Our work

Overview: STRIP THE CITY uses stunning CGI animation and expedition-driven actuality to strip major cities naked of their steel, concrete, air, ocean and bedrock – layer by layer, act by act – to explore their hidden infrastructure and solve key mysteries surrounding their origins, geology, industry, weather and engineering.
This series will reveal a world never seen before – an alien geological universe normally hidden under tarmac and concrete…a landscape of unprecedented wonder, turbulence and scale. he cities are: Dubai, Toronto, San Francisco, Sydney. Rome & London.

Description of our work:

• Concept
• Previsualization
• CG environments & buildings concept, modeling, texture and lighting
• Matte paintings
• Camera setup and animation (layout)
• SFX, particle and simulation effects
• Compositing effects and integration

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Credits:

VFX SUPERVISOR	Martin Pelletier
CG SUPERVISOR	Benoit Blouin
VFX PRODUCER	Valérie Clément
VFX PROJECT COORDINATOR	Caroline Guagliardo
EXECUTIVE VFX PRODUCER	Marc Bourbonnais
EXECUTIVE VFX SUPERVISOR	Yanick Wilisky
LEAD CONCEPT & MATTE PAINTING	Nicolas Cloutier
CONCEPT & MATTE PAINTING	Sarwar Khan
	Sithiriscient Khay
	Grigor Kuzmanov
LEAD MODELER	Mathieu Phaneuf
MODELER	Nicolas Gaffiero
LEAD LAYOUT/TRACKING	Akie Prapas
LAYOUT/TRACKING	George Fronimadis
	Anthony Imperioli
	Samuel Loriault-Goulet
	Stéphane Maillet
	Sukrit Sachdeva
3D GENERALISTS	Guillaume Baron
	Steven Bindley
	Anthony Boulay
	Jean-Simon Chabot
	Vincent Cubells
	Gabriel Duguay-Julien
	Manuel Huertas Marchena
	Friedl Jooste
	Kevin Lopez
	Sébastien Roy
	Laurent Sébile
SFX ARTISTS	Adeline Aubame
	Julien Dubusset
	Alan Fregtman
LOOK DEVELOPMENT/TEXTURES ARTISTS	Marie-Pier Avoine
	Christopher Banasko
	Alexandre Canniccioni
	Amir Wahid Eleswy
	Franco Ferrari Garcia
	Nicolas Fillion
	Nicolas Teisseire
	Alexandre Tessier
COMPOSITING SUPERVISOR	Marc Massicotte
DIGITAL COMPOSITORS	Jean Arousi
	Daniel Phillip Chirwa
	Ashish Dewan
	Étienne Fleurant
	Alban Kasikci
	Anne Ui Hyun Kim
	Paul Rémi Larroque
	Benoit Guillaume Legros
	Julia Muller-Madaus
	Stéphane Rioux
TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR	Dominic Gaudreau
TECHNICAL SUPPORT	Jonathan Boisvert
	Michael Côté
	David Raymond
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT	Xavier Doyon
	Jhon Henao
	Sarah-Émilie Mercier
	Philippe Pelletier
DATA WRANGLERS	Hicham Eid
	David Labrecque
	Alicia Leo
	Mehdi Tadlaoui
VFX FINANCIAL CONTROLLER	Patrick Bissonnette
SALES & MARKETING ASSISTANT	Marie-Joëlle Clément