BAYER STONEVILLE "SKY’s THE LIMIT"
︎ Cotton and clouds star in BBDO Atlanta's "Sky's the Limit" for Bayer Stoneville, which I co-directed with Tom Bussell for The Mill+.
Stoneville cotton seeds are scientifically improved plants with a high-yield potential. The Mill+ team used fully CG animated clouds to illustrate the growth and uses of the soft cotton once fully blossomed.
Shot on location in South Georgia, it was a delicate process to choose just the right cotton field to film in. Once a cotton field blooms, there is only a four day period before it is harvested. Drones were used to get the high-flying shots, as a helicopter would not have been able to fly low enough to the farm without disrupting the cotton.
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Agency: BBDO Atlanta
Director: Andreas Berner / Tom Bussel
Live Action Producer: Richard Sampson
Design/VFX/Post: The Mill +
Producer: Eliana Carranza-Pitcher
2D Lead Artists: Kyle Cody
3D Lead Artists: Ruben Vandebroek
2D Artists: Alex Dreiblatt
3D Artists: Laurent Giaume, Jimmy Gass, Ehsan Parizi, Sean Dooley
Matte Painting: Marco Iozzi
Colourist: Aline Sinquin
ORIGINAL STYLEFRAMES
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