Shogun Main Title Sequence

"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere”…

Our concept for FX’s Shogun was to combine narrative elements of the story situated in the motif of a Japanese dry garden. This required overcoming many technical hurdles to get the sand right. We eventually settle on a technique of using reflow to simulate the millions of sand particles and bringing those alembics into c4d and rendering with octane. After much troubleshooting we were able to bring the sequence to life for this epic series.

Credits
Design Studio: Elastic
Creative Director: Nadia Tzuo
My role: Lead Animator

Full Credits
Design Studio: Elastic
Creative Director: Nadia Tzuo
Designers: Ilya Tselyutin, Mike Zeng, Christiano Rinaldi, Min Shi
Animators: Alex Silver, Mike Zeng, Lee Buckley, Evan Larimore
Modelers: Jose Limon, Joe Paniagua
Editors: Rachel Fowler, Teddy Gersten
Assistant Editor: Javier Gonzalez
Storyboard: Frank Dellafemina
Color Management: Andrew Young
Head of CG: Andy Wilkoff
Associate Producer: Hannah Rowswell
Senior Producer / Head of Production: Paul Makowski
Executive Producer: Kate Berry
Managing Director: Eve Kornblum