French director Geoffroy Barbet-Massin, who we last covered for his twist on traditional Japanese art for France TV’s coverage of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, flies off in a totally different direction in this CG holiday comedy for Duracell.

Produced by The Mill+ with VFX handled by The Mill Paris team thru agency Wunderman Thompson, the spot revolves around the idea that Santa almost blew his one job by cheaping-out on the batteries that power Rudolph’s nose.

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Client: Duracell

Agency: Wunderman Thompson

Production: The Mill+
Director: Geoffroy Barbet-Massin
Executive producer: Fabien Leclerc

VFX: The Mill Paris
VFX producer: Marie-Cécile Juglair, Kahina Lamblin
CG supervisor: Vincent Coni, Alexandre Corcoy
VFX Coordinator: Mathilde Cohen-Selmon, Milan Vicet, Alexandre Dupouy
Modeling/Environment : Xin Pang, Stéphane DuFournier
Generalist: Vincent Coni, Alexandre Corcoy, Guillaume Thebault
Matte Painter: Alexia Fery
Fur: Marion Respaud
Rigging: Marine Sisnaki, Agathe DE Cacqueray
Animator: Pamella Nabais, Tristan Domenjus, Ferdinand Boutard, Alban Lelievre, Geoffroy Barbet-Massin
FX: Felix Guglielmi
Lighting: Guillaume Dadaglio, Guillaume Thebault
Compositor: Vivien Ebran, Killian Roy
Grading: Nicolas Gautier
Grading assistant: Violette Madrid