From the Tendril team in Toronto: “[We were] invited to create a launch film and flexible visual system to highlight and envision Microsoft’s new Windows 365 Cloud PC platform and its possibilities.

“The film takes us on a journey of discovering this new platform, the features and possibilities of the Cloud, and the familiar Windows experience available at the user’s fingertips.

“Imagine the possibilities of having access to a totally configurable and powerful PC that can be streamed effortlessly to any device, anywhere. Ease, fluidity, security, and power were all characteristics that needed to be expressed through our designs.

“We sought to make a clear, informative film that expressed these new features while maintaining an abstract, beautiful world. We wanted to avoid obvious visual metaphors but still convey some sense of cloud-like qualities.

“The end result is a visualization of the experience of using Windows Cloud PC in a way that feels exciting and fresh but also familiar and not too abstract.”
 

Client: Microsoft
Creative Director: Nando Costa
Creative: Terry Kirkwood, Alex Fromm, Douglas Montague, Benjamin Hermel
Producer: Stacy Mutnick & Claire Delaney

Production: Tendril
Director: Tom Crate
Creative Director: Chris Bahry
Executive Producer: Ivelle Jargalyn
Producer: Brittany Sheahan
CG Sup: Alex Veaux
Design Lead: Zachary Corzine
Design/Animation: Christoph Strohfeld, Aaron Covrett, Rita Louro, Superdesigners, Samuel Bohn, Rich Nosworthy, Alvaro Navarro, Eric Macedo, Runbo Chen
Light/render: Yeseong Kim, Aaron Covrett, Rich Nosworthy, Christoph Strohfeld, Rita Louro, Brad Husband, Chris Bahry
Compositors: Astrid Cardenas, Corey Laron, Brad Husband, Chris Bahry

Music/sound design: Zelig Sound