Bi-coastal production company Stardust created a highly stylized and darkly futuristic world for Toyota’s promo spot for the new Rav 4 EV. Partnering with Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Stardust created a :50 spot featuring a mix of visual effects, photo-real CG and live-action to achieve the final sci-fi look. The spot marks Stardust’s latest push past its traditional high-end motion graphics work, as the company broadens its repertoire in visual effects.
Production Company: Stardust; Director: Jake Banks; Managing Partner/Executive Producer: Dexton Deboree; Line Producer: Justin Si Diener; Production Supervisor: Kristen Loftin; Production Coordinator: Natalie Beydoun; Director of Photography: Chris Probst; 1st AD: Michael Kahn; Location Scout: Jenny Caloca / Post-Production: Stardust; Executive Creative Director: Jake Banks; Managing Partner/Executive Producer: Dexton Deboree; Head of Production: Alex More; Producer: Tram Le; Designers: Lynn Cho, Bill Bak, Ling Feg, Neil Tsai, Josh Childers, Luca Giannettoni, Luis Salcedo, Pietro DeSopo; VFX Supervisors: XX; Editor: Jarred Buck; 2D and 3D Animator: Joseph Andrade; Compositor: Marco Campobasso; Flame Artist: Peter “Beak” Cvijanovic; Production Coordinator: Alex dos Santos / Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi LA; Executive Creative Directors: Margaret Keene, Chris Adams; Art Director: Patrick Simkins; Copywriter: Scott Model; Creative Director: Dylan Schwartz; Executive Integrated Producer: Matthew Kinney; Producer: Dan Paquin; Account Executive: Erik Troedsson / Production Company (France): Mathematic; VFX Producers: Guillaume Marien, Rebecca Rice; 3D Supervisor: Francois-Xavier Pourre; VFX: Omar Meradi; XSI: Olivier Colchen, Francois Rault; 3D Generalists: Jehan Bard-Bouazza, Yann Aldabe, Martin Trepeau, Francis Lameyeur; Animation: Sebastien Eballard, Benjamin Faure; Flame Artists: Fred Brandon, Clement Germain; 3D Model: Jerome Jourdain / Telecine: MPC; Telecine Producer: Amanda Ornelas; Colorist: Ricky Gausis; Music Company: Circle of Sound; Composer: Tomas Jacobi and Nicolas Barry; Executive Producer: Guillermo De La Barreda; Mix: Lime Studios; Sound Mix: Joel Waters; Storyboard: Famous Frames; Treatment: Christine Arroyo