“VS MACHINES” film for SKII
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“VS MACHINES”is a tribute film to Japan’s first ever Olympic badminton doubles Gold medalists Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo. Directed by Alan Williams in collaboration with WPP, the film explores a futuristic dystopia where competition is the main reason for existence. Learn more about SKII Beauty Is #NoCompetition Campaign
“Our main creative challenge was to take the all-too-common reality of toxic expectations faced by all women – not just Takahashi and Matsutomo – and repackage it in a way that made the viewer see it with new eyes and truly feel it. Through the poetic language of human-turned-robots and a towering kaiju, I feel our team did just that. I couldn’t be more excited to share this with the world.” – Alan Williams, Creative Director.
creative director: alan william producers: christine hernandez, jon hassel, aleen kim, jared libitsky writers: leo savage, alan williams lead design & art direction: russ gautier cg technical direction: russ gautier, meng-yang lu lead animator: james gardner animators & compositors: james gardner, jake ferguson, henry chang, blaise hossain, matt shadis, jesse bafia, daniel onassis
character animation: evan mayfield, matt parent edited by: jeremiah shuff, lexi gunvaldson vfx animation: russ gautier storyboards: tyler gibb researcher & translator: sakuya mio production coordinator: tucker reese executive producer: jon hassell executive creative director: peter frankfurt