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LOUIS VUITTON // Dream

Flame & VFX

Agency: Ogilvy Paris
Director: Stuart A. McIntyre
Production: Steam Films
Editorial: Posterboy
Colour: Alter Ego
On-Line: MOTOR // Flame Artists
Audio: Apollo Studios

We are proud to present our latest collaboration which marks the official openeing of our Toronto Studio. In collaboration with Toronto's top creative talent Motor undertook Flame, VFX and finishing work for this powerful series of short films for Louis Vuitton and Ogilvy Paris.
Featuring the powerful words of Muhhamad Ali and moving performances by Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and Neils Shoe Muelman the films captivate the emotional presence of one of one of history's greatest fighters and Motor is ectremely proud to have been a part of this compelling creative process.
BELLY // Hartwin Cole

Colour Grading & Flame

Artist: Rebellyus (feat. Faber Drive)
Director: Marc André Debruyne
Editor: Marc André Debruyne
Colourist: Daniel J. Kelly
Lead Flame Artist: Daniel J. Kelly

In our second collaboration with Music Video Director of the Year, Marc André Debryune, Motor is proud to present the latest video release for Rebellyus "Hartwin Cole" feat. Faber Drive. Completed in our Toronto studio this project was managed entirely by Motor's founder Daniel J. Kelly who graded the video in our Nucoda Filmmaster and completed VFX work for the explosions using Autodesk Flame.
ROCKLAND // Trilogy Of Colour

Flame, Colour & 3D

Agency: LG2
Production: Moskito
Director: Pierre Dalpé

MOTOR's recent collaboration with director Dalpé (Moskito Films) and award winning agency LG2 has led to this breathtaking trilogy of commercials for the Rockland Shopping Center in Montreal. Shot entirely on blue screen all of the environments were created by MOTOR's CG team using a mixture of matte painting and 3D animation from Softimage and 3D Studio Max. Led by VFX Supervisor Daniel J. Kelly the compositing was finished in our Flame Suites with color grading being completed alongside the comp work. We worked closely with both the agency and director on this highly detailed campaign and were thrilled to be involved at the conceptual stages of the project which really helped to open every door of creativity throughout the process.

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JESSE LABELLE // Heartbreak Coverup

Colour Grading & Flame

Artist: Jesse Labelle (feat. Alyssa Reid)
Director: Marc André Debruyne
Editor: Marc André Debruyne
Colourist: Daniel J. Kelly
Lead Flame Artist: Daniel J. Kelly

Motor is proud to announce the opening of our new Toronto studio with our recent collaboration with MMVA Music Video Director Of The Year Marc André Debruyne for his latest video release for Jesse Labelle. "Heartbreak Coverup" feating Alyssa Reid is the first single to be released from Jesse's new album. This is one of the first projects to be completed at our new Toronto location and marks a successful expansion of our exsting creative team.
BLUE MOUNTAIN // Brum Family

Flame & Colour

Agency: Rain 43
Production: Combustion Studios
Director: Jamie Way
Colour: Gary Chuntz
Flame: Daniel J. Kelly

In collaboration with Combustions Studios Motor provided colour grading and on-line Flame services in teh production of this spot for Adventure Tourists at Blue Mountain. This also marks our first collaboration with Toronto based colourist Gary Chuntz and we are proud to represent Gary as part of our growing Toronto team.
PRO LINE // Sports Gut 2011

Flame & Colour

Agency: The Hive (Toronto)
Director: Benji Weinstein
VFX Supervisor: Daniel J. Kelly
Flame Artist: Nicolas Pellicelli
Colourist: Daniel J. Kelly

For the second year MOTOR collaborated again with creative agency The Hive (Toronto) this time working with director Benji Weinstein in the production of these 3 15 second spots. Using the same techniques as our first year this time we introduced our Flare system on set. This allowed our VFX Supervisor to produce rough compositions live on set which helped ensure a seamless post-production prices throughout the project.
DJ TIESTO // How Deep Is Your Love

Flame & Colour

Artist: DJ Tiesto
Production Co: Moment Factory
Colourist: Daniel J. Kelly
Lead Flame Artist: Daniel J. Kelly
Flame Artists: Nicolas Pellicelli, Jean-Michel St-Pierre Lapierre

A recent collaboration between Motor and montreal based Moment Factory led to this video DJ superstar Tiesto for his latest release "How Deep Is Your Love" featuring Anastasia. Motor's Sr. Colourist Daniel J. Kelly graded to footage on our Nucoda suite working from Red native R3D files to create a high-fashion, sleek monochromatic grade with sophisticated chroma hues throughout a range of scenes. Motor's Flame team also created crowd scenes of "mass display" effects that were impossible to shoot and provided enormous flexibility and creative control to Moment Factory's Director Mellissa Weigel.
WONDERBREAD // Bubbles

Flame, Colour & 3D

Agency: Headspace
Production: Moskito
Director: Philip Kates

We recently completed a really beautiful spot for Wonderbread in collaboration with director Phillip Kates (Moskito) and the creative team at Headspace. This spot also marks the first for our newly appointed Creative Director, André Ü Montambeault who was lead Flame Artist on the project. CG Bubbles were added by our animation team who used XSI to model and animate the bubbles and PFTrack to collect the camera data. Shot on the Arri Alexa the spot was coloured by Sr. Colourist Daniel J. Kelly in our Nucoda Colour Suite and marks another successful delivery for the team at Motor.
LOTTO MAX // Submarine

Flame, Colour & 3D

Agency: LG2
Director: Pierre Dalpé (Moskito)
Colourist: Daniel J. Kelly
Sr. Flame Artiste: Daniel J. Kelly
C.G. Lead: Odrée Veillette
Matte Painting: Fred Dupéré

Another successful collaboration between MOTOR & LG2 resulted in the latest spot for Lotto Max. Directed by Pierre Dalpé (Moskito) MOTOR was asked to create an entire underwater world in CGI that closes the spot. Starting with concept artwork MOTOR creative team designed the underwater world and submarine as well as creating CGI animal life and particle simulation to enable a photo-realistic rendering of the underwater world. Leading the creative of the work Dan also composited the scene in our Flame Premium systems as well as completing colour grading for the spot in our Nucoda suite.