Fabrice Fiteni

This is the story of an idea, how it appears, how we try to shape it, how it evolves, changes and blossoms into something grand, with a fate of its own. 

This film was created for the opening of the annual Google I/O conference in may 2017.

Directed by: Fx Goby

Commissioner: Google
Creative Directors: Tom Manion & Jack Colley 
Events & Experiences Lead: Amanda Matuk
Events & Experiences Producers: Megan Hardy & Karen Morris

Production Company: Nexus Studios
Executive Creative Director: Chris O’Reilly 
Executive Producer: Luke Youngman
Producer: Fernanda Garcia Lopez
Production Managers: Rebecca Archer, Derek Walsh

Art Director: Bjorn-Erik Aschim
Design Team: James Castillo, Maxime Dupuy, Callum Strachan
Matte Painting: James Castillo, Maxime Dupuy, Mike Shorten

Storyboard: Gervais Merryweather

CG Supervisor: Michal Firkowski & Christian Johnson
3D Animation: Dominic Griffin, William Lorton, Thibaud Clergue, Fabrice Fiteni, Aziz Kocanaogullari, Inès Pagniez, Conor Ryan
Modelling: Amy Ash, Florent Rousseau, Fabien Glasse,
Rigging: Gaetan Borde, Ludovic Habas, Mark Tsang
Texturing: Eva de Prado, Clementine Frere
Compositing: Kenneth Hau (Lead), Marco Baratto, Valentin Panisset, Dalvir Matharu, Antoine Foulot, Raphael Theolade, Chieka Ononye
VFX: Hugh Johnson, Zoubein Rana, Eaton Crous, 
Lighting and Rendering: Dorianne Fiblueil (Lead), Corentine Charron, Benoit Berthe, Carl Kenyon, Sophie Blayrat, Arkin Esref
Editorial: David Slade, James Alexander McCaughan
Render Wrangler: Pierre Clenet

2D Animation
Production Company: Mighty Nice
ECD: Darren Price
Executive Producer: Jackie Archer
Producer: Tina Braham
Production Coordinator: Diana Angelius
Animators: Bonnie Taylor Forsyth, Richard Chhoa, Victoria Dinh, Tessa Eden, Duncan MacLaren

Sound Design & Mix: JM Finch @ Fonic

Music: Alright Alright Alright by Mungo Jerry

Voice Actors: Charlie Hayes, Jonathan Rhodes, Nigel Pilkington