The challenge of the "KPMG-earth sequence" was to animate a pullout from a stylized bank building in Malaysia, which then zooms out to a wider dramatic shot of the earth to gain a global perspective. Concrete's 3-D Graphics team textured a globe; significant architectural landmarks, like the London Eye and the Kremlin were added onto the countries and continents. The famous Rio de Janeiro Jesus was modeled and textured by 3-D Graphic Artist at Concrete Christian Jelen. He also added trees and vegetation using Paint effects and then converted them into polygons using instances. Fluid effects were used to create realistic clouds. Stylized lighting was included to accentuate the globe and to ensure that the buildings and trees cast interesting depth map shadows using Maya Software render. Mental Ray was also used to animate, light and texture various doors throughout the film.

The film was cut by Matt Hall and Guy Morley in Concrete's AVID Adrenaline suites. Senior online editors David Cox and Chris Gilbert post-produced the film using SGO's Mistika Post Production System, grading the film in HD.

The film was shown internally at industry and KPMG conferences worldwide as part of their graduate recruitment drive for 2008, as well as streamed on their global careers website.

For more information and to view images of Jack Morton Worldwide receiving the award, visit the website at: www.filmfestawards.com.

Credits:

Client Director: Hugh Ip for Jack Morton Worldwide
Client Producer: Stephen Marsh, Jack Morton Worldwide
Client Line Producer: Adam Doherty
Post Production Facility: Concrete
Creative Director: Chris Jennings, Concrete's Graphics Department
Graphic Digital Artists: Ben Ravens and Matt Rowley
Graphic Designers: Abi Tomasiecz, George Humphries and Christian Jelen
Storyboard Artist: Andy Carroll, Graphic Designer
Senior 3-D Artist: Aleksandar Stiglic
Online Operators & Compositors: Mustafa Pertev on AutoDesk Smoke at Concrete, David Cox on Mistika HD at Concrete and Chris Gilbert on Mistika HD at Concrete
Offline Editors: Guy Morley on AVID Adrenaline at Concrete and Matt Hall on AVID Adrenaline at Concrete
Post Production System: SGO's Mistika, Autodesk's Smoke, AVID Adrenalines