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.
MTV MOVIE & TV AWARDS
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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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