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Labor Day Liftoff

Hot air balloons modeled in 3D and composited over live footage for the holiday weekend.
client
KKTV 11 News
year
2024
my role
Identity, 3D, composite, edit
tools
Cinema 4D · After Effects · Premiere
delivered
30 s promo · social · event graphics
Labor Day Liftoff
The finished spot as it aired. Click to play.

The brief

KKTV’s promo for Labor Day Liftoff, the hot air balloon festival in Memorial Park, mixing ground and drone footage with 3D balloons.

My role

I made the event look and the whole sequence: hot air balloons modeled and lit in 3D, rendered in passes (alpha, depth, ambient occlusion), then composited over the live footage in After Effects with light streaks, particles, a matched grade and a little film grain.

From the spot

Memorial Park, August 31 to September 2
3D balloons over the live footage
The 11 Cares tag

Outcome

Delivered for air, event screens and social (vertical and square), plus loops for signage.

Credits

  • Design, 3D, composite and edit: Andre Bruni
  • Produced for KKTV 11 News, Colorado Springs
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