Interfaces
And, of course, our video wouldn't be complete if it weren't for augmented reality interfaces. It was very important for us to create not just beautiful and meaningless GUIs, but to fill them with meaning and logic. That's why we worked through every element and every animation movement.
Kaspersky
Design TeamAnna Shkarina, Nikita Morozov
Communication and content teamDana Serova, Oxana Sotnikova, Ekaterina Burdova, Ivan Shadrin
Dobro
Executive ProducerTimofey Penkov
Creative DirectorAlexey Dimkov
Chief Technical OfficerDmitrii Dolgikh
ProducerIra Vorobieva, Nina Germanenko
Assistant ProducerArina Luss
Scriptwriter & Creative ProducerNatasha Sorokina
SupervisorStanyslav Rykhlikov
Data WranglerEldar Osmonov
Concept ArtAlexander Zhilkin, Yury Khokhlov, Xander Lihovski, Egor Antonov, Pavel Mostovshchikov
Camera AnimationAslan Dzhantemirov
Character AnimationAnna Pozdeeva, Anna Pavlova, Tatyana Popova, Ksenia Borovaya
RiggingAnton Pashkanis
ModelingMarina Pustovaya, Alexander Guryev, Lenar Akhmetzyanov, Alexander Panin, Alexey Melnikov, Alexey Kuptsov
TexturingDarya Lepustina
GroomingSvetlana Shamray
Clothes (Concept, Modeling, Texturing, Simulation)Sxema Studio
LayoutAlexander Zakharin
VisualisationValery Zelensky, Anton Verevkin, Elena Rasokhina, Dmitrii Dolgikh
Motion DesignVyacheslav Cho-din-Cho, Damir Valshin, Aslan Dzhantemirov, Alexander Tokar
IT SupportAlexander Sadkov, Vadim Dobrazhan
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