Digital Domain 3.0 created this virtual performance which stunned 15,000 fans at a live concert in Taipan. "Virtual" Teresa Teng, a computer-generated likeness of the iconic Taiwanese Chinese singer who passed away in 1995, delivered a surprise performance as part of pop sensation Jay Chou's "Opus 12" shows at the Taipei Arena. Dressed in an ethereal looking white gown, "virtual" Teresa Teng again appeared at subsequent Chou shows. "Virtual" Teresa Teng performed three songs in an original duet with Chou, his hits "Red Tavern" and "Thousand Miles Away," and her hit "What You Have to Say," at the Taipei Arena.
Credits
Client: The Teresa Teng Foundation Production Company: Ju Pao (Big Cannon), director, Jay Chou Concert. Visual Effects: Digital Domain, Inc. Daniel Seah, CEO; Ed Ulbrich, creative consultant; Lisa Beroud, EP; Steve Preeg, VFX supervisor/animation dir.; Paul Lambert, DFX supervisor; Kim Monaco, VFX/live-action producer; Charlie Bolwell, digital prodn mgr; Janelle Croshaw, virtual human consultant; Patrick Halm, VFX coordinator; Samantha Tang, project coordinator; Tracy Watada, DPA; Som Shankar, Ross MacKenzie, Rene Segura, Megan Dolman, Michael Lori, Danny Garcia, Holly Wenger, integration; Jesse James Chisholm, Vicki Chan, on set integration; Paul Wood, Tom St. Amand, Jeff Lin, Roy Sato, animators; Dan Akers, Kym Olsen, compositors; Steve Galle, Andrew Wood, TDs; Stephen Parker, lighting lead; Dan Platt, sr. facial model; Ramahan Faulk, Andrew Lema, modelers; Ting Lo, textures; Jack Evans, hair groom; Dave McLean, rigging; Howard Cabalfin, Edgar Diaz, Dawrath Phoue, Maura Alvarez, Nathalie Gontier, Victor Rodriguez, Mark Duckworth, Nicolle Arnell, Dawn Gates Wells, roto; Karl Kohlman, FX; David Hsin, editor; Gary Roberts, virtual prodn. supervisor; Gaby Rios, motion capture prodn. supervisor; April Warren, lab supervisor; John Root, motion capture animation supervisor; Ryan Beagan, motion capture pipeline supervisor; Steve Madonna, mgr systems administration; Alia Dong-Stewart, Jonathan Berry, head cam operators; Thomas Frederick, camera operator; Greg LaSalle, Ken Pearce, FACS stage supervisor; Ni Tzu-Fu, motion capture actor; Lali Peer, Wendy Ho, makeup; Matthew Valverde, Ronald Rhee, Sarah Jane Taylor, motion capture artists.
Genre:Concert
Screenwork Type:Top Ten Chart
The Best Work You May Never See: Rodrigo Garcia Saiz Directs “The HInVisible Celebrity” To Address Spain’s Stigma Over HIV
Following World AIDS Day, which was celebrated on December 1, co-production companies Central Films and Freelance For track one man’s existential, and potentially career-altering, decision to “come out” as living with HIV in Spain in this public service spot titled “The HInVisible Celebrity.”
Out of agency Señora Rushmore for ViiV Healthcare Spain, in collaboration with GESIDA, SEISIDA, and Apoyo Positivo, the PSA--directed by Rodrigo García Sáiz via Central Films Spain--addresses the stigma against publicly living with HIV in Spanish society. In the more than 40 years since the first case of HIV appeared in Spain, no public figure in Spain has claimed to have HIV. Viiv Healthcare Spain asks, if there are 150,000 people with HIV in Spain (or approximately 1 in 300), why don’t we know anyone with HIV?
The central character, who dons a mask of television-pixelated anonymity, gives himself an introspective pep-talk ahead of announcing his status to the Spanish public. Along the way, he wonders what will become of his career, and reputation in general, even as he recognizes that his declaration could change Spain’s cultural landscape for the better and for all of those in Spain who live with HIV every day. As no public figure in Spain has ever announced living with HIV--due to fear of public rejection--this character realizes that such a role model could change that.
The character has already begun building social media awareness with his Instagram profile, @famosoinvihsible, which began cataloging his life as a public figure earlier this fall. Still, though, the figure either leaves himself out of the picture, faces away from the camera, or dons the pixelated mask associated with anonymous admission. “The HInVisible... Read More
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