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September 2010
When popular features director, Paul WS Anderson (Resident Evil franchise, Death Race, Alien vs Predator) requests your involvement in his latest film, you say "YES." When that film is Anderson's first foray into 3D filmmaking, you say, "How soon can we start?"
That was exactly the case when we signed on to develop the opening titles for the highly anticipated, 3D blockbuster, Resident Evil: Afterlife.
Designing and developing the 3D (stereoscopic) titles was a perfect opportunity to hone our artists' stereoscopic skill set. With increasing interest around stereoscopic cinema spots, this was the right time to get a major project onto the screen and in front of audiences.
The collaborative relationship between Topix and WS Anderson, originally sparked in 2009, when we worked together on a vfx based spot for Castrol, featuring soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.
Resident Evil: Afterlife is playing in theatres now, leading the box office this weekend in both North America and on the International circuit.
May 2010
Introducing Colr, a new colour grading and finishing suite which operates using Lustre, AutoDesk's award winning software.
Lustre works seamlessly with our existing Flame and Inferno suites, which means we can offer a completely integrated & non-linear post workflow. You'll have total creative control over colour throughout the entire finishin process.
Colr is brought to you by Executive Producer, Gerry Legros (former Notch GM) and Colourist Joe Wenkoff, an accomplished VFX artist and photojournalist.
To see our latest spots and learn more about Joe as an artist, check out the Colr section of our site.
April 2010
Topix Artist, Julia Deakin, is featured in Stash 67 for her animated, independent film, Bras d'Or Lakes.
The project, which was funded by Bravo, was a collaboration with Juno nominated group, The Hylozoists.
Watch the short film here.
April 2010
Take a look at the latest, playful characters to come out of Topix's 3D animation studio. Whether you're looking for original character design, or charming story-telling, these spots will ignite your imagination and stir-up feelings towards food that you never knew existed.
Click here to watch our collaborations with BBDO, Canada and Taxi, Montréal
Excel, The Trip
Agency: BBDO, Canada
Dairy Farmers, Asparagus
Agency: Taxi, Montréal
March 2010
Just in time for the Super Bowl and the Vancouver Olympics, SunChips brought its popular online video, Our Small Step, to TV.
Topix, Juniper Park and Mad Films collaborated on the stunning time-lapse spot, which promotes SunChips' first compostable chip bag.
Director Robert Maya shot numerous plates of the decomposing bag along with location footage from a shoot in Florida. Then, from over 100,000 frames of high-resolution footage (and ultimately 3 terabytes of information), Topix assembled the time-lapse sequence.
To accompany the decomposing bag, Topix's 3D department animated a budding crocus, pacing its growth with the time-lapsed footage.
Watch the spot here.
