Meow Wolf - Convergence Station


Meow Wolf’s ‘Convergence Station’ is the epitome of surrealism. A tourism campaign designed to promote the entertainment company’s latest exhibit in Denver, the film comprises of vintage travel ads and shot footage directed by Andreas Nilsson, accompanied by music from Grammy/Oscar-winning songwriter, Bret McKenzie. Viewers witness bizarre sights as they experience inter-dimensional travel through an alien landscape, only made possible by otherworldly VFX created by Absolute and Blind Pig.

Upon receiving the brief, we had some convergence to do of our own... we began developing some absurd visual assets, including a 3D alien creature, erratic spirographs being printed by one-eyed train crew and even a kaleidoscopic wormhole which teleports viewers to another dimension. All the while, we watch in awe as one passenger ages before our eyes, another grows a third eye and peeps into his alternate universe, and the train finally exits through someone’s mouth.

“’Time-bending, psychedelic, trippy wormhole’ is just about the best brief you can get!” says 3D Animator, Ric Comline. “The Director and creative team gave us some awesome."

So, are you tired of your day-to-day humdrum reality? Jump aboard and visit Convergence Station now - in Denver in person or virtually here https://www.convergencestation...

 



CREDITS


Brand - Meow Wolf


Agency - Wieden+Kennedy Portland

Executive Creative Director - Eric Baldwin

Creative Directors - Jason Kreher, Matt Sorrell

Art Director - Nate Nowinowski

Executive Producer - Jules Brown

Producer - Nick Ocean


Production Company - Biscuit Filmworks

Director - Andreas Nilsson

Executive Producer - Holly Vega

Line Producer - Jay Veal

DOP - Pepe Gay

Edit - Academy Pictures


VFX - WK Studios, Absolute

VFX Creative Director (WK Studios) - Stefan Smith

VFX Flame Artists (WK Studios) - Aidan Jung, Shane Zinkhon

Motion Graphics Artist (WK Studios) - Gavin Wright

Executive Producer (WK Studios) - Nirad ‘Bugs’ Russell

Producer (WK Studios) - Sarah Zerina Usman

VFX Coordinator (WK Studios) - Zai Outlaw

VFX Supervisors (Absolute) - Ben Robards, Phil Oldham, Jorge Calvo

Colour (Absolute) - Matt Turner

Junior Colourist (Absolute) - Juliette Wileman

2D Lead (Absolute) - Milo Paterson

2D Artists (Absolute) - Chris Tobin, Tom Clapp, Scott Simmonds, Lucas warren

CG Lead (Absolute) - Keith Rogers

CG Artists (Absolute) - Ollie Grant, Craig Healy, Dan Baiton, Huggy Stephens

Executive Producers - Kirsty Murray, Sally Heath


Animation - Blind Pig

3D Animation - Ric Comline, Sean Cooper

Motion Graphics - Lawrence Scanlon


Music-  Walker

Written and Performed by - Bret McKenzie

Audio - Joint