Wood boards soar over a calm lake surrounded by trees

Boards

Framestore and Brunner have partnered to bring to life two campaigns for lumber company YellaWood, the first of which has recently launched. Directed by Murray Butler with Framestore Pictures, the first spot in the campaign, ‘Boards,’ tracks hundreds of YellaWood boards on their journey as they soar through the air. They fly from the aisles of the warehouse to the backyard of a picturesque suburban home, magically assembling themselves into a beautiful, welcoming new deck.

inside perspective of cg animated board slats flying into a warehouse

cg animated board slats flying out of a warehouse
cg animated board slates in bird formation flying mid air in front of a sunset

To provide the perfect backdrop for the hero of the spot, the YellaWood lumber, the opening scenes were shot using a 12th scale model of the lumberyard interior and a 24th scale model of the warehouses exterior. The team used motion control so that they could get the precise moves needed to follow the path of the boards as they rushed through the warehouse, while drones were used to capture the aerial footage of the landscape that set the scene for the lumber’s long trip. ​

Credits

Agency
Brunner
Associate Producer
Emily DeShantz
Production
Framestore Pictures
Producer
Gabrielle Yuro
CD
Jeff Shill
Account Manager
Alex Kotz
Senior Executive Producer
Dez Macleod-Veilleux
CCO
Rob Schapiro
Senior Art Director
Lindsay Zarczynski
Shoot Supervisors
Matt Pascuzzi, Chris Eckardt
Lighting
Jimmy San, Greg White, Lucia Cooke
Colourist
Maria Carretero
Account Director
Zak Cochran
Agency Production
FIXER Partners
DOP
Eric Treml
Senior Producers
Lily Tilton, Nick Dziekonski
Asset Build (Model, Rig, Texture & Lookdev)
Greg White, Jimmy San, Oscar Tan, Lucia Cooke, Anna White, Minji Sohn
Digital Matte Painting
Callum McKeveny
Prod Coord
Aaron Batista
Sound
New Math
Chief Strategy Officer
Louis Sawyer
Copywriter
Rick Herbert
Sr. Account Manager
Nate Wachter
Executive Producer
Brad Powell
Executive Producers
Jennifer Siegel, Guillaume Raffi
Post-Production
Framestore
VFX Supervisor
Matt Pascuzzi
Animation
Shayne Ryan, Anna White, Sean Curran, Jon Burke
Compositing
Matt Pascuzzi, Euna Kho, Jose Arauz, Raul Ortego, Greg Gaskins, Gigi Ng, Jaclyn Cartaya
Editorial
Cut & Run
Editor
Jon Grover
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