TNT 'The People Network'

Client: TNT
Agency: ETCETERA
Director: MISCHA ROZEMA

PostPanic director Mischa Rozema in Amsterdam: "There was just no way to turn a script like this down, even though it had 'IMPOSSIBLE' written all over it. "The biggest challenge was how to avoid the VFX becoming the focus of the TVC. PostPanic is set up differently than most production companies because we have our own in-house post production team which works instinctively with the directors.

"The temptation would have been to apply all that specialised knowledge and make this into a VFX fest but actually we threw out a lot of VFX when we started the project. "We decided to really push what could be achieved in camera by actually creating a full size human truck on the set. It worked by having a huge, truck-sized, metal rig that could be pulled by an actual truck. We then filled it with an incredible Czech stunt team (famous for big Hollywood blockbusters) that had been rehearsing for weeks and gave the whole project a realistic approach.

"To be honest in the end, we used more VFX in the backgrounds (creating a non-existing airport, alpine road-tunnels and cities) than on the actual vehicles where you'd expect them." Ivor Goldberg, head of post and creative partner at PostPanic: "Of all the challenges on this project (which were numerous) two were clear winners. First was creating CG humans to go alongside real humans in the same shot.

Schedule: three months. For Etcetera Concept: Peter van Leeuwen, Markus Ravenhorst Art director: Peter van Leeuwen Copywriter: Markus Ravenhorst TV-producer agency: Robert Roosenstein For PostPanic Director: Mischa Rozema Executive producers: Jules Tervoort, Annejes van Liempd Head of post production: Ivor Goldberg Post supervisors on set: Chris Staves, Matthijs Joor Producer (Liege): Liene Berina Production assistant: Kristian Stoykov Legal: Ania Markham VFX Supervisors: Ivor Goldberg, Chris Staves Post-production coordinator: Liene Berina 3D & VFX artists: Matthijs Joor, Jeroen Aerts, Chris Staves, Marti Pujol, Dimos Hadjisavvas, Juri Agostinelli, Dieuwer Feldbrugge, Guido Ekker (assistant), Francois Heysen (assistant) 2D/3D artists: Doma Harkai, Erwin van den Ijssel, Stefano Peron, Donat Aron Ertsey, Hubert Heutinck (assistant) Matte painting: Marco Iozzi, Marti Pujol Tracking & match-moving: Giso Spijkerman Editor off-line: Benjamin Putland Additional VFX support: Andrea Staiano, Thiago Porto, Dennis Volkerts, Glassworks Rotoscoping: Dot VFX, Roto Art Studios Motion capture: Stepan Kment, Bohemia Interactive a.s. For Savage (Prague) Executive producer: Klara Kralickova Line producer: Vojta Ruzicka Art direction: David Baxa Stunt team: Filmka Stunt Team, Czech Republic Stunt coordinator: Jiri First Making-of on set: Jan Svejkar Director of photography: Jon Gaute Espevold Final grading: Scott Harris @ Glassworks Music & sound design: Pivot Audio / Guy Amitai Sound mix: Lawrence Horne Stills photographer: Jiri Svorc Image manipulator: Nick Strong TNT driver: Marek Zelinka Winking TNT person: Daan Daams Female customer: Sabina Feldmanova Coffee-drinking truck driver: Petr Kocourek Kid 1: Mikulas Matous Kid 2: Matej Splichal Stunt people: Adoree Johnson, Jan Arnošt, Jan Astl, David Bílek, Jan Blahák, Jirka Bomer, Jan Brichcín, Marek Brichcín, Matouš Brichcín, Radek Brodil, Zuzka Drdácká, Jindrich Dudek, Kamila Duricová, Jirka Firt, Markéta Honzíková, Jirí Horký, Nazar Hul, Viktorka Jegorovová, Jun Wan Kim, Jindrich Klaus, Aneta Komrsková, Dimo Lipitkovský, Jan Loukota, Dása Lovetínská, Michal Navrátil, Miroslav Navrátil, Martin Pelc, Petra Ptácková, Tomáš Rydval, Míša Šalamounová, Michaela Salašová-Dvorská, Dominik Šourek, Marek Svitek, Daniel Szeleszán, Robert Vass, Zdenek Veselý, Jirí Vostrovský Toolkit Epic Red Dragon, 3ds Max, Nuke, Maya

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