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Case Study

MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS

Silent Partners Studio use virtual production techniques to create an especially opulent stage for the MTV Awards: Greatest of All Time Awards 2020.

Director Paul Caslin envisaged an opulent virtual set made of gold for the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) Awards, a special edition of the MTV Movie and TV Awards. He asked Silent Partners Studio to help him realise a fantastical virtual space that would be impossible to create in real life.

Silent Partners created an opening animation that revealed the iconic MTV Movie & TV Awards trophy in the shape of a popcorn bucket overflowing with golden popped corn. The introduction led the audience through golden goat doors into a tunnel, which reveals the stage - a palatial multi-level room constructed in Notch. Reactive details like animated lighting and a giant goat statue that opened and closed its mouth for host entrances adorned the virtual stage.

Revealing presenters from virtual doors is always a unique challenge, we made this ceremony especially interesting by having presenters walk out from the mouth of a giant goat statue. We animated the mouth to open and close, masking out parts of the front plate as the mouth opened to reveal the talent. We also could control and keyframe virtual lights for the performance section of this project, this feature helped us create dynamic, energetic performances.
Brett Bolton, Notch Designer

The design featured two distinct performance spaces, and each act received a bespoke virtual lighting design for their performance. Certain musical elements got special treatment with laser-like pans, quick strobes, and full scene lighting hits. The team's playful design approach and virtual production workflow made the creation of this impressive space possible in a short time frame.

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Full Credits

Clients

MTV

Show Credits

Show Creative Director [@paulcaslin](https://www.instagram.com/paulcaslin/?hl=en)

Producers

Camera Director

XR Video Designer

XR Producer

XR Technical Director

Lighting Designer

Broadcast Package Animation

Realtime Rendering (XR & Main Stage)

Media Server and Software

Camera Tracking

Video Content Creation Credits

Content Screen Producer

J.T. Rooney

Creative Direction

Janicke Morissette

Artistic Direction/Virtual Set

Claudine Boulanger

3D Designers

Aaron Kauffman and Patrick Goski

Notch Designer

Brett Bolton

Motion Designer

Maxim Boisseau, François Guinaudeau, Melanie Martin

Project Manager

Leah Younesi, Anastasia Kitsos, Michael Hernandez

Artistic Direction/Show Opening

David Fafard

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