Amazon Halo 'Home for the Holidays'

Amazon Halo 
'Home for the Holidays'
Every holiday season, there are levels to the family gathering to be conquered –the overwhelming number of questions from inquisitive relatives, the physical prep of delivering a fancy turkey feast, or a once-lively family den turned into a makeshift bedroom. Each interaction is a minigame that challenges our hero to stay healthy and relaxed. For these quests, Amazon’s Halo View is the perfect virtual guide, helping you thrive in the battle of Health vs. the Holidays.

This campaign was a gauntlet of planning. With a cast of a dozen family members, food styling, holiday interior design, and a trained dog, we left no stone unturned when it came to creating an authentic holiday reunion experience.
"The retro game-styled interface was inspired by our nostalgia for the games of yesteryear. We worked to design an 8-bit video game aesthetic that would ‘level up’ the modern capabilities of Amazon Halo’s health suite."
Process
"To capture the first-person game perspective, our director of photography built a custom camera harness that mounted to a helmet and the talent’s body. The engineering of this mount was designed in a way to allow our talent to walk, turn, and even carry a turkey while having the entire camera rig attached."
Early Design Frames
Production Company: Scholar 
Directors: Mike Tavarez, Will Johnson
Managing Executive Producer: Kirsten Noll
Head of Production: Nicole Smarsh
Line Producer: Richard Kaylor
DP: Dallas Sterling
Production Designer: Sara Kugelmass

Design & Animation: Scholar
Creative Directors: Mike Tavarez, Will Johnson
Art Director: Danni Fisher-Shin
Managing Executive Producer: Kirsten Noll
Head of Production: Nicole Smarsh 
Sr Producer: Kev Jones
Designers: Aivy Nguyen, Amy Wallace, Hana Yean, Irma Hasanic, Jina Kwon, Kiron Robinson, Susie Scheer, Paul Layzell, Mike Tello
2D Animators: Fabio Lamarche
Digital Matte Painter: Conrad Allan 
Compositor: Rachel Moon
Flame Artist: Rachel Moon
Storyboards: Fred Fassberger
Editor & Sound Designer: Dominic Strazulo
Assistant Editor: Adrianna Mckinley

Telecine: Company 3 
Colorist: Matt Osborne 

Mix & Additional Sound Design: LIME
Mix & Additional Sound Design: Samuel Casas

Music: Marmoset
Jules Blueprint - Butterfly Hunter 
Amazon Halo 'Home for the Holidays'
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