Congratulations to our partners Westpac, DDB Sydney and EXIT Films on the “Help when it matters” spot winning the “Visual Effects” Category at CICLOPE ASIA.

Colin Renshaw, VFX Supervisor, said: “We built the complete harbour bridge in CG, down to the last rivet, and then deconstructed a section based on archival photography. We even matched the cranes and infrastructure they used. We also had to re-create an accurate 1930s Sydney Harbor, down to recreating the foreshore as it was – not what it was now. All of that then had to be blended with the live action footage of the actors.

“While they were definitely big challenges, creating a convincing flood sequence from live action footage shot in a dam turned out to be the most time consuming. We completed hundreds of simulations of flood water to get the right speed and eddying and the right amount of debris.”

Watch the VFX breakdown below:

https://vimeo.com/267760666