AMAZON HALO
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Director | Creative Director
Every holiday season there are levels of family gathering to be conquered. The overwhelming number of questions from inquisitive relatives. The physicality of delivering a Turkey feast to the dinner table. A once lively family den turned into a makeshift bedroom. Each interaction is a minigame that challenges our hero character to stay healthy and relaxed. For these quests, Amazon’s Halo View is the perfect virtual guide, helping our hero thrive in the battle of Health vs the Holidays.
This campaign was a gauntlet of planning. With a cast of a dozen family members, food styling, holiday interior design, and a trained dog, we left no stone unturned when it came to creating an authentic holiday reunion experience.
The retro game-styled interface was inspired by our nostalgia for the games of yesteryear. We worked to design an 8-bit video game aesthetic that would ‘level up’ the modern capabilities of Amazon Halo’s health suite.
Film Shoot
To capture the first-person game perspective, our director of photography built a custom camera harness that was mounted to a helmet and the talent’s body. The engineering of this mount was designed in a way to allow our talent to walk, turn, and even carry a turkey while having the entire camera rig attached.
Credits
Client: Amazon
Production Company: Scholar
Directors: Will Johnson, Mike Tavarez
Managing Executive Producer: Kirsten Noll
Head of Production: Nicole Smarsh
Line Producer: Richard Kaylor
DP: Dallas Sterling
Production Designer: Sara Kugelmass
Design & Animation: Scholar
Creative Directors: Will Johnson, Mike Tavarez
Art Director: Danni Fisher-Shin
Managing Executive Producer: Kirsten Noll
Head of Production: Nicole Smarsh
Sr Producer: Kev Jones
Designers: Irma Hasanic, Jina Kwon, Aivy Nguyen, Kiron Robinson, Susie
Scheer, Amy Wallace, Hana Yean, Paul Layzell, Mike Tello
2D Animators: Fabio Lamarche
Digital Matte Painter: Conrad Allan
Compositor: Rachel Moon
Flame Artist: Rachel Moon
Storyboards: Fred Fassberger
Editorial: Scholar
Editor & Sound Designer: Dominic Strazulo
Assistant Editor: Adrianna Mckinley
Telecine: Company 3
Colorist: Matt Osborne
Mix & Additional Sound Design: LIME
Mix & Additional Sound Design: Samuel Casas
Music: Marmoset
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