A man in a suit walks to a modern parking lot to his car. There is a city in the background.

Build Your Dreams

Hand in hand with fellow innovator BYD, Framestore was given the opportunity to build the world that the future hopes for. The manufacturer of solar powered street lamps, trains, buses, and cars develops technology to create an eco-system of quality new energy products. In this clean energy campaign, Leonardo DiCaprio leads us through the city that he could only dream of if change happens now. 

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side view of actor leonardo dicaprio in a driver's seat

Letters to Leo

Framestore created an optimistic portrayal of what Beijing would look like in an ideally clean future. Led by James Healy and Euna Kho, a team of experienced artists built full CG cityscapes, for day, night, dusk, and dawn, that lack pollution and over-crowding. Leo walks through his dreamworld where a breath of fresh air and expansion of greenery emphasize the beauty of a world changed by new energy.

actor leonardo dicaprio walking towards a byd car in a futuristic car dealership. the nighttime city skyline twinkles in the background

Making History

Working together to create a cleaner world, Framestore built 2D greenscreen composites, environmental composites, and sky replacements. A full CG curtain reveals the vehicle that takes Leo through his dreams of the future. 

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Behind the Scenes

This video highlights the various elements of CG and production elements that went into realising this vision for the future. 

side view of actor leonardo dicaprio in a driver's seat

Credits

Agency
Ogilvy Beijing, Cheers + Link
Production Company
Superprime
Director
Samuel Bayer
Art Director
James Healy
CG Supervisor
Chris Eckardt
VFX Producer
Bomyee Hwang, Morgan MacCuish
Head of Production
Bethan Thomas
Comp Leads
Euna Kho, Bruno de la Calva
Matte Painters
Maxx Burman, Christian Kesler, Vanessa Cheung
Senior Colour Producer
Andrew McLintock
Flame Artists
Rylan Bowen-Johnson, Gavin Camp, Kingsley Rothwell
CG Generalists
Isaiah Palmer, Jamie Sawyer, Chris Barishcroft, Tom Lynnes
Nuke Artists
Craig Tozzi, Bruno De La Calva, Timothy Gutierrez, Alex Unruh, Sven Dreesbach, Alex Villabon, Rachel Keyte, Kingsley Rothwell
Executive Producer
James Razzall
Production Assistant
Jamie Runkle
Comp Advisor
Michael Ralla
Layout Artist
Arsen Arzumanyan
Senior Colourist
Beau Leon
VFX Editor
Jake Keller
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