Nike Football Awaken’s the Phantom

A mysterious footballer evolves into an urban legend of terrifying skill in this epic/comic film via Black Label director Matthew Vaughn and The Mill’s VFX crew thru Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam for Nike’s PhantomVSN football boots.

The 2.5-minute project also features football players Philippe Coutinho, Kevin De Bruyne, Mal Pugh, Ronaldinho, Neymar, Gennaro Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo plus Nigerian rapper WizKid and his posse Legendury Beatz, and Tiwa Savage.
 

Agency: Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam
Producer: Elissa Singstock
Creative Director: Mark Bernath, Eric Quennoy
Creatives: Jake Barnes, Ricardo Rachello
Assistant Producer: Sanne Van Hattum

Production: Black Label Productions
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Executive Producer: Tim Wild
Producer: Dom Freeman
Director of Photography: George Richmond

VFX: The Mill
Executive Producer: Gemma Humphries, Alex Fitzgerald
Producer: Sean Francis
Line Producer: Supreetha Murthy
Production Coordinator: Dan Crozier
Shoot Supervisor: Barnes Barnsley, Adam Droy

VFX Creative: The Mill
2D Lead Artist: Gianluca Di Marco, Dan Adams
3D Lead Artist: Adam Droy
2D Artist: Carl Norton, Dan Adams, Declan Andrews, Fergal Hendrick, Georgina Ford, Holly McLean, James Pratt, Olivia O’Neil, Peter Hodsman, Rebecca Clay, Sole Martin, Theajo Dharan
3D Artist: Alan Williamson, Andreas Graichen, Antoine Mariez, Ashley Tilley, Bethan Williams, Carlo Carfora, Dan Yargici, Deniz Cinar, Evelina Dalin, Giacomo Cavalletti, Jack Powell, James Hansell, James Hickey, James Weston, Joshua Curtis, Kate Gabrielova, Katherine Ross, Kevin O’sullivan, Kristian Olsson, Ludwig Ek, Maria Carriedo, Matthew Kavanagh, Maxime Cronier, Nile Hylton, Pavel Mamichev, Peter Agg, Philippe Moine, Sergio Xisto, Todd Akita, Tony Atherton, Will Burdett , Amritha Raajendher, Ananda Murthy, Bharat Ediga, Gokul N, Jadheer T P, Karthick Karuppaswamy, Karthik Viswanathan, Rajan Ramakrishna, Rijo R, Sendil Kumar J, Shaik Azam
Tracking Supervisor: Senthil Murugan Balasundaram
Matte Painting: Henrik Holmberg, Cameron Johnson, Can Y. Sanalan, Jiyoung Lee
Design: Kenny Addeh

Color: The Mill
Colorist: James Bamford
Color Assist: Thomas Mangham

Editorial: The Quarry
Editor: Paul Watts
Edit Assistant: Patrick Walsh

Music: Justice “Genesis” and “Heavy Metal”