Ghost Recon Wildlands
A world with no heroes
An original project
Makemepulse
My life as a NPC
Assassin's Creed
for Ubisoft
When NPCs become influencers
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Assassin's Creed
for Ubisoft
Ubisoft and DDB Paris wanted to bring the world of Assassin's Creed to social media. We collaborated with them to turn the games most beloved ‘Non-Playable Characters' into influencers, at least for a couple of weeks. We made 50 stories using a custom built motion capture rig, enabling NPC’s to express themselves through social media behaviour of the moment including meme’s, face swaps and even a rap. Funny, fresh and entertaining this campaign made the Assasins’ Creed characters the influencers to follow.
My life as NPC
Translate this era into a modern context... ie social media
The challenge for Ubisoft was how to create social campaigns that the gaming community can get behind? They are notoriously advertising adverse. Set in Ancient Greece, the Assassin’s Creed historical era was a key moment for political and philosophical discussion. The creative goal for this experience was to translate this era into a modern context i.e Social Media. NPC’s are like extra’s, they get impaled, squashed and more repeatedly in every game. Telling the stories of the NPC’s was a fresh direction for the brand and something we could have real fun with whilst telling their stories and woes.
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The technical challenge however was creating a lightweight motion capture rig that allowed us to create the quantity of content we needed, deliver on craft and fit within the limitations of social media. We custom built a motion capture set up in our studio to ensure we could deliver on this.
We custom built a motion capture set up in our studio to ensure we could deliver on this.
François Cavalin, producer
makemepulse magic: Answering a tech challenge with a custom-built motion capture solution to craft comedic and entertaining content.
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Awards
- Gold (Digital Craft, Motion Graphics & Animation)
- Gold (Social & Influencers, Leisure)
- Silver (Social & Influencers, Social Film)
- Bronze (Entertainment, Excellence in Branded Content)
- Gold (Entertainment — Audiovisual & Branded Content)
- Silver (Branded Experience & Activation touchpoints & Technology)
- Silver (Digital Social & Influencer)
- Bronze (Direct Digital & Social)
- Bronze (Direct Strategy)
- Gold (Social Media , Viral Campaign)
- Gold ( Digital Activation)
- Silver (Social Media, Activation)
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