Felipe Posada - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Brief

In 2018, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino partnered with Radical Media to create an hour long projection show as part of their Atlantic City grand opening, making it a permanent installation in the casino's main atrium. The creative side to this endeavor which runs on 12 projectors blasting mapped content onto 4 different walls (enabled by partner company Tecnhnomedia) was possible thanks to the work of a formidable team of designers, CG artists, animators, producers and technologists with whom I had the pleasure to work as Creative Director.

My involvement as CD in this 5 month project included: Conceptualizing a 1+ hour loopable run of show, writing treatments for 6 different creative categories, designing prototypes, putting together creative decks, interfacing with both internal (Radical CEO) and external (Hard Rock) client to present and approve ideas. Overseeing a once in a lifetime photoshoot of rock&roll memorabilia at HRC head quarters to gather original source material. Wearing MJ's glove in one hand while holding Jimmy Hendrix's guitar Sacrifice in the other. Working closely with Radical Media's in house studio CD and Producers to assess budget, formulate an efficient pipeline including illustration, 2D & 3D Animation resources w/Octane rendering capabilities as well as compositing for an 8K+ size projection canvas. Helping to assemble and Creative Direct a team of 8 brilliant artists while actively working in evolving designs, animation, compositing and editing sizzle reels throughout the duration of the project. Providing feedback and QC in color grading, final conform and sound design. Supporting my team and making sure that they walked away feeling proud and in one piece by the end of it.

Projected Content Reel (TIR version)

Music: Boards of Canada, Gemini

Artists Credits below