The challenge of reproducing a product of excellence in quality in a realistic way

I was responsible for creating the promotional video for the worldwide launch of the Hamilton Khaki Belowzero watch.

Hamilton has a marketing strategy to supply watches to actors in action movies and has been doing so for several decades. I created a video for the world premiere of the Hamilton Khaki Belowzero watch that was shown in several Brazilian movie theaters. In the movie “Predators” (2010) by Nimród Antal, Adrien Brody wears a Hamilton Khaki Below Zero.

I was responsible for developing the promotional video broadcast before the movie sections. I produced the whole piece in record time: only four days, with two more for adjustments.

The client

The Hamilton Watch Company is a Swiss manufacturer of wrist watches based in Switzerland.

What I did

Art Direction, 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, animation, compositing, and soundtrack (audio editing).

Tools I used

Autodesk 3ds Max / Mental Ray / Adobe After Effects / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe Audition

Project Outcome

Key points

This job was one of the first international jobs I had the chance to work on, even though it was from Brazil. I worked with a local advertising agency, which intermediated the initial conversations. The final approval was made with the company in Switzerland, and they really liked the final result, which was very rewarding for me.

What I learned

Working under pressure and with a super short deadline is something pervasive in the advertising industry and not a strange concept to me, but this case was incredibly complex. This work was exhausting, especially since the deadline given by the agency was highly unfair. Still, I was able to deliver the job with excellent quality for something developed in such a short time.

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