Challenge

Bring the creative vision to life with visual effects and rescue a shot from the cutting room floor…

Outcome

Shot saved! As well delivering a number of logo removals, cleanups and snow scenes.

The team at Scotica Film are no strangers to creating beautiful imagery in the wilderness, but
even the best laid plans go awry when nature decides otherwise…

In a remote Icelandic location, the crew are shooting the hero shot for Talisker’s new Glacial Edge whisky. But there’s a problem, the weather has rolled in and the landscape has vanished behind a veil of white. On a tight schedule, they have no choice but to roll the camera and get the shot in the can.

Later in post production, the shot was handed over to me for some visual effects work to bring the original vision for the scene back to life. Distant mountains were added to the background to add depth to the environment, as well as blustering snow and cosmetic alterations to the bottle. The final shot brings the drama the original was lacking, saving a shot that would otherwise have hit the cutting room floor.

Custom 3D snow simulations in Nuke allowed us to art-direct the snowfall for each shot.

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